Comments on: 10 Reasons why Football is better than Cricket

By: Umakant Mallik

Umakant Mallik — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 06:17:44 +0000

Cricket is not at all popular in India…….The ongoing world cup in Sout Africa hav made the people forgot that a cricket match (Asia Cup) is going on between India-Pak.The people instead of asking the runs scored seemed asking the goals scored.

How can 1 say that cricket is poplular in India? just a hype frm the media.Football is the No1 sport in the world.Sachin Tendulkar may be the most successful cricketeer in the world,but if asked he cant show a medal (gold,silver,bronze).A medal is the most prestigeous element of any sportsman & Sachin dont hav a single.

Cricket is not there in Asian games,CommonWealth Games & Olympics.Why it is not there?bcz it is not a highly rated sport & the game itself is boring.

Football is the best sport & thatswhy it is admired by most

By: Kartik

Kartik — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:27:38 +0000

Is it THE David Bekham?? Whoa!!
Don’t compare the two brilliant sports…both has its good and bad…I come from India and I am a cricket fanatic but I love football too….Enjoy both the sports…keep an ‘&’ in between rather than a ‘V’.

But don’t say cricket doesn’t have stars, read about Bradman, Sobers, Richards, Tendulkar, Warne, Gavaskar, Botham etc. If you need characters then read about WG Grace, Merv Huges, Warne, Ravi Shastri and now Harbhajan, Sreesanth, Yuvraj, Afridi, Peitersen, Styne, Watson etc…

By: david beckhnam

david beckhnam — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 08:05:43 +0000

guys dont get competitive ,myself being a football player loves cricket and rugby.everygame should be encouraged since it creates diversity and employment opportunities.ashes is legendary at the same time wining the football world cup too .As Britishers we are lions ,we love victory ,we love domination ,this is in our blood ,we love defeating countries no matter whatever the sport is ?,We would love to defeat america in american football or australia in australian rule football ,we are the creators not the analysers

By: harish

harish — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 07:07:13 +0000

no doudt in my mind,cricket is far better than football.

By: ujjain

ujjain — Fri, 21 May 2010 05:46:07 +0000

dear Nick,hv u ever saw a cricket bat or ball…so,dont make these nonsense & stupid comments……..

By: kaka singh

kaka singh — Tue, 18 May 2010 15:44:48 +0000

here, you have written positive points for football only.you can’t compare sachin with ronaldo or some one else because sachin is far better,good player than these stupid footballers

LUV U[CRICKET]

By: shiva singh

shiva singh — Tue, 18 May 2010 15:20:36 +0000

for me cricket is far better than football.the type of atmosphere in india for cricket is absolutely brilliant
brazil football fans work no longer in the front of indian cricket fans.they can’t understand the feeling of asian’s people for cricket.At last football is nothing in the front of cricket

By: Anush

Anush — Tue, 18 May 2010 13:27:20 +0000

Some of the points made in the article are ridiculous.
I enjoy watching and playing both sports. Just because football is played in more nations doesn’t mean it is a better sport. On the contrary, it proves that only highly skilled people can play the game. Or else we would have seen more nations taking part in tournaments. The person who said that you just have to hit the ball hasn’t ever played the game. I’d like him to try and even spot the ball when it flies at a 150 km/hr so close to the body. Or try spinning the bowl or developing tricks to turn the ball the other way or go straight on.

And seriously, do you or does anyone watch football and/or cricket because of the jerseys the teams wear?? Forget the comparison, the point taken itself is weird.

Cricket IS a cleaner game than football. Period.
I’m sure everyone can rubbish this point and the one that says more money is involved in cricket.

The point that cricket is a costlier game than football. Maybe. But, at least in India, what we call gully cricket, all we need is a broadish piece of wood, a huge stone(for stumps) and a ball(any would do). Most amateurs don’t play with all the equipment on all the time.

I agree football is better than cricket in many aspects. But fact remains that 2 sports cannot be compared.

By: Nicky

Nicky — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:24:42 +0000

Football – its truly global, its exciting. And yes football is also known and is popular in the Indian subcontinent.

By: gGw

gGw — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:33:45 +0000

Haha. Prathmesh, I don’t know what kind of football fairy tales your parents have been telling you but there wasn’t a FIFA World Cup played in 1963. The World Cup was played in 1962 and Brazil beat Czechoslovakia to win their second title. India has NEVER played in the World Cup and what in the hell is Nehru Football Cup?