It is the fans who prove their devotion in bad times that we venerate. And the very best fans in sports, the ones held up as the model, are those who have suffered the longest without being rewarded with a championship. Sometimes the closer the team gets to that ultimate glory, the higher the praise.
What a shame it was when the Team India lost to Sri Lanka in semis of the 1996 world cup. It clearly showed how less our heroes tried. And not to forget what happened during the 2003 World cup. We lost the first match to the Aussies without even trying.
And the fan got so angry. We are not asking to defeat the Aussies in every match but atleast show us the fight.
Look at the Bangladeshies. Their team occasionally defeats much bigger teams compared to them. Their team gets the right support every time and now.
Really great fans don't even give up when their teams do.
The craze for Cricket in India is greater than any other country is maybe because the Team India is capable of showing some great fighting which really lifts the spirits of the fans. It was a miracle when they won the T20 world cup or when they defeated the Aussies in one of their matches.
That is how cricket should be played.
The popularity of Cricket depends on big one thing:The Fans!!!!!
Sport or specifically speaking Cricket resembles no other business. That is in the way it interacts with its fans.
In business terms, fans are the costumers of sports. But what customers!!! Surely every car manufacturer in the world would want customers so devoted they continued to purchase automobiles that ran well only ocassionally. Oh, to operate a restaurent that is always popular even though the meals are edible only half the time, or to be the prominent doctor who cures patients only now and then.
This is exactly what sports or cricket fans ask of their teams: occasionally success; satisfaction every few tries. That is, we want our team to fight hard on the field. We all want pure fun. And want every Cricketer to play according to his capability or atleast try hard. Fans spend their money on games-easily a few thousand rupees to take their family , pay for parking , buy tickets and food; often many thousands for season tickets alone- and ask only that their team try hard. Success, or winning , is always the goal, but it is not crucial to ensure the support of true fans.
This is different from business where everyone wants guarantees. They are the elements of love, the kind of love that exists among the members of the family. Asking the TEAM INDIA to keep winning every match and every tournament is simply boorish; winning at any cost, the antithesis of sportsmanship.
In business terms, fans are the costumers of sports. But what customers!!! Surely every car manufacturer in the world would want customers so devoted they continued to purchase automobiles that ran well only ocassionally. Oh, to operate a restaurent that is always popular even though the meals are edible only half the time, or to be the prominent doctor who cures patients only now and then.
This is exactly what sports or cricket fans ask of their teams: occasionally success; satisfaction every few tries. That is, we want our team to fight hard on the field. We all want pure fun. And want every Cricketer to play according to his capability or atleast try hard. Fans spend their money on games-easily a few thousand rupees to take their family , pay for parking , buy tickets and food; often many thousands for season tickets alone- and ask only that their team try hard. Success, or winning , is always the goal, but it is not crucial to ensure the support of true fans.
This is different from business where everyone wants guarantees. They are the elements of love, the kind of love that exists among the members of the family. Asking the TEAM INDIA to keep winning every match and every tournament is simply boorish; winning at any cost, the antithesis of sportsmanship.
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