Is The Craze To Watch ICC Cricket World Cup Still The Same?
With the corona pandemic situation, most of the sports events have been cancelled or postponed including the 13th season of IPL and ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. There are fair chances for the T20 World Cup to get shifted to 2021. However, our four-yearly ICC Cricket World Cup is going to take place in 2023. In such a situation, there is one question we should ask ourselves—are we still that crazy about watching the Cricket World Cup? Cricket was different when Sachin, Sehwag, Dravid and Ganguly were playing for India. Every kid used to know with points the exact ICC Cricket Ranking of India, at least. There might not be precise metrics at the time to measure what number of people watched the tournament. But there was physical proof in the neighborhood. Every home had Doordarshan Channel tuned on their TV. You’ll find the streets empty during India’s match. They are not kidding when they say cricket is a religion in India. But, is that still so? I have not much dat...