Our country has so much negative attitude towards games other then cricket.They criticise all the players and all the games other then cricket. We, hockey fans, are fully in support of our Indian Team. Defeat England. Long live Indian Hockey Jai Hind
RE:India will win
by Raam on Mar 09, 2008 03:19 PM Permalink
Mr Saxena, cricketars are most criticised than any other players in India because most Indians love cricket and treat the game as relegion. Hocky is in present state because of politics in Hockey Federation and lack of interest in the game of people. Hocky, tennis are such games which can not be played by masses but crciket can be by any two persons with ball and bat in hand. Indians love success and if India qualifies for the Olympics every Indian will feel proud. But why compare with and critisise Cricket? You may not like cricket but cricket fans in India like hocky too.
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by peekay on Mar 09, 2008 05:49 PM Permalink
Why Print or Visual Media dont give the details of the matches in length. Cricket is hyped by the combination Media, Mafia, Businessmen and Cine artists and keep the glamour going on despite loses in matches despite bas performances
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by peekay on Mar 09, 2008 05:54 PM Permalink
India Won teh Asia Cup Hockey . What did the players get from their respective State govts. State and Central Gov immediately announces cash award of 5-10 lakhs to crickets for whom this 5-10 lakhs r petty money y not this money be given to other sports personalities
RE:India will win
by Sachin on Mar 09, 2008 11:20 PM Permalink
there is no need to criticise cricket or earnigns of cricket palyers. If hockey is not popular in masses is the failure of Indian Hockey federation which is a goverment body (BCCI is private body) and failure of two cartoons gill and jyothi
RE:India will win
by peekay on Mar 09, 2008 05:45 PM Permalink
why no space give on each win to other sports in media. even if Sachin has cough media writes abt him . there r legends in hockey no one is talking abt them . we talk abt the gransons greatgrandsons of cricketors
RE:RE:India will win
by peekay on Mar 09, 2008 05:52 PM Permalink
Y dont businessmen or Film artists cre for hockey . Last time india won asia cup no body bothered after the initial media representation . Y argue that we dont perform in other sports.
RE:India will win
by Manohar on Mar 09, 2008 04:59 PM Permalink
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!!! MOST OF OUR INDIANS ARE ONLY SUPPORTING CRICKET.. WHY DONT WE APPRECIATE OUR HOCKY TEAM??? IT IS AN EFFICIENT GAME. NOT A LUCK GAME LIKE CRICKET. ALL THE VERY BEST TO OUR HOCKY TEAM.... PLEASE WIN OVER ENGLAND...
Playing the qualifiers is really a waste of time because all weak teams who have never played before compete in this event.Average teams like india should be given a direct entry into the main draw but there again it is of no use as our paper tigers fail against hockey powerhouses like germany,holland,argentina etc.,These qualifiers hold no meaning and is a waster of time and money for the indian government
india is one of the top teams in cricket with cricket actively played by only 10 teams in the world....thats bullshit......whereas hockey is played by 30-40 teams all over the woorld and competition is very much high in hockey than cricket......top european nations ,china, russis, korea, australia all play hockey....if india catches even in top 10 position in a sport that is played by 30-40 nations all over the world.....that will be an great thing ....not claiming top 10 position in cricket actively played only by 10 nations all over the world......cricket is for time pass, luck from rain god, and some mental games while hockey is all about power, precision and team work......while cricket has scope for individual heroes like scahin whil hockey is purely team game.......there is no scope of one-man army in hockey while cricket can have one-man army like sachin......
RE:cricket and hockey
by Venkat on Mar 09, 2008 01:41 PM Permalink
You can say whatever you want but Hockey will never ever gain importance over Cricket in India. It will not happen even in the biggest of dreams.
And whatever you are saying... ur comparison is totally biased over hockey. No game is easy. And no game is better or tougher than the other. Every game has its own strengths and weaknesses.
RE:cricket and hockey
by Freebies Free on Mar 09, 2008 03:03 PM Permalink
Cricket took so much enormous popularity in India due to historical reasons and due to luck.
India won World Cup in Cricket exactly at the time when Colour Television had started (1982) and TVs were getting accessible to the masses. This gave renewed interest in the game, and the rest is history.
While Hockey and Football are both action-packed games and get unrivalled attention from most of the countries of the world, Cricket is limited to the British-ruled countries, and among them too, not many take it seriously.
Both games have their own merit, but we must not forget that winning a Hockey World Cup has much more credibility than winning a Cricket World Cup - due to the intensity of competition involved.
You might remember that Olympic Hockey was entirely dominated by India for several decades of the 20th Century, but in the 2nd half of 20th Century, more and more countries joined Olympic Hockey and India started losing its champion status - more and more aggressive competition.
RE:cricket and hockey
by bonala rao on Mar 09, 2008 02:31 PM Permalink
Not so biased to cricket. But, there are few valid points. It is luck for cricket to gain the name, but, many people misusing that, like BCCI. It is nonsense IPL cricket also. Hockey also must be encouraged and it is not less to cricket.
50yrs back India was one of the top team in the World. 15 yrs back India was one of the top team in the Asia. Now our Hockey team is not even in top 3-4 teams in Asia.
RE:Hockey - Hall of fame
by rahul kapoor on Mar 09, 2008 02:21 PM Permalink
Sandeep HRDT and sumyadev are sentimental indian hockey fans.Pls let them be reminded for the past 35 years the indian hockey team have never won a world cup ever.Of late they only win minor tournaments like the asia cup and a few other tourneys here and there and take pride in themlseves.Where it comes to playing teams like holland and germany they are stripped nude.
RE:Hockey - Hall of fame
by sreedhar reddy on Mar 09, 2008 02:44 PM Permalink
you can say the same of Indian cricket team. Last WC was 25 yrs ago ,dont talk abt 20 20 now, the way bthey were thrashed by australia in the recent 20 20 showed that it was a fluke.
RE:Hockey - Hall of fame
by Raam on Mar 09, 2008 03:23 PM Permalink
Reddy, are you blind about the recent victory in commonwealth series? was it a fluke to win two finals in a row? Don't write against cricket if you do not know abt the game.
RE:Hockey - Hall of fame
by soumyadev satpathy on Mar 09, 2008 01:34 PM Permalink
just a reminder,India won the asia cup hockey defeating south korea by a margin of around 7-1...[:)]
I think that Prasanth%u2019s query below is justified%u2026...Yes, it is a bit strange (and sad) that India & Britain are playing off in a qualifier and one of them will be broken hearted at missing the Olympics bus. Both are good teams. Anyway, that%u2019s the way it is and we have to see what happens today %u2013 the match starts at 2.30 a.m. IST Monday morning (10th). Millions of Indians will be hoping that we emerge victorious.
Listen guys nobody plays for their country anymore. Most definitely not our pampered cricketers. Take away their money and see how they perform. Hockey is n Olympic international sport unlike cricket and requires both mental and physical fitness. If one cannot earn a living even after playing hockey for 5 years how can anyone take up that sport or any other sport for that matter? We need to assure all Olympians that there is financla security in sports or otherwise everyone will only take up cricket and India will languish in International events forever.
RE:Indian Hockey
by Prabhakar KRISHNA on Mar 09, 2008 12:22 PM Permalink
Cricketers earn because they win. Hockey players will also earn if they win. From an assured place in S Final we have come to stage where we have to qualify( Like Holland, Ireland, singapore in Cricket), what the Hockey players are complaining about??? First show results and then complain. Cricketers got money after only they won W Cup(1983)!!!
RE:Indian Hockey
by beegeek on Mar 09, 2008 01:21 PM Permalink
India won the Hockey World Cup in 1975! Long before the Cricket World cup. As usual, individuals assume greater images than the game in Indian sport...whether it's Gill, Dalmia, Kalmadi, Bindra or Pawar. The Premier Hockey League (PHL) in association with Star Sports has definitely lifted the game a bit. It's not the same with Cricket. ICL and IPL will burn out cricketers and the first nails on the coffin of test match cricket have been hammered! The lazy elegance of an Azhar, Laxman, Lara, Tendulakar, Vishwanath or the wily bowling of a Bedi, Doshi, Prasanna, Kumble, Warne, Murali, etc., are dead. Astro-turf killed the dribble and subtle skills of hockey. It's only speed, smash, trap and scoop now. Any team that is slow and poor in trapping is doomed. And where is Indian Football? :-) Paes & Bhupathi could have won more grand-slams and olympic medals, but can't play together! Only, Anand doesn't seem to have any problem yet. Somehow, Prakash Padukone and P.Gopichand shone like lone stars... Yes, infrastructure and financial security would help sportspersons to improve their performance thro' better training. Let's hope we'll get few medals in Beijing! Jai Hind!
RE:Indian Hockey
by Kailash upadhyay on Mar 09, 2008 12:37 PM Permalink
My dear see the recorsd how many gold medal wons and world cup well before 1983 ( for cricket) ..pls see hockey recods for win - cons 13 goldmadl in olmpic
RE:RE:Indian Hockey
by Kailash upadhyay on Mar 09, 2008 12:39 PM Permalink
would like to add - hockey's records is much better then cricket won in international matches and tournaments
RE:RE:Indian Hockey
by sunil chelani on Mar 09, 2008 01:23 PM Permalink
when India was playing good hockey, everyone used to watch Hockey....unfortunately money on advertisement was not much. economy was not so good...but when money is there only cricket is performing...one day again when India win world cup or Olympic definitely Hockey will again come into limelight
Last week I watched hockey league hockey match between India and England . In that match Indian players playing hockey very rough way. Instead of hitting hockey ball , they beating England players, and getting yellow cards.They are very technically very pooor in attacking the goal post of opposition team. There is lot of weak points in defence line.My Question is that why Indian hockey team always conceding opposition team last minute goal. There is lot of weakness in stoping opposition team in scoring goals. Indians playing hockey very slow mannners.they are not passing balls quickly.
how can India and England play off in a qualifier? there are very few good teams in hockey and eliminating a strong team before the olympics is just plain stupidity.
RE:hello.......
by Rahul Patel on Mar 09, 2008 10:53 AM Permalink
India is not one of the top teams in field hockey anymore, why media hypes the team as a medal prospect every Olympics I don't know, it should focus on areas where India maybe has medal prospects, like weightlifting, shooting and track/field, possibly Tennis...field hockey, even if they qualify for Beijing, they will end up at the bottom
RE:hello.......
by Champak on Mar 09, 2008 11:04 AM Permalink
Its just because of Cricket crazy people. I think indian hockey should play and win atleast good respect. Give 10% of money given to Cricket team to hockey team and look how they perform.
I hope Indian team will do well.
Chak de India
And do you think its hype? I think hype is in Cricket not in Hockey.
RE:hello.......
by amey chawak on Mar 09, 2008 12:02 PM Permalink
money and fame comes together with victories .. remember cricket of 1975-80 to say till 85 where hockey was on top and much say cricket was going unnoticed .From that time cricket started to gain control ..they started more glamor because they started winning important cups like world cup, Champions cup etc and unfortunately we started to loose every thing in hockey ...
main thing was we never adopted to new western/European styles of hockey and unfortunately all hockey rules were made on power rather than skills..and we missed to compete and is not india only pakistan also suffered the same ..but still i think they are far better than us ( do you think they have more money ?? ) ....
I think Indian hockey should change and play more attacking /aggressive hockey and start winning some small tournaments ..and if they win medal money will pour in ..
RE:hello.......
by ExpertOnEverything on Mar 09, 2008 02:44 PM Permalink
I agree with amey.. You can't keep loosing and say that Cricket is given more importance..First show us that you are capable of winning then money will automatically follow..
RE:hello.......
by peekay on Mar 09, 2008 11:02 AM Permalink
your kind of people always have negative attitude. You people think only of cricket with huge amount of money why not indian cricket team is on the top of few ( just 10 or 15) crcket playing nations. A win against two or three country is hyped by the media like anything in cricket as if a world cup is won but when the question of hockey comes ur kinda ppl with negative approach come forward.
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by peekay on Mar 09, 2008 11:05 AM Permalink
I have the comparative figures of the total number of matches won and the percentage of matches won by indian cricket and indian hockey teams and you will be surprised to know tha the percentage win of hockey team is far above than the indian team
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by Prabhakar KRISHNA on Mar 09, 2008 12:30 PM Permalink
Show me the figures for last 10 years. The very fact that India has to play to qualify for Olympics speaks volumes. Let our hockey team win the WC or Olympics and then you complin about money. Nobody respects losers whether it is hockey or Cricket( remember our Team after W C in W indies)
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by peekay on Mar 09, 2008 12:42 PM Permalink
can u tell me how many countries play cricket. USA,China,Japan,Russia,Argentina,Korea,Canada they dont play cricket winning against few teams is no heroic deed
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by peekay on Mar 09, 2008 12:39 PM Permalink
give me ur e-mail id i will send u the comparative figures of matches won by indian teams in cricket as well hockey my id is peekay221@yahoo.co.in
RE:hello.......
by Rahul Patel on Mar 09, 2008 11:38 AM Permalink
I said nothing about cricket...another overhyped sport...I am talking about Olympics...where Indian media obsesses over Hockey Team and ignores other athletes
RE:RE:hello.......
by peekay on Mar 09, 2008 12:37 PM Permalink
mr risy we gave so much of money to cricketers why did they not win the world cup since then ? and how can u expect from the hockey players to perform by paying meagre amount without n e facilities
RE:hello.......
by peekay on Mar 09, 2008 12:34 PM Permalink
where do u find the mention of hockey team in media mR .Its all over cricket cricket and cricket
RE:hello.......
by benicenow on Mar 09, 2008 09:43 AM Permalink
well we can save embarrassment from getting last place in olympics.........first our team need to do hard work.........money comes with win.....
RE:hello.......
by Prabhakar KRISHNA on Mar 09, 2008 12:25 PM Permalink
You obviously do not know about Olympics. Strong teams have already qualified and India is competing for one rmaining morsel(place) (like Honkong or Holland , in cricket WC)
