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19th November 2009, 07:55 AM
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| National Board President  Member Since: Sep 2003 Location: Mumbai (मì National Team: India Domestic Team: Arsenal,Mumbai Indians | Would you be watching the sport if you were from a lesser cricket nation? We`ve seen a lot of members here claiming that they don`t support their country of nationality and that they are die-hard fans of some other country (I have no right to comment on their choice and respect it). However, my question is whether a person ABC would be watching the game in the first place had the team from the nation of his birth not been a decent cricket nation? I`ll tell you the case of many Indians related to football. Indians usually adopt sides in football because the Indian football team is ranked way down in the FIFA rankings and our side never qualifies to the big events. Thus, Indian fans end up supporting Brazil or Portugal or England in football because of this reason. However, we have qualified for the 2011 Asian Cup (Asia`s version of UEFA European Championships) and most of the Indian football fans will support their home country during that event. My question is that how would it be possible for a person X or Y or Z to totally support any side which plays against his nation of birth, although he claims he does not support that side at all. Last edited by aditya123; 19th November 2009 at 08:40 AM.. | ||
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19th November 2009, 08:40 AM
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| National Board President Member Since: Sep 2003 Location: Mumbai (मì National Team: India Domestic Team: Arsenal,Mumbai Indians | Quote:
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19th November 2009, 03:07 PM
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| National Board President Member Since: Sep 2003 Location: Mumbai (मì National Team: India Domestic Team: Arsenal,Mumbai Indians | Quote:
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19th November 2009, 03:50 PM
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| International Captain  Member Since: Mar 2009 Location: Glasgow, Scotland National Team: Scotland, Sri Lanka Domestic Team: Durham | I'm not from a test playing nation. I know because I'm from scotland I'm pretty tied up with england seeing as we share tv, newspapers and all that but I'm not a fan of england (though I don't dislike them as I am contractually obliged to in football) | ||
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19th November 2009, 04:42 PM
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| Fantasy Cricket Team  Member Since: May 2006 Location: London, Canada National Team: Windies,Lankans Domestic Team: Jamaica, T&T | Quote:
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19th November 2009, 04:51 PM
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| Fantasy Cricket Team Member Since: May 2006 Location: London, Canada National Team: Windies,Lankans Domestic Team: Jamaica, T&T | Quote:
I don't particularly hate any cricket nation, I really liked Pakistan when I got into cricket because I was introduced into cricket by a bunch of Pakistanis at school and the cricketers they talked about the most were guys like Imran, Wasim and Waqar. | ||
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19th November 2009, 05:43 PM
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| International Coach  AKA: RDF Member Since: May 2008 National Team: India Domestic Team: Mumbai, Deccan Chargers, Kent |  Subrata Paul is one of the Best Goalkeepers ever. I've been very fortunate to see him play and meet him. He's a very humble bloke  rahuldravidfan added 11 Minutes and 17 Seconds later... Quote:
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