Question

Explain the following statement with reason.

Cricket began to be played all over India, to a greater or smaller extent.

Answer 1

1. It was in 1983, that the Indian team won the World Cup for cricket, under the captainship of Kapil Dev. It was a historic victory. Cricket instantly won great popularity across the country.
2. In the same year, Sunil Gavaskar broke the earlier record of maximum centuries in test cricket.
3. In 1985, India won the ‘Benson and Hedges’ World Championship of cricket.
4. As a result, cricket came to be played in all States to a lesser or greater extent, but at the cost of indigenous Indian games.