aditya123 said:
That is partly because of the fact that cricket is`nt as big a sport in Australia as in India and Pakistan.
It is comparable to the way football is followed in Europe .
Another reason for that is lack of sporting culture in these countries.
We hardly have any sport event to look upto other than cricket because our teams are crap at most other `big` sports.
Ponting_14 said:
What the hell? Do you know how big cricket is in Australia? And just because cricket is the only sport India and Pakistan are any good at does not mean there fans can go and stone players houses.
I never said that such behaviour was warranted.And I never questioned the popularity of cricket in Australia.
Its just that you have other sports to look forward to and we don`t.
Anyways, you will not realize how popular the game is in the subcontinent.
And if you believe that the fans who burn effigies symbolize all fans in the region, you are wrong.
Do the hooligans represent all English football fans ?
The effigy burners, believe me, know very little about the game and they are created by the 25-30 ,24hr news channls which exist in India.
All these news channels do is make hheroes out of cricketers one day and then crush their image the very next day when they lose.
Part of the reason for the effigy burning and stone pelting is the incentive that they`ll get media coverage and nothing cricket-related.
India have lost games before but it is in the past 2 world cups that these people (who burn efigies) have come into spotlight, reason for which being the media in India.
The Indian media needs to learn to be more responsible and not give these people undue importance .
The true Indian fan does not even have the mood to speak to his friends after a world cup loss, leave alone burn effigies and pelt player`s houses with stones.