Panbhu,
Before in 1930's and 40's the only sport which was played at international level and with more public interest was Hockey so public interest back then was too little in other sports.

Later cricket and subsidiary games have been included in international arena after independence, as a result cricket as we see now has generated more fans than any other sports in India. There are many reason for these things as cricket is played on a huge ground with capacity of more than 50000 people the fans can come out in huge numbers.

Other sport like badminton and weight lifting are more of seen on television and just enjoyed in small scale as these sports are just a 2 min sports where a person comes and performs. Different sports like boxing do attract people but that to is limited as these games only last for an hr or so with less capacity or viewers at rings. Hence other than cricket and at some point Hockey other sports are not so famous like them.

Answered by Jateen Gutta , an ibibo Master, at 12:15 PM on October 22, 2008

INDIANS are not taking part in variety of games because i think that they do not see any career oppurtunity in the other sports except CRICKET,and to some extent in tennis and golf.
moreover other sports are not much popular in india because lack of sponsors and media coverage.
i think that the problem can be resolved if the other games are promoted in small villages by the goverment because i think that the small villagers can do a lot better than the luxurios city people.
Also the media should give good coverage to other sports so that other games come in the eye of common man...at this moment all sport coverage by the media in INDIA is limited till CRICKET only.

Answered by Abhinav , an ibibo Citizen, at 6:03 PM on October 15, 2008