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While some people have wrongly criticised Sharapova for not knowing Sachin, the defence cited by some including Michael Ferreira in Mid Day that Cricket is not a global sport & is played by a handful of countries is ludicrous. All team sports are dominated by only a handful of countries. Number of world cup winners - Football : 8, Cricket : 6, Hockey : 5, Rugby : 5, Tennis Davis Cup : 12 (number was 7 till top stars used to participate), Tennis Fed Cup : 11 & so on. A lot more countries participate but thats because of continental reservation & not merit (not true of cricket largely, thankfully). Not citing golf, basket ball, baseball, american rules football, ice hockey for obvious reasons. In fact, in terms of both number of national teams & number of world cup winners, Cricket is number 2 in global reach after football. Facts!
Posted on: Sun, 06 Jul 2014 05:26:10 +0000

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