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    How cricket is 2nd most popular sport?

    In so many american countries they dnt even knw that cricket is also a game! In the countries it is play v.few people watch it (except for india and pak) so how can it becum 2nd most popular sport??? I think people watch basketball more than it lol!

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    its due to the hell of population in india.

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    Here's how:

    India1,210,569,573
    Pakistan183,483,000
    Bangladesh152,518,015
    United Kingdom63,181,775
    South Africa52,981,991
    Australia23,064,026
    Sri Lanka20,277,597
    New Zealand4,469,430
    Jamaica2,709,300
    Trinidad and Tobago1,328,019
    Barbados274,200
    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines109,000
    Antigua and Barbuda86,295
    Bermuda (UK)64,237
    Saint Kitts and Nevis54,000

    Total1,715,170,458

    Percentage of world population25%


    Your observation that very few watch outside of India and Pakistan is incorrect by the way.

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    Population wise, it may be but based on the number of countries playing cricket is well down the list behind football, rugby and basketball.

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    India has population over 1 billions and everyone watches it, thats why!

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    In Sports, Cricket is No doubt the most popular game because, it is equally popular not only in Asia but in Africa and Australia and now in USA and Europe also. It is not imagination but based on real facts. Football is rank. 1 and Cricket is at No. 2. Please analyze your answer globally not by viewing and thinking your own limited area.

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    Is it really? What's your source? If it is I imagine its largely due to its popularity on the sub-continent. The reason we find it so surprising (I live in New Zealand) is because the U.S.A have the media empire, meaning sports broadcast by American networks are the ones popular there. We then infer that because they get so much coverage, they must be globally popular.

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    Only second? Surely not...

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    is football the first?


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