Can football become more popular than cricket in India?

Do you have a jersey with Messi' written on the back?” A 10 odd year old kid asked the shopkeeper of a local street shop in Calcutta. “Yes, but I'm afraid we don't have one of your size,” the shopkeeper replied. read more

Presently football in India is considered only for lower rung in the society as far as playing is considered and the college students and the other educated class prefer to play games like cricket, tennis , badminton or even hockey etc, which have little scope for a direct body contact and hence appear to be more sophisticated. read more

Football is a much simpler game to start playing. You just need a ball and an open space. Its much cheaper to play football than it is to play cricket (cost of bats, stumps, leather balls, protective gear, a reasonable pitch). Yet, cricket became more popular because it produced iconic role models for people to look up to. read more