Not CRICKET, but foreign sports are threats to popularity of Indian sports

To start my blogging, I really feel that Cricket is commonly considered as the biggest threat to other Indian sports, but latest trends among the youngsters show that foreign sports are bigger threats. Cricket is a charm for youngsters and makes BCCI as the richest cricket board on the globe. Cricket has become synonyms with India and a frenzy for citizens. But a more drastic danger is with Formula 1, English Premier League (EPL) and Basketball. The elite youngsters of India are becoming passionate about these foreign sports. Such sports are no longer confined to America or Europe. Students in schools and colleges encounter more of basketball courts and football fields than akharas. Millions of Indians watch Formula One on television, often with the same passion they reserve for the country’s most popular sport — cricket.
To promote other sports, we as individuals and society at large should take and show keen interest in other sports than the popular ones, for example, cricket.