In India, cricket isnt just a sport or
pass time, it is part of daily life, every taxi driver can rattle off
the South African cricket team the stadia and colours worn among all
other stats possible. International games are seen as battles between
countries, and truly the locals have embraced their country's
national pride. Some of the trees we saw in Srinagar were chopped up
into neat sized pieces ready to be made for hitting red leather balls
around the world. Every restaurant, bank, hotel, bar, barber, coffee
shop, electronic shop(what else would you be buying a tv for...oh and
Shahrukh I forget), Mcdonalds, airport TV has the cricket on. There
are a few dedicated cricket channels on tv that play reruns and
current matches 24 hours a day! The airport TVs attract a large
number of people almost as though they are all in a movie theatre.
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