Cricket And Politics In Asia

Cricket and Politics in South Asia

Sport and politics are often linked together, their relationship cannot be avoided. Sports are the representation of different things; strength, strategy,aggression, defense, agility, intelligence, power, resistance, adrenaline, coldness and euphoria at the same time, without thought clearly it's associated with politics. Cricket, in the beginning, was a wayto create union, but while it was getting more popular it create conflict.

During 1881 - 1906 cricket created a sense of national unity between countries, politics, and cricket. Ever since theBritish introduce cricket, many young men of different ages and castes from India wanted to be part of the sports, and be permitted to play, therefore, they made a petition to the governor of theprovince of Bombay to play along with the English. (India Cricket players). This made an impact in India and the player of cricket, wanting to be a part of a sport in another's country, creating unitybetween two countries, also the only arena where Indians are allowed to compete on even terms with the English. Also an Indian newspaper, the Indian Social Reformer, made a report on how cricket united thecastes, and created a connection between politics and cricket, when a Lower-caste made part of the team, the upper-caste of an Indie cricket club found that the inclusion of the now champion bowler,would improve the matters considerably besides the cricket unites the rulers and the ruled. The Indian Social Reformer, makes a comment to make a change in society and unite the cases together not onlyin sports, but also socially and political

Crickets also breaks regional banners when a young Indian cricketer makes part of an English team, a London newspaper reports about Prince Ranjitsinhjipropose to visit England, and it show the prince in typical English outfit and making part of the English culture. Muhammad Ali Jinnah makes a comment on the Quadrangular Tournament, making a point...