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Is there a native sports program in India?

Yes, the most famous is Indian cricket, cricket in India is equivalent to table tennis in China.

Cricket (cricket), also known as cricket, has always been praised as a "gentleman's game" (gentleman's game), is a noble sportsmanship (sportsmanship) and "fair play" (fairplay) sport. "Cricket originated in England and is widely played in the United States. Cricket originated in England, prevalent in England, Australia, New Zealand, India, Bangladesh, Nepal and other countries, that is to say, India's cricket is it as a British colony, the British brought.

The ICC Cricket World Cup is a one-day, single innings cricket tournament organized by the International Cricket Council. The tournament is one of the most watched sports in the world, and is the fourth largest tournament in the world after the Olympic Games, the FIFA World Cup, and the Rugby World Cup. The first Cricket World Cup was held in England in 1975.

According to the consulting firm YouGov, 62% of people in India (about 700 million people) play cricket at least four times a year, and the brand value of the Indian cricket league has surpassed that of the World Cup and the Olympics, ranking second in the world after the NFL. And the Indian cricket league, the average annual salary of the players can actually reach 26.7 million yuan annual salary.