I never knew Australia played football. I also did not know that, in fact, they not only play but also get qualified to World Cup! I guess that’s my ignorance. Anyways, I was discussing the same with another equally ignorant friend of mine. However, she follows football much more frequently than I do. And she made a very interesting comment. She said Australia has about 22 people in their country, of these 11 plays cricket and the remaining plays football!
Wow!!!
But seriously, if we look in to the statement and see the teams playing in this World Cup, like Ivory Coast, Trinidad and many others, this statement doesn’t look incredible at all!
Now the question that arises in my mind is this: apart from the 15 odd people that play cricket in India (I am including the reserves, you see!), what is it that the remaining billion odd people are doing? Yes, I know they are making software for rest of the world and are collecting credit card payments for users across the globe, but then we also do play football, man! And we have been playing it so the last 115 odd years! (It’s the Mohan Bagan, the oldest Football Team in Asia founded in 1889, comprising of all native Indians that defeated the East Yorkshire Regiment to lift the 1911 IFA Shield).
Will there be day when all Indians will get an opportunity to cheer and support the Indian team in World Cup and not fight for individual favorites like Brazil, England or Argentina!!! I don’t have the patience to wait and see…
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