Sports in West Bengal explained

Sports in West Bengal has its own importance. Cricket and football are the most popular sports in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Football

Unlike in other Indian states where cricket is considered as the most popular game with some exceptions, football is the most popular game in West Bengal.[1] [2] [3] It can be considered as the football hub of India and houses many clubs like East Bengal, Mohun Bagan and Mohammedan Sporting Club.[4] [5]

Cricket

As mostly in India, cricket is immensely popular among the masses of west Bengal. It houses the Eden Gardens stadium which is the largest cricket stadium in India. Eden gardens can house more than 100,000 people and is one of the only two 100,000-seat cricket amphitheaters in the world.[6] Eden gardens is also the home for the East Zone and Bengal Cricket team. It also houses the Indian Premier League team Kolkata Knight Riders bought by Shah Rukh Khan which uses Eden gardens as its home turf. Calcutta Cricket and Football Club is the second-oldest cricket club in the world.[7]

Other games

Indian sports like kho kho and kabaddi are also popular among the masses here.

Polo

The oldest polo club of the world, Calcutta Polo Club is also present here.[8]

Golf

Outside Great Britain the Royal Calcutta Golf Club is the oldest of its kind.[9]

Stadiums

Notable persons

Notes and References

  1. Book: Dineo, Paul . Soccer in South Asia: empire, nation, diaspora . 2001 . Frank Cass Publishers. London . 978-0-7146-8170-2 . 71 . Mills . James.
  2. Book: Bose, Mihir. The magic of Indian cricket: cricket and society in India. 2006 . Psychology Press. 978-0-415-35691-6 . 240 .
  3. Das Sharma. Amitabha . 2002 . Football and the big fight in Kolkata . Football Studies . 5. 2 . 57 . PDF . 5 April 2012.
  4. Web site: Indian Football Clubs. 26 October 2006. Iloveindia.com.
  5. Web site: Football in India – A Fact File . 26 October 2006 . Prabhakaran . Shaji . 18 January 2003 . LongLiveSoccer.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061023135720/http://www.longlivesoccer.com/indiafootball.htm . 23 October 2006 .
  6. Web site: India – Eden Gardens (Kolkata) . 26 October 2006 . Cricket Web . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070531223033/http://www.cricketweb.net/country/venue.php?CategoryIDAuto=12&VenueIDAuto=26 . 31 May 2007 .
  7. News: Mukherji . Raju . Seven Years? Head Start . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014559/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050314/asp/opinion/story_4428341.asp . dead . 30 September 2007 . The Telegraph . 14 March 2005 . 26 October 2006 . Calcutta, India .
  8. Web site: History of Polo . 30 August 2007 . Hurlingham Polo Association . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070818130245/http://www.hpa-polo.co.uk/about/history_polo.asp . 18 August 2007 .
  9. Web site: Royal Calcutta Golf Club . 30 August 2007 . Encyclopædia Britannica . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070929133425/http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-511285/Royal-Calcutta-Golf-Club . 29 September 2007 .
  10. Web site: 100 000+ Stadiums. 26 October 2006. World Stadiums.
  11. Web site: The Asian Football Stadiums (30.000+ capacity). 26 October 2006. Gunther Lades.
  12. Web site: Sports & Adventure . 22 October 2006 . West Bengal Tourism . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061128182520/http://www.wbtourism.com/sports_adventure/index.htm . 28 November 2006 .
  13. Web site: Famous Indian Football Players. 26 October 2006. Iloveindia.com.

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