Sports has been an inherent quotient that generates togetherness and emotions in a vast country like India where religion, language and caste have been dividing factors in a society that is now becoming progressive.
During an international sporting event, society tends to forget its divisions and stands united as one India. It could be any sport for that matter and it all started with hockey back in the 1930s and went on to athletics, tennis, golf and, of course, cricket.
Cricket wins the hearts of Indians
But zooming in on cricket, its impact on India and Indians cannot be...