MAX-Outlook Passion of India poll
Love Of The Game
The boys in blue may be down, but India believes that they are not yet out
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Team Indias recent form in ODIs has notstopped its fans from believing that it can win the ICC Champions Trophy (Oct 7Nov5, 2006). Around 81 per cent of those polled in the MAX-Outlook Passion of IndiaPoll believed that their favourite team would claim the title and reverse the indifferentperformance of the last two ODI series.
The poll, powered by Indica Research, was conducted in Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi,Calcutta, Bangalore, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Ludhiana and Coimbatore. As many as 47per cent of the 1,000 people polled were women.
The results, if nothing else, corroborated the belief that cricket is a huge passion inIndia. In fact, it emerged as the single biggest passion, well ahead of music, movies,books, money, career, computers, studies, religion, football, politics and spirituality.Interestingly, every third person prefers to watch a cricket match instead of a film, evenif it features his or her favourite stars.
More than three-quarters of those polled had never been to a stadium to watch aninternational match. A vast majority of respondents were so well-informed about the lawsof cricket and the playing conditions that they could identify Power Play and Super Sub astwo recent experiments in the one-day format.
| When do people follow cricket? | |||
| When India plays | 48% | ||
| Only Indo-Pak matches | 23% | ||
| Only when favourite players feature | 15% | ||
| All matches | 13% | ||
| Don't follow it | 1% | ||
| When do fans like to watch cricket on TV? | |||
| Only if India is winning | 31% | ||
| Only when India plays | 27% | ||
| Any time cricket is played | 11% | ||
| Watch only cricket on TV | 8% | ||
| When theres nothing better to do | 7% | ||
| Other reasons | 15% | ||
| Dont know/ cant say | 1% | ||
| Why are people passionate about cricket? | |||
| Indias chances | 17% | ||
| Peer interest | 11% | ||
| Part of life | 8% | ||
| Other reasons | 11% | ||
| Excitement | 28% | ||
| Great escape | 25% | ||
| What is the one thing Indians are most passionate about?* | |||
| Cricket | 30% | ||
| Music | 18% | ||
| Movies | 16% | ||
| Money | 12% | ||
| Career | 5% | ||
| Books | 5% | ||
| Others | 14% | ||
* The respondent was first asked to name what he or she followed with passion and then asked to name the one thing followed most passionately. | |||
Who is the most admired Indian cricketer? | |||
| Sachin Tendulkar | 41% | ||
| MS Dhoni | 13% | ||
| Rahul Dravid | 13% | ||
| Sourav Ganguly | 7% | ||
| Virender Sehwag | 4% | ||
Whos the one cricketer fans want in ODI team? | |||
| Sourav Ganguly | 43% | ||
| Anil Kumble | 22% | ||
| Zaheer Khan | 15% | ||
| How do fans get affected when India loses a match? | |||
| Feel bad for some time | 40% | ||
| Never affected | 37% | ||
| It has stopped making a difference | 13% | ||
| Spoils the day | 10% | ||
| Cricket vs film with favourite actors? | |||
| Cricket, when India plays | 52% | ||
| Film | 23% | ||
| Any cricket match | 22% | ||
Degree of familiarity with the Laws of Cricket | |||
| Very familiar | 34% | ||
| Somewhat familiar | 46% | ||
| Not too familiar | 14% | ||
| Not at all familiar | 6% | ||
Satisfaction Levels | |||
Dravid as captain | |||
| Very satisfied | 48% | ||
| Satisfied | 43% | ||
| Not satisfied | 9% | ||
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Chappell as coach | |||
| Very satisfied | 27% | ||
| Satisfied | 52% | ||
| Not satisfied | 21% | ||
| Metros | Very satisfied | Satisfied | Not satisfied |
| Mumbai | 52% | 39% | 8% |
| Delhi | 31% | 53% | 16% |
| Calcutta | 1% | 20% | 77% |
| Chennai | 27% | 54% | 15% |
| Bangalore | 24% | 70% | 7% |
| Indian Batsmen | |||
| Very satisfied | 39% | ||
| Satisfied | 53% | ||
| Not satisfied | 7% | ||
| Indian Fast Bowlers | |||
| Very satisfied | 37% | ||
| Satisfied | 54% | ||
| Not satisfied | 9% | ||
| Ex-Cricketers as Analysts | |||
| Very satisfied | 27% | ||
| Satisfied | 60% | ||
| Not satisfied | 13% | ||
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