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Surrey spinner Amar Virdi on the brink of becoming third Sikh to represent England


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35 minutes ago, Premi5 said:

Only slightly. Football is king, can be played in all weather conditions, is a simple game and much more 'trendy'

Cricket is even behind rugby in popularity in the upper-middle class typess

Yep, I work in IT and even most middle class English men I've worked with prefer football.

Rugby is also seen as a cool sport, you have to be very strong, fast and fit to play it. It's also fast paced.

I do like cricket but I can see why many don't.

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19 minutes ago, Premi5 said:

How popular are kabaddi and hockey in the pind these days? 

In last 10 years or so , cricket has gained popularity in rural punjab.

kabaddi was always popular in pinds but in last 7-8 years has become popular in cities too due to the kabaddi world cup started by punjab govt.

hockey has always had a strong base in rural punjab.

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8 hours ago, ChardikalaUK said:

You're right, he and his siblings are Christians. I think his dad is a Sikh. It just goes to show the weakness of our religion when even the man can't make his own kids Sikh.

Yeah is had my first drink at at christian high school, have to get these kids on bread and wine :)

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On 6/27/2020 at 11:52 AM, singhbj singh said:

The chances of Virdi becoming only the third player from a Sikh background to represent England after Monty Panesar and Ravi Bopara

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricket/article-8464215/amp/Surrey-spinner-Amar-Virdi-brink-Sikh-represent-England-Tests.html

He's still not represented the senior National Team. Progress seems a little slow, and looking at his past season, he was often not in  the first XI of even his county cricket team

https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/amar-virdi-1037701/matches

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