Why Is Baseball So Popular In America

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Introduction c with cricket, because these four games are played by bat and ball. Though they are sports of bat and ball but their rules are very different from cricket. Baseball is the game that keeps the highest amount of similarities with cricket. It is a very old American game. It was first played more than two centuries ago and it is one of the most popular sports of America. “Baseball is a game that includes both persuasive and conservative exercise” (American Health association, 2014). It is a very good game to keep people fit. Though both Baseball and cricket are played with ball-bat, they are quite unalike in the term of operation. People of Southern Asia are diehard fan of cricket, …show more content…

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Two teams have to innings There are nine innings Fixed time of 70 minuets none none
Each teams require eleven players Teams are constructed with nine players Both teams have to have eleven players Single player No fixed amount of players
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Popular in Asia, RSA, England, New Zealand, Australia, Popular in America, Australia, All most all over the world America Popular in Europe, America, …show more content…

People of Middle East like football than most other games. Nowadays, people of this region has gradually started playing and practicing cricket. In UAE, the headquarter of ICC is situated. It has its own international cricket team which has played in international tournaments. Till now it is the only cricket team of GCC (Gulf Corporation Council). As one of the most rapid developing and the world’s wealthiest country, Qatar does not want to remain backward in this sports section and Qatar is also willing to establish itself as a sports superior nation. Qatar has already sponsored the Asian games and also the 2022 FIFA World cup will be held in this country. Qatar has also given priority to cricket. In order to develop the cricket section of the country, it has created Qatar Cricket Association (QCC). This association gives better facilities and opportunities to the people of Qatar to play and develop their cricket skills and performance under a shed. There are three divisions of cricket of QCC to play cricket. They also arrange cricket tournaments among universities to give chance to the university students to play cricket. They also reward them with well prizes to inspire them. Seeing the efforts to develop cricket level, it is expected that very soon Qatar will enter in international cricket. They are eagerly waiting to be a part of