The Story Of World's 9 Great Rivalries

Bangalore: As 22 players fight it out for a win on the field, there‘re thousands of tensed fans waiting in the stands ready to clash any moment at the sound of one insensitive remark. This is the potential of great rivalries. It’s time to revisit 9 such rivalries on which rims of paper got spent, voices raised and punches exchanged with inputs from Jordan Rane of CNN.

India v/s Pakistan Cricket Match

The New York Times tells this about the Indo-Pak cricket rivalry:” It is as if all the feelings of the New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox rivalry in baseball, Barcelona vs. Real Madrid in soccer and England vs. Australia in any sport had been distilled and deepened with an extra dose of hostile geopolitics and the passions of 1.4 billion people.”

The 2011 world cup semi final match between India and Pakistan was watched by 1.5 million TV viewers, making it the biggest TV event of the year. The sporting rivalry is accentuated by the geopolitics and the history of the sub continent. The winner of these matches gets worshipped by his countrymen whereas the losing side sometimes has to run for cover.

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