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**Official** 1st Test @ Perth, 22nd-26th November

Burgey

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PaulLennon said:
If you don't believe India's improvement in cricket over the last two decades is tied to India's economic growth, what can I say?

I think people from first world countries really underestimate how fast 6-7% economic growth is and it's implications - Like that Chinese now winning in swimming and breaking records
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The initial Chinese rise in swimming had a bit to do with them suddenly chugging their swimmers full of elephant juice iirc
 
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Fuller Pilch

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PaulLennon said:
If you don't believe India's improvement in cricket over the last two decades is tied to India's economic growth, what can I say?

I think people from first world countries really underestimate how fast 6-7% economic growth is and it's implications - Like that Chinese now winning in swimming and breaking records
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That's true but the correlation is not always there. NZ was the world's 2nd richest country in the 1950s and had the world's worst test cricket team. We are comparatively much worse off, yet our cricket team is much stronger.
 
silentstriker

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PaulLennon said:
If you don't believe India's improvement in cricket over the last two decades is tied to India's economic growth, what can I say?

I think people from first world countries really underestimate how fast 6-7% economic growth is and it's implications - Like that Chinese now winning in swimming and breaking records
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Probably China and swimming is not the best example; but absolutely there is zero doubt that the GDP growth is very much tied to improvement in access. People don't realize that for a significant portion of Indian history, cricket players basically came from the upper classes in Mumbai. As more and more people are moved into the middle and upper middle class; and more importantly the proliferation of equipment, coaching and access further and further out in India - this is changing. But even now, the access is nowhere near it is in other developed countries.
 
PaulLennon

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Fuller Pilch said:
That's true but the correlation is not always there. NZ was the world's 2nd richest country in the 1950s and had the world's worst test cricket team. We are comparatively much worse off, yet our cricket team is much stronger.
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Population is also a thing.

NZ are too small.

Also in 1950s NZ had just started.

The GDP argument is supported by the fact that NZ with their 4 million people is able to compete with Ind, Pak, Bang whose populations are an order of magnitude higher.

As India becomes richer, the systems/infrastructure become better as well as a bigger player pool.

Pre 2000s almost all of the major Indian players were from the 3-4 big cities as only those places had the facilities. Now plenty from smaller towns.
 
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