Cricket overshadows other sports: MS Gill

“Television, commercialisation and the advertising world have promoted cricket to an extent that it has become a Mount Everest which is badly affecting other sports in the country,” Gill told Outlook magazine in an interview.

He said India needed a sports policy which could benefit common man and criticised spending of crores of rupees to built cricket infrastructure.

“Today, almost every state is constructing cricket stadiums. But for what? They get to host one ODI in five years. Is not it wastage of resources?

“India need to think, which sport it wants. I think, we need a sports policy which can benefit the common man. The money spent on constructing one cricket stadium can buy many other facilities for all stadiums in Gujarat or Punjab.”