Sport
Cricket used to be the most popular sport in Bangalore but it rapidly lost its popularity in a small amount of time and the present youth of Bangalore prefer football, Basketball and tennis . Manchester United is a very popular club in Bangalore and has a massive fan following in the city. There is a Manchester United Restaurant Bar present in the city which is a popular place for the fans.
Significant numbers of India's national team have come from Bangalore, including Gundappa Viswanath, Rahul Dravid, Venkatesh Prasad, Anil Kumble, Erapalli Prasanna, Robin Uthappa, B.S. Chandrashekar, Syed Kirmani, Brijesh Patel, Roger Binny and Sadanand Vishwanath. Many of the city's children play Gully cricket and football on the roads and in city's many public fields. Bangalore's main international cricket stadium is the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, which hosted its first match in 1974 and was the venue for the India-Pakistan cricket quarter-final during World Cup 1996.International Cricket was played at the Central College grounds before moving to the current venue.
Other famous sports persons from Bangalore include Badminton player and former All England Badminton Championship winner Prakash Padukone, Tennis player and 10 time Grand Slams winner Mahesh Bhupathi, Cueist Pankaj Advani and athlete Ashwini Nachappa.
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