Internet search doesn't really imply much. Hockey and Football have a major presence in India. East India, especially Bengal doesn't look at Cricket at all. Thankfully.
Thanks bro.. I thought cricket is the most popular sport in India but as per your post i get that it depends on State to state basis. Since my country is a small island its pretty much the same all around the island and i can clearly say cricket is the most popular sport here in Sri Lanka.
in Kenya the most popular sport is athletics. A lot of Kenyans have won gold medals in international competitions including Olympics, diamond league, Beijing Olympics where we had the most medals and many more other competitions. Soccer is the most popular sport in the streets but not yet gone international. I love Kenya.
Cricket....cricket and cricket. Although Hockey is the national sport of India, Cricket is the most popular game. It is not just a game, Indians would say "Cricket is our religion and Sachin is our God"
In the Philippines I think it was Basketball. Actually ironic because they are tiny people, but love the sport.
My name is Marim Khan from Pakistan and Hockey is our national game and we likes Cricket,Hockey and Snooker.
I'm from Serbia and here is Football (Soccer) the most popular sport. We have and we had many good players but currently, or better say last 10 years our football representation is huge humiliation. If you're from Europe you probably heard for that incident on mach with Albania. Our football team is not good. We are Europe champions in water polo, very good basketball team, volleyball, and tennis champion like Novak Djokovic, but here still football is something that everybody watch and talk about the most.
cricket is the most played, talked about and superhyped sport in my country.. crickets are no less than godmen.. one is especially considered god..