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Make cricket India's national sport: Claudius

Updated On: 10 January, 2009 08:17 AM IST | PTI

Indian hockey legend Leslie Claudius today supported former India cricket captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi's suggestion that cricket should be made the national sport.

Indian hockey legend Leslie Claudius today supported former India cricket captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi's suggestion that cricket should be made the national sport.
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Claudius, the three-time Olympic gold medalist lamented that hockey is all but dead especially after India failed to qualify for last year's Olympic Games in Beijing.

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