Yes, cricket owes its present popularity to television. Television expanded the audience for the game by bringing cricket into small
towns and villages. It also broadened cricket's social base. Children, who had never previously had the chance to watch
international cricket because they lived outside the big cities, could watch and learn by imitating their heroes. Matches in Sydney
could be watched live in Surat. Cricket, as a result, became available to everyone and thus, gained a lot of popularity.