Lauding
his
son
Abhishek
Bachchan's
initiative
for
the
promotion
of
kabaddi,
Hindi
film
veteran
Amitabh
Bachchan
says
the
country
is
capable
of
excelling
at
multiple
sporting
events,
if
people
put
their
heart,
mind
and
business
sense
to
it.
Abhishek
has
lent
the
game
of
kabaddi
a
cool
upmarket
image
by
getting
a
stake
in
the
Jaipur
Pink
Panthers
franchise
of
the
Pro-Kabaddi
League.
His
team
even
won
the
inaugural
championship.
Talking
about
it,
Big
B
said,
"Yes,
Abhishek
owns
a
Kabaddi
team,
a
team
that
has
won
the
first
championship
of
Pro-Kabaddi.
I
am
extremely
happy
for
him
and
proud
too
in
the
way
he
went
about
encouraging
the
sport
personally
and
individually."
Do
you
feel,
like
we
all
do,
that
too
much
attention
is
given
to
cricket
in
our
country?
"No.
Too
much
attention
is
not
being
given
to
cricket.
Not
enough
attention
is
being
given
to
other
sports," Amitabh
said.
Amitabh
who
loves
watching
cricket
and
football,
said,
"We
are
a
vast
and
massive
country.
We
must
garner
and
encourage
and
be
proficient
in
many
sporting
events.
If
we
put
our
hearts
and
minds
and
business
into
them
it
should
never
be
a
problem
to
pick
a
team
of
11,
7,
5,
4
or
2
players
from
1.25
billion,
a
sixth
of
the
entire
population
of
the
world."
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