India's Sports Favourites of 2024 Exposed: Google Search Trends Revealed

The year 2024 came to a close with India's sporting fans seeking answers to what made each summer magical. According to an interesting analysis by search giant Google, the nation took to the internet to find out about its most searched for sports-related queries.

According to Google Trends data available, cricket and basketball emerged as two of the top searches among Indian netizens in 2024. On the other hand, IPL also came at number five on this list after being one of India's favourites in this year's edition of The Board game Cricket league.

Meanwhile, Vinesh Phogat grabbed all attention when he competed for a place at team Indian for badminton. He finally found luck and made it into the tournament that was being held overseas. The fans are extremely happy and relieved as they had been waiting for his participation in major games for quite some time now.

The latest stats indicate, Indians were searching more about cricket than basketball throughout most of this year.