What is cricket called in Chinese and its Mandarin pronunciation?: Here’s What Cricket Is Called In Chinese Because Fans Find It Weird.
Cricket is a game which is mostly played in 10-15 countries and International Cricket Council is making every effort to internationalize the game.
Cricket is very popular not only in India but all over the world. Cricket is played in different countries. However, have you ever wondered what it is called in other parts of the world?
What is Cricket called in Chinese?
In most of the world we are familiar with its titles, but in our neighboring country China we were not. However, we now know what it is called in China thanks to Pakistani commentator Rameez Raza.
Even Chinese athletes were seen taking part in the 2018 Pakistan Super League (PSL). But when he revealed the Chinese word for cricket during an interview, Yuvraj Singh was taken by surprise.
Two Chinese players were signed by Peshawar Zalmi for the third T20 competition as part of their promotion of the sport. The two Chinese cricketers Yufie Zhang and Jian Li joined the team in 2018 in the middle of the competition.
Chinese player Yufie Zhang was questioned about the same by well-known Pakistani critic Ramzi Raza. They disclosed during the conversation that the Chinese name for cricket is “Bancho,” which is humorous because the Hindi meaning of the same word is not so great. Yufie Zhang (Chinese Player) said that cricket in his country is called “Bancho”.
Well, this might be a simple word for the Chinese but in India, it is the word for every second Indian.
Yuvraj posts on Instagram
The video of the interview, which quickly went viral, was discovered by Yuvraj Singh, who was not a member of the Indian team at the time. He was taken aback after learning the Chinese word for cricket and questioned whether any Punjabi was used in naming the Chinese name of the game. For his followers, he shared the video on Instagram with the caption:
Cricket is called Bancho in Chinese! Looks like they have called some Punjabi to name it in China.”