Today I am going to talk to you all on a very interesting topic. It has been 11 years since I have been trading and investing in the Indian stock market 📈, and I have been fond of cricket 🏏 since childhood.
Whenever I have to explain something to someone 🙎♂️ about the stock market, I often explain it by giving the example of cricket.
In these 11 years, I have experienced that there is a very deep relationship between the stock market and cricket, or you can say that there are some special similarities between the two, which I want to share with you today.
I request you 🙏 to read this article completely, I guarantee that not only will you enjoy it but your knowledge will also increase. 😊
IPL 2025 is going on and the whole world is crazy about IPL. After Corona, the number of people investing and trading in the stock market has increased tremendously, so the stock market is also not less popular.
Let us know what the connection between stock market and cricket is. 📖
What is the time connection between stock market and cricket?
Cricket is played in 3 formats.
1. Test match
2. One day
3. T-20
There are 3 formats in stock market too.
1. Investing
2. Swing Trading
3. Intraday Trading
Test matches in cricket last for 5 days. Players try to play long innings. To tell you the truth, the real test of players in cricket is in test matches only. For 5 days, players’ stamina, mindset, mental health, cricket technique, everything is checked.
Similarly, investing in the stock market is also like a test match. Investors invest money in stocks and hold those stocks for a long time and earn huge returns.
Like cricketers, the real test of investors also comes in the format of investing because a lot of patience is required to block money in one place for a long time. Fluctuations in the stock market are common, maintaining investment in these fluctuations without any panic is a big thing.
Many people are unable to bear the volatility of the stock market and sell their investment at a very low price and leave.
Below is a list of 5 famous investors and cricketers of the world. If you have any other names in mind, please tell us in the comment box. 😊
5 famous investors of the world
1. Warren Buffett
2. George Soros
3.Carl Icahn
4. Carl Icahn
5. David Tepper
5 famous cricketers of the world
1. Sachin Tendulkar
2. Sir Don Bradman
3. Brian Lara
4.Virat Kohli
5. AB De Villiers
How did you like the connection between stock market and cricket? Do share your opinion in the comment box. 😎
Connection between stock market and T-20 cricket
The connection between stock market and cricket is not limited to test matches only. One day and T-20 are also played in cricket in which the victory or defeat of a team is decided on the same day.
Similarly, in stock market also, through intraday trading, scalping trading, traders either make profit or bear loss on the same day. In T-20, the match is decided within 3 hours.
Similarly, in intraday trading also, within 5 to 6 hours (one trading session is of 6 hours), traders decide whether money will come or go.
Are stock market and cricket both gambling?
Often people are heard saying that the stock market is a speculative market and one should not invest money in it. People believe that the big traders/investors trap small traders in their net. Big institutional funds, hedge funds, proprietary firms already know when which stock is going to rise, they invest their money in that stock and when the price of the stock increases, they sell their goods to small and retail traders and exit from that stock.
Generally, in the language of stock market, it is called insider trading, in which some people of the company provide all the information of the company to the big players.
Like if the quarterly result of a company is going to be very good or bad, then the people of the company itself leak this information in the market and the big players make their position in the stocks accordingly.
If anyone wants to know about insider trading well, then you should watch the scam 1992 web series. Scam 1992 was released on 9 October 2020. Pratik Gandhi played the role of Harshad Mehta (90’s era investor) in this web series. Such discussions are often held about insider trading, I do not have any concrete evidence of this. I am sharing with you the things that are heard in the market.
How many scandals of match fixing have come to light in cricket. Not all players fix matches, but the trend of match fixing in cricket has increased in the last few times. I will not name any player here, why should anyone be defamed, you people can go and search on the internet yourself.
There are some people in both stock market and cricket who spoil both these professions, but this does not mean that stock market and cricket are betting markets.
Especially I cannot believe this. Players take good training before playing cricket at the international level. Just like we work on our batting, bowling and fielding, similarly in stock market also, those who want to become a trader learn their technical analysis and those who want to become an investor learn fundamental analysis.
Both the professions require skill. Those who want to succeed in stock market and cricket without skill, for them stock market and cricket are just betting markets. So first learn well and then enter any field. Being educated is very important.
What do you think, are stock market and cricket really a betting? Do share your opinion in the comment box. 👇👇
Importance of timing in stock market and cricket
Timing is very important in the stock market and cricket. Timing means doing something only when it is most needed. For example, in batting, if the timing of the batsman is good, meaning the connection of the bat with the ball is happening at the right time, then that batsman will score a lot of runs.
Why is Virat Kohli’s cover drive so famous? Because his timing on the ball is very great. If there is a problem with the timing, then the chances of the batsman getting out increase. Timing is very important no matter which stroke you play. Running and coming right under the ball to catch the ball is also timing, if you do not reach that place on time, then the catch will be missed.
Similarly, timing plays an important role in the stock market as well. If you enter the stock only when it is about to rise, then you can earn immense profits, but if the stock has risen by 10% – 20% and after that you are entering the stock, then what is the benefit? 😢
The opportunity to earn profit has gone out of hand. Now you will say how will we know whether the stock is going to rise or fall. Now the stock will not come and tell us itself that I am going to rise, buy me. 😀
I talked about this skill in the above section.
Learn analysis, whether it is technical analysis or fundamental analysis 📈, it is very important to keep learning continuously in the stock market. By doing research and analysis, you start getting an idea about which stock is going to see movement in the market. If you learn to do analysis, then 70% to 80% of your entry and exit will be correct in any stock.
I have written detailed articles on technical and fundamental analysis; you can increase your knowledge in the stock market by reading those articles. 📖
Stock market and cricket are team games
While investing in the stock market, experienced investors often advise never to invest all your money in a single stock. Divide your money in different asset classes. Invest some money in stocks, some money in gold-silver, some money in bank fixed deposits, some money in bonds.
This way your diversified portfolio will be formed, if there is ever a recession in any asset class, the other asset class will recover the loss. In a way, your team is ready in your investment in which there are different players in the form of asset classes who give you returns i.e. by scoring runs.
You know cricket is a team game. If one or two out of 11 players get injured, then another player is included, meaning if one asset i.e. player is not giving returns, then the other player or asset class will perform.
It is said that when the stock market is in trend, gold and silver do not give returns and when gold and silver give returns, there is a recession in the stock market. Therefore, whether it is stock market or cricket, it is a team game. Everyone has to be taken along. 😎
Conclusion
At the end of this article, I would say that there are many similarities between stock market and cricket. From skill to timing and both games should be played like a team game. There is no guarantee that you will win 100% but yes, if you keep learning continuously then the chances of winning increase.
I wish for you that you also become the Virat Kohli of the stock market. Virat Kohli because he is my favorite. 😊🙏
FAQ
Cricket and the stock market both require strategic planning, risk management, and adaptability. Like a cricket team selects players based on opponents, investors build portfolios based on market conditions, balancing aggression and stability for success.