Correct Option: B

We know that in India, cricket is much more popular than football, so how football affects or provokes a reaction amongst Indians should be nothing or very less when compared with cricket’s popularity. Option (b) is right, because ‘lukewarm’ means mild or ‘the state of showing less enthusiasm or interest’, and electrifies is what ‘excites intensely’. These words fit perfectly in the given context.
The correct word is filled in the above given sentence :-
Football evokes a lukewarm response in India compared to cricket, that almost electrifies the nation.