Last week the Indian cricket team ended a title drought by winning the T20 World Cup co-hosted by the United States and the West Indies.
A subtext of this stupendous win is how the footprint of cricket has found a toe hold in the United States—the land of baseball. It is a country still coming to grips with a sport that they barely know.
How did this unthinkable happen? Was there a method to cricket madness spreading to the United States?
To answer this and more StratNews Global spoke to Venu Palaparthi, Founder DreamCricket and co-owner NJ Stallions. Venu is among the key people’s whose passion and commitment to cricket inspired its growth in the US.