A new $500 million women’s cricket league is offering the kind of opportunities that never existed before in India. The girls of one Punjab village are ready.
Billion-dollar investment funds and N.F.L. ownership groups are among those angling for a foothold in the Indian Premier League. The returns, not the sport, are the draw.
The men’s cricket team won the Asia Cup in the T20 format, hours after Sri Lanka won the equivalent championship in women’s netball. Both teams were feted with a parade on Tuesday.
The warming of the earth, combined with the exhausting nature of the game, is raising questions about the future of the second most popular sport in the world.
The success of the men’s national team has offered solace to the country, and one fan called the players “brand ambassadors during this time of hardship.”