A few years ago, one book attempted to explain globalization by viewing it through the lens of soccer in How Soccer Explains the World. But, that story did not get into any possible geographic shift in power. Why? Because Europe continues to dominate soccer. While Brazil is a five-time world champion, it lacks the sheer demographic numbers of a China or India.
But, what if either China or India became a big player in a global sport? That is exactly we see happening in cricket. The power shift has happened so quickly and profoundly that “It is no longer correct to speak of the ‘globalisation’ of cricket,” says Gideon Haigh, an Australian writer on the game; “we face the ‘Indianisation’ of cricket, where nothing India resists will occur, and everything it approves of will prevail.” (The Economist)
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