• Like_a_Charo@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    Even before that : it’s a mystery why no english player of indian background has made it to the highest level

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      10 months ago

      There are several factors but racism plays a big part. Even in cricket, South Asian origin players in England face a lot of institutional racism, despite the fact that British South Asians have been integral to England winning World Cups and Ashes, and three different countries in the Indian subcontinent had won the World Cup before England did.