adminNEW YORK. — Amid a sea of Indian shirts, fluttering Pakistan flags and deafening roars, New York cricket fans turned out in their thousands to watch greats of the game face off against each other – in a baseball stadium.
Australian spin king Shane Warne and Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar captained two star-studded teams in a Twenty20 match designed to introduce Americans to what organisers billed as the world’s second most popular sport.
Warne’s Warriors beat Sachin’s Blasters, with Warne man of the match after claiming Tendulkar’s wicket.
But it was the Indian star who most of the overwhelming South Asian expatriate crowd had come to see.
“Sachin, Sachin, Sachin,” screamed the stadium in unison, hundreds wearing blue Indian shirts, many with the record-breaking batsman’s name emblazoned on the back. — AFP.
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