Yes, cricket is the most popular sport in South Asia these days. Although, at world level cricket is second most popular after football, but in South Asia it’s the first most.
Cricket is very popular in India, it is more than a religion in India. It is also popular in Pakistan, Sri lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and British islands. Cricket Popularity is going very strong in others countries as well like Afghanistan, Oman, Hong Kong etc.
Actually cricket was invented by the British people. So basically it is popular in the parts around the world where British colonization took place. so other than England. It is famous in Australia and new Zealand(as both of them mostly consists of residents from British origin). Beside that cricket is famous in countries of Asian subcontinent like India and Pakistan where British rule prevailed for about 2 centuries Slowly Popularity spreaded to nearby countries like Bangladesh, Nepal and srilanka.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the international governing body of the cricket sport is working on developing the sport in other world countries as well.
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