Explain why cricket became popular in India and West indies.Can you give reason why it did not become popular in countries in South America?

Cricket become popular in countries like India and west indies because of its colonial background.British imperial officers used it as a symbol of racial and social superiority.They did not popularise cricket for the masses.For the colonised playing cricket implied being the racial equals of the british .Success at cricket came to imply racial equality and political progress.In this colonies cricket was popar sport either by white settlers (South America,Zimbabwe,Australia,NewZealand,The West indies and Kenya)

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