Begeisterung weltweit: Indien ist Cricket-Weltmeister 2011

A lookalike of Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar
performs Hindu rituals as he participates in a religious
ceremony for the victory of the Indian team
in Ahmedabad on February 26, 2011.
(Sam Panthaky/AFP/Getty Images)

Only soccer rivals cricket in transcending the world of sport to become a deeply felt expression of culture. And in cricket-mad South Asia, a frenzy of feeling for the game burst open for the past two months as the Cricket World Cup 2011 was played out in host countries India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Fourteen nations participated in the tournament, and the semifinals featured what is arguably the world's most heated sports rivalry: India vs. Pakistan. Collected here www.boston.com are pictures from the past few months of people playing, watching, and living cricket in several countries in South Asia. (Lane Turner).
Gefunden von Jens Hillmann.