alt Hacker NewsCricket is even more accessible: you need a bat (which could be a piece of wood), but you don't need space. You can compress the game to play in a 1.5m wide alleyway between two buildings.
I think this is why it became so popular in India etc.
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brudgers • today at 1:01 AM
Cricket also does not require a lot of running and because the defense controls the ball, it fills a lot of time at a slow pace.
Like Baseball, a Sunday afternoon game has a low risk of an injury that prevents work on Monday.
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zem • today at 12:58 AM
there is also a ton of grass-roots football in India, with kids kicking a ball around wherever there is a space for it. that doesn't translate to having good national teams simply because there is not much funding to develop the game, unlike with cricket.
Soccer is still more accessible. You don't even need a ball. As a kid, you'll find yourself kicking around a crushed coke can with friends and trying to score.