Cricket became popular in India and the West Indies because of
its colonial background. British imperial officials used it as a
symbol of racial and social superiority. They did not popularize
the game for the masses. For the colonized, playing cricket
implied being the racial equals of the British. Success at cricket
came to imply a measure of racial equality and political
progress. On the other hand, the game was not so popular in
countries like those of South America since they were not
dominated by imperial England.
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