At the California Cricket Academy, former world-class cricketer Bimal Jadeja coaches teens, emphasizing technique and fundamentals. As the local young players prepare for the upcoming Major League Cricket matches at the Oakland Coliseum, they are part of a growing cricket community in the U.S. with 200,000 active players. Jadeja aspires for his students, like Rishi Mekala, to learn from these matches, as they represent the future of cricket in America, particularly after the national team's notable win over Pakistan in the T20 World Cup.
When one of the boys at the California Cricket Academy failed to follow the fundamentals that helped Jadeja play the game at the highest level for over two decades, the 60-year-old did not hesitate to correct them.
While Jadeja hopes the boys have fun at the A's old stomping grounds, he also wants his players to learn a thing or two from the world-class cricketers who his students may one day face on the international stage.
They play one of the fastest-growing sports in the United States, boasting 200,000 active players in the country as of 2024, according to CBS.
It is a squad that briefly entered the country's broader consciousness when it upset international contender Pakistan in the T20 World Cup last summer.
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