"When Jajpal Singh Sidhu moved to Fresno last fall, he hardly knew anyone. Originally from Punjab, India, the 23-year-old tried to find community in a way that anyone else might: he searched for a club that played his favorite sport. There was just one problem. His favorite sport is relatively obscure in his new country. "When I was new here, [I was] trying to find people who play cricket," he said."
"Cricket, like baseball, is played with a ball and a bat - but the similarities end there. The game with worldwide appeal, which was created in England centuries before baseball became one of America's favorite sports, involving wickets instead of bases and a long, rectangular pitch instead of a diamond. In India, Sidhu played in a national cricket league, and he came to the U.S. in the hopes of continuing the sport at a competitive level."
Some public parks in Fresno feature the thwack of a bat caused by cricket rather than baseball. Some mental health clinicians expressed worry that AI may threaten jobs and more than 200 gathered for an online forum in the fall to learn more. Jajpal Singh Sidhu, 23, moved from Punjab, India, to Fresno and sought community by finding a cricket club. He found Fresno Cricket Club on Facebook and joined. The Fresno Cricket Club has operated since 2007 and lacked a dedicated playing space until the city installed cricket pitches at Jaswant Singh Khalra Neighborhood Park and the Fresno Regional Sports Complex.
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