DIL Se (Desi Immigrant League) Cricket in the USA

by Vikrant Bansore

Cricket, community, and a weekend league

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Cricket, community, and a weekend league

Vijay’s move from India to the United States as a tech worker is also a return to cricket, a childhood passion he shares with fellow South Asian immigrants. An Oregon match between rival teams, the Tigers and United, gives the story a local focus, with Vijay’s retirement from the game hanging on its outcome. Around that contest, the book sketches a wider picture of immigrant cricket leagues across the United States, from the 1990s to the present, and the varied players who gather in them—from middle-aged “uncles” to teenagers. The premise connects an individual’s sporting journey with the communities built around weekend cricket.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

Readers interested in cricket and amateur sports leagues
Readers curious about South Asian immigrant communities in the United States
Readers who enjoy stories centered on community and shared pastimes

Themes

Cricket and amateur sportImmigration and belongingIntergenerational communityRekindling childhood passions

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Book overview

Story of Indian immigrant Vijay who immigrates to US as a techy but rekindles his child like passion for playing cricket. He shares this cricketing journey with various other 'desis' who want to live their dream of being a cricketer for a few hours on the weekends. The book follows an inconsequential game of cricket in Oregon between 2 rivals Tigers and United. The result of the game has Vijay's retirement at stake. The book follows many characters that play in these immigrant leagues from middle aged out of shape 'uncles' to teen youths and sketches a broad canvas of south Asian cricket leagues mushrooming all over the US from 1990s to the present day.

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