Empire at play: cricket as a colonial infrastructure
Essays
3/30/2026

Empire at play: cricket as a colonial infrastructure

From imperial discipline to national spectacle, cricket in India reveals how space, rules, and identity remain shaped by colonial inheritance

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Kamil Dalkir, Chiara Tomassi
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