Letter: India's cricketing 'religion' (BBC)

Vinod Mehta, Editor of Outlook, on India's passion for cricket.

He theorizes

For some, cricket's appeal is based on the Brahamanical dislike for contact sports like football.

For others, cricket's appeal is based on Hindu India's relish for complexity, mystery and arcane laws in which cricket abounds.

and presents this fascinating information:

India, in fact, accounts for 80% of all money in international cricket and has a TV viewership that is 10 times the size of all other ICC member countries put together.

He also provides a lot of background on the recent BCCI elections and why they got so much attention.