Indians in Uruguay

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Cricket

As in 2020

Indian expats reviving Uruguay’s tradition of cricket, March 4, 2020: The Times of India

Montevideo:

A decade ago, Penarol were named South America’s football team of the century. It’s one of the biggest and most successful clubs on the continent having won the Copa Libertadores football competition five times and their national title on 50 occasions.

But now, Uruguay’s most successful football club is aiming for titles in cricket and rugby too. Uruguay is football mad and Penarol’s black and yellow shirt is instantly recognisable but seeing it running up and down a cricket pitch takes some getting used to.

“Two years ago, there was a news story saying that cricket was being played in Uruguay and that’s when we started taking more interest,” said Leonardo Vinas, the president of Penarol’s cricket section. Cricket was being played on makeshift pitches in the capital Montevideo by Indian expats working for multinational companies. “We got involved with the Indian community here in Uruguay who brought a sport that practically hadn’t been played in the country for 60-70 years,” added Vinas.

Penarol started in 1891 as a cricket club. It was a club established by British railway workers in the Penarol neighbourhood of Montevideo.

“In the first year, Penarol only played cricket ... the next year it started playing football and it was football that took root amongst Uruguayans,” said Daniel Vinas, who runs the Penarol rugby club.“Through football Penarol developed into one of the main sports clubs in South America.” Penarol is one of eight teams playing in the Uruguayan cricket league, and almost all the players are Indian expats. AFP