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First it was pickle ball, now it’s cricket that’s making a return to the Dallas sports scene.
Cricket, like pickle ball, also requires the use of a paddle, but the two sports are not the same. Cricket was invented in England as a paddle-and-ball sport played among two teams of 11 players and is one of the most popular sports in the world.
There have been updates on the professional league coming to Dallas, and philanthropist and St. Mark’s School of Texas alum Ross Perot Jr. was one of the early investors.
Perot, alongside Perot Jain LP business partner, Anurag Jain, invested in Major League Cricket, which has facilities sprouting up across the country.
Perot became familiar with cricket through his business ventures in India, where the average value of the Indian Premier League’s 10 cricket clubs is over $1 billion, according to Axios Dallas.
The redeveloped AirHogs Stadium in Grand Prairie will host the opening match of the Major League Cricket season in July.
