Cricket goes global: Greece joins, Brazil bowl and Argentina win

T20 format fuels ICC expansion as rankings hit 100-team milestone

- BY A.K.S. SATISH

You might've missed it last December, but Argentina and Brazil clashed in a sport you'd least expect — cricket.

No Messi, no Neymar, and definitely no football boots in sight. Just cricket whites and a low-scoring Twenty20 qualifier, where Argentina came out on top. The result didn’t rock the sports world, but it marked something bigger — a shift in cricket’s global footprint.