Bollywood and the Indian Premier League are intertwined. Actor Shahrukh Khan (right) performs during an opening ceremony in Chennai. Photo: AP Bollywood and the Indian Premier League are intertwined. Actor Shahrukh Khan (right) performs during an opening ceremony in Chennai. Photo: AP
Bollywood and the Indian Premier League are intertwined. Actor Shahrukh Khan (right) performs during an opening ceremony in Chennai. Photo: AP
Simon Chadwick
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Opinion

Simon Chadwick and Paul Widdop

Indian sport remains a great enigma: a Bollywood-style epic yet to be shown to the world

  • Popular and powerful at home, India’s sport has minimal reach or impact overseas. They are world-beaters at cricket but fail to set the world on fire at Olympics
  • The exception is the appearance of City Football Group, which could be an important moment for sport’s development, and for India and its turn outwards

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Simon Chadwick and Paul Widdop

Updated: 8:11am, 3 Aug, 2020

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Bollywood and the Indian Premier League are intertwined. Actor Shahrukh Khan (right) performs during an opening ceremony in Chennai. Photo: AP Bollywood and the Indian Premier League are intertwined. Actor Shahrukh Khan (right) performs during an opening ceremony in Chennai. Photo: AP
Bollywood and the Indian Premier League are intertwined. Actor Shahrukh Khan (right) performs during an opening ceremony in Chennai. Photo: AP
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Simon Chadwick

Simon Chadwick

Simon Chadwick is a Professor of Sports Enterprise at Salford University in the UK, where he is also a member of the Centre for Sports Business.

Paul Widdop

Paul Widdop

Dr Paul Widdop is a cultural networks analyst at Leeds Beckett University in the UK. He is also co-founder of The Football Collective and research editor of Connect Sport.