For the cricketing world, T20 leagues are the great leveller

The big nations have a packed calendar but T20 leagues are bringing the rest of the world up to speed

Mumbai: You wouldn’t have guessed Dipendra Singh Airee’s nationality watching him reverse sweep Adil Rashid with such deftness at the grandest stage until you saw half the stadium full of Nepalese support at Indian cricket’s stadium of dreams in Mumbai.

Nepal's captain Rohit Paudel plays a shot against Italy. (AFP)

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Brendon McMullen hitting Jason Holder through the line could have been any mainstream frontline batter. Look closer and you realise he wore the white saltire over a blue field in Scotland’s purple jersey.

Who would have thought Shadley van Schalkwyk