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Explain why cricket became popular in India and the West Indies. Can you give reasons why it did not become popular in countries in South America?

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Playing cricket was a manifestation by the elites of aping their colonial masters. Hence, cricket became popular in British colonies; like India and the West Indies. South America was never under the British rule and hence cricket could not become popular in South American countries. 

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