Sky Sports spoke to Aditi Chudasama, an off-spinner for the USA Under-19s team about her LA Olympic goals, playing for an associate nation and being South Asian.
When the United States of America released their Under-19s team for the ICC World Cup in South Africa last year, the teenagers encountered a tirade of social media abuse. Why? Because the team was predominantly South Asian. 'I remember there were comments that said: 'This isn't an American team, this is an Indian team,' said Aditi Chudasama, who was 16 years old at the time. 'I was born here and I've grown up here.
We have people from everywhere in the world and South Asian countries are very cricket-dominated, so it wasn't a surprise the USA squad had a lot of Indians in it. 'It's strange that some people don't see us as American, we're all born here, but I try not to give it too much time or attention. 'We're American first and Indian second.
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