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They are sporting their India jerseys. Their faces are painted with the tricolour flag. They carry posters of Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni.You would assume they are Indians supporting their team.Wrong. They are Americans, whove come to love and support the Indian cricket team.Why?Their best friend is from India and so they ended up learning the sport and rooting for Virat Kohli along with their friend. Their boyfriend is from India, and they ended up watching the Australia v India 2015 World Cup match. Or their boss is a hardcore India fan and they have the TV tuned to ESPN whenever the team is playing, and so have no other choice but to learn the game.These were some of the stories of Americans in Central Broward Regional Park in Florida during the India v West Indies T20 series this weekend. It is one thing for a fan of Indian origin to fly down from the west or north to catch Indias first official series in the USA. But it is a totally different thing for an American to fly down from states like Texas, Massachusetts and North Carolina for it.And these particular fans were glad they did.It is such a good experience. I mean we get excited when we watch it on TV, but there is nothing like watching a cricket match in person, Gabi Garza, an international studies student at the University of North Texas, said.For most American fans, the closest sport to cricket is baseball. Some of them at Sundays T20 made the connection. Some went as far as to say they did not think baseball was as engaging as cricket.Cricket is baseball on steroids, Rachel B, a cricket fan from Boston who started following the sport recently with her Indian-American boss, said.Watching the sport with a large group of Indian immigrants, expats and second generation Indian-Americans made it even better for these American fans. Many of them said the atmosphere felt more electric than that at NFL and baseball games.I have been to a football game. But its nothing like it is here. The drums, the dressed-up people, the face-paintings… said Molly Ruble, an autism researcher from North Carolina, who flew down for the series with her boyfriend Swapnil Gupta.While some of these Americans were just starting to understand the sport, others had a deep knowledge of the technical part of it. Cricketing terms like googly and chase peppered their speech.And they all wanted two things: for India to win, and for there to be more international cricket series in the USA.Stephanie Reiland, a lawyer from Alabama who was in Florida with her Indian friends, echoed the sentiments of many when she said: Im glad that cricket is coming to the United States.Cheap Air Max Plus Australia . 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Hes not pitching here in Milwaukee, so as we looked at his Friday start, to give him a couple days back home makes sense.Kershaw has been on the disabled list only once in his nine-year career, in early 2014 with a shoulder strain.Hes going to consult with the docs when he gets back to LA and well see where we go from there, Roberts saiid before Tuesday nights game at Miller Park.ddddddddddddRoberts said he did not know if any examination would include an MRI or CT scan.I think that its to get him in the doctors hands, then theyll go from there, Roberts said. I think that theyre going to do whatever they can to figure out what the problem is.Its been a few weeks where its been in and out and hes so good, it kind of started barking a little bit, so I think that right now we just want to kind of get some answers, he said.Roberts said it was not a hip problem, which Kershaw dealt with last season.Its no hip. I know its the back, to the extent of that, I know its barking and I just want to see what weve got, he said.Kershaw did not specifically ask to return to Los Angeles, Roberts said.I think it was just more of the training staff and him conferring and having discussions and feeling this was the best thing for Clayton, he said. ' ' '