Too many vegetarians in India to have any power type athletes. Yea-Yea-Yea I know it’s possible as 1 guy out there probably tries it. But I bet that guy eats the meat when nobody is looking.
Seriously if you work with any Indians you’ll see that many are slight. Still that doesn’t explain why don’t see more of them in the steeplechase. Or the 10k.
However the power sports (i.e. the USA’s biggest 3 sports) require a good deal of strength, 40-speed, etc. It’s hard to build the strength up for that on sprouts and eggplant sandwiches. It can be done but it’s not easy.
Having said that MLB is scouting India. I am pretty sure I remember reading that two guys were taken in the draft last year. Seems some of the cricket skills are transferable, namely that these guys might have 95+ MPH arms. With 1.1 Billion, and a ton of cricket players, it’s likely they can find some over there with the god-given flexibility and correct body sequencing to be able to throw a baseball that hard (I never could and pitched all the way through HS). I am not so sure the swing in cricket translates but maybe we’ll see that someday too.
