The year 2011 saw more and more Indian sports emerging out of the shadow of cricket. Formula One and pro boxing were the first off the block to corner a lot of eyeballs and the multimillion-dollar World Series Hockey looks good for snatching its share.

It is cricket that showed them the way to capture the market share by successfully piloting the Indian Premier League (IPL) and international sports administrators are looking at India as a major destination to market their sport. A reasonably bullish economy and a billion people are encouraging enough for them to think that they can sell their sport here.

In the pic: Chennai Super Kings celebrate after winning the IPL trophy 2011.