LAGRANGE, Ga. - You may not think of LaGrange as the home of a new cricket stadium, but cricket is the second most popular sport in the world.

What they're saying:

The developer believes if you build the cricket stadium the fans will come

Siddharth Das, CEO of the LaGrange Cricket Stadium, believes cricket can score big in Georgia. "Cricket is on the rise," said Das. "Atlanta is a big hub. There is a lot of cricket activity in and around the Atlanta region."

Das, founder of the Cricket Academy in New Jersey, heads the group planning to build the $50-million cricket stadium in LaGrange. "We will be able to host high-performance camps, full-blown cricket academy, even host international games," he said.

His group has already bought a 45-acre site from Selig Enterprises next to Great W

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