India, Oct. 25 -- Former Australian pacer Brett Lee believes India has not just become cricket's commercial hub, but it has earned that status through unmatched devotion to the game. In a chat with The Grade Cricketer in an interaction arranged by Fox Cricket, the star pacer boiled the reality down to one blunt confession, "They run cricket, and so they should."

Lee framed the argument around what he has witnessed across continents: the volume, the velocity, and the depth of Indian fandom dwarf anything elsewhere. For him, the game inevitably follows its most engaged audience.

Brett Lee contrasted Australia's limits with India's sheer scale. "You are never going to have the fan base, it doesn't matter how much you promote in Australia, ...