World Scene: India

Cheerleaders to cover-up

One Indian cricket team has withdrawn cheerleaders from matches while others are being told to cover up, after protests that their dances and skimpy outfits were offensive to conservative Indians.

Cheerleaders, many imported from abroad, were hired to liven up India's new $900 million domestic cricket league in which eight teams play a shortened version of the traditional game. However, some consider them may be one spectacle too far.

(China Daily 05/02/2008 page6)