Somasegar and Nadella are among the key owners of Seattle's cricket team, named the Orcas.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen are among the executives investing in the new U.S. professional league, Major League Cricket.
Other cricket investors include Iconic Ventures, Madrona Venture Group and executives from Google .
As the Men's T20 Cricket World Cup , co-hosted by the U.S. for the first time, ramps up, investors have pumped nearly a billion dollars into their American ambition.
Venture capitalist Anurag Jain, part owner of Major League Cricket team the San Francisco Unicorns, said the U.S. national team is primarily made up of players in the league.
Persons:
Somasegar, They're, Soma Somasegar, Satya Nadella, Shantanu Narayen, Monank Patel, StubHub, Anurag Jain, Satyan Gajwani, Gajwani, Rangaswami, —, Jessica Golden
Organizations:
Microsoft, CNBC, Madrona, Adobe, Major League Cricket, Iconic Ventures, Madrona Venture Group, Google, U.S, team, ICC, Grand Prairie Cricket, Pakistan, Sunday, The New York Times, Venture, San Francisco Unicorns, U.S ., Times Internet
Locations:
Bellevue , Washington, America, U.S, Pakistan, Dallas, West Indies, India, Nassau County, New York, of India, North America, South Asia, Australia