New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- Bhajji paaji, zara mud ke dekh lo. Badi door se aayein hain (Bhajji, please turn around and look at us. We have come from far)."

Harbhajan Singh, the off-spinner who once played for the Indian cricket team and now occasionally turns his arm over for veterans' sides, spins around for a quick wave. The group of six men, their wish fulfilled, return to their seats at the 1919 Sportz Cricket Stadium in Verna, Goa, to resume watching Delhi Warriors play Maharashtra Tycoons in the World Legends Pro T20 League on a warm January afternoon.

The stadium in Verna, a village known best for its industrial estate, is roughly 30km south of the capital Panjim. It involves a longish drive off the four-lane main road, through a dust...