think that a game like cricket would play into the politically life? Well in South Asia it played a major role. Cricket gave the people a way out to stop thinking of the hard ships but rise up and play against the upper classes and play them as equals and many cases beat them which bought pride to the people. By them having cricket it was a bit of a stress reliever and a barrier to hold off fighting. This game gave people something to look up to and be happy about. From cricket players and experts
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Puma‚ and more recently‚ adidas and Nike‚ have been moving into the cricket market. Reebok was the official technical sponsor of the 2011 ICC World Cup and adidas clothes the Proteas‚ English and Australian teams. Nike featured prominently on the sleeves of the Indian team shirts. Some of the top players who had been in action at the World Cup use bats from brands more associated with athletic tracks or soccer fields than cricket pitches. These include the likes of Sachin Tendulkar using an adidas
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Bollywood and Cricket! Both have their own share of success and star factor – Shah Rukh Khan has a big fan following in Germany‚ while Sachin Tendulkar was gifted a Ferrari by Michael Schumacher. Both are big businesses – the Bollywood stars as do the cricketers appear regularly on TV to endorse everything from under-garments to life insurance to passenger cars. How about bringing them together – and that’s what happened in 2008 when the Indian Premier League (IPL) was inaugurated. Cricket‚ in its traditional
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Wildlife of India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search |Part of a series on | |Wildlife of India | |[pic] | |Biodiversity[show] | |Flora and Fauna | |Molluscs · Ants · Odonates | |Butterflies ·
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Rules LAW 1 Number of Players and Captain Nomination of Players NOTES (a) More or Less than Eleven Players a Side A match may be played by agreement between sides of more or less than eleven players but not more than eleven players may field. LAW 2 SUBSTITUTES AND RUNNERS: BATSMAN OR FIELDSMAN LEAVING THE FIELD: BATSMAN RETIRING: BATSMAN COMMENCING INNINGS LAW 3 THE UMPIRES Appointment Change of Umpire Special Conditions The Wickets Conduct and Implements LAW 4 THE
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Is cricket a curse for the other games in India? Cricket! Cricket! Cricket! Cricket has become the religion of India and the national anthem of the country‚ so much so that the word “sports” has become synonymous with cricket. Cricket runs as the life flowing blood through the veins of the multitude. The madness with which it has gripped the ignoramus masses of our country is evident from their complete capitulation to its god-like worship. Yes‚ cricket is the “god of sports” in India. I
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21ST-CENTURY DEVELOPMENTS The advent of Twenty20 cricket (T20) and the wild success of the IPL in the first decade of the 21st century led to a period of great innovation in the game. The new‚ truncated form of the game privileged batting‚ partly by restricting the placement of fielders and shortening the boundaries. To counter free-scoring batsmen with heavy bats‚ bowlers began to perfect a great variety of different balls (deliveries). Disguise became an essential part of the bowler’s armoury
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Cricket world cup 2011 Cricket is a bat-and-ball team sport that is first documented as being played in southern England in the 16th century. By the end of the 18th century‚ cricket had developed to the point where it had become the national sport of England. The expansion of the British Empire led to cricket being played overseas and by the mid-19th century the first international matches were being held. Today‚ the game’s governing body‚ the International Cricket Council (ICC)‚ has 104 member
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“On The Grasshopper and The Cricket”? In the poem ‘On The Grasshopper and The Cricket’ by John Keats‚ the poet seems at a first glance to just to be describing a grasshopper and a cricket and how they inhabit a garden and the kitchen of a home respectively. However‚ once we understand the poem‚ it is not so straightforward. In the second to the sixth lines of the poem‚ it shows how carefree the life of a grasshopper is in the “summer luxury” as opposed to the cricket in the “lone winter”. As it
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sport of India is‚ at least a few would answer Cricket. Actually‚ the National Sport of India is Field Hockey. The hockey team members deserve better treatment and higher praise. Do we treat both the sports equally or are we biased towards any one? Today‚ it is obvious the Cricket is growing more popular. Dhoni fans are ubiquitous in India. Clearly‚ cricket influences the current Indian crowd significantly. But do we promptly conclude that Cricket is our national sport and take no notice of Hockey
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