Experience the Revolution in Cricket Broadcasting

The ICC Cricket World Cup fever is soaring high as the official date of its opening i.e 14th February inches closer. The country’s cricket-crazy hounds are ready to stay glued to their television screens and whip up some exciting speculation on the winning teams as the series progresses. Frankly.me, a mobile application which provides a QnA platform to the general public to connect to celebrities via video selfies is all set to take the thrill associated with the World Cup experience a notch higher. The app will now host the virtual presence of famed Sports Presenter- Commentator, Jatin Sapru who will take queries from all the cricket enthusiasts via Frankly.me.

Frankly.me is ready to bring a revolution in the world of communication and the way people watch the World Cup this year. Jatin Sapru, the voice of Star Sports will be answering the public queries during live cricket matches while sharing space with well-known celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan and Shoaib Akhtar. This is for the first time in the history of Indian cricket that a commentator is connecting to the public directly during commentary intervals. Frankly.me is providing a chance to all the cricket fans out there to come and connect with the cricket fraternity via video selfies.

Nikunj Jain, Co-founder, Frankly.me commented, “The team Frankly.me is really proud and happy with the recent advancements in the platform and it’s steadily rising popularity with the empanelment of noted public figures including politicians. With Frankly.me, these personalities intend to understand the masses and their expectations better. This facilitates them with first-hand information directly from the common people and gives them insights which are more perceptive.”

So, if anybody has a quirky remark to make, praise the commentator’s verbal skills or simply wishes to partake in the excitement, he can talk about it on Frankly.me and bleed his or her passion in awe of the nation.

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Google, Sun Life Asia Service Centre India battle it out on the Cricket Field

Google, Sun Life Asia Service Centre India battle it out on the Cricket Field

ASCI XI beat Google XI in a friendly T 20 cricket tie played at St. Stephen’s Ground

Gurgaon: It was yet another battle of the corporates, albeit with a difference! The game of one-upmanship, this time, was held at a cricket field as employees of Sun Life Asia Service Centre India played their heart out against their counterparts at Google.

In a friendly corporate tie played at the St. Stephen’s Ground, New Delhi, the two teams played a 20 over match, with ASCI emerging victorious in the battle. However, it was the spirit of friendship that won the day.

Google won the toss and chose to bat on the bright sunny Saturday, and got off to a good start. The batting, however, slowed down after the team lost its swash buckling opener. Scoring steadily at 5 runs an over, the Google India team clogged on 106 runs in 20 overs, setting the field for ASCI’s run chase.

SunLife ASCI’s run chase started on a negative note, with the team losing its first wicket early on in the innings. The top and middle order of the team struggled a bit, but steadied the innings effectively, laying ground for an easy chase.

Varun Mittal (50 not out) was the top scorer of the match, while Kishore Singh (37), gave him good support at the crease. In the end, the Asia Service Centre India team won the match easily in just 13 overs, with 4 wickets still in hand.

“Sport is a wonderful teacher. It teaches the players the need for hard work, planning, strategy and execution. It teaches us that to win or lose is a part of life but delivering to your potential and giving your best is what really matters. Above all, such sporting events give our employees the much-needed opportunity to recharge and face the daily work life pressures with fortitude. Developing the sporting spirit helps develop winners,” says Mr. Rajeev Bhardwaj, Vice President-Human Resource at Sun Life Financial’s Asia Service Centre in Gurgaon.

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Top 10 Most Sensational Cricketers

India – McAfee, part of Intel Security unveiled results of its ‘Most Sensational Cricketer’ study which researched this season’s top players of the cricketing world on their popularity and related risk quotient in the Indian cyberspace. Chris Gayle, regarded as the most explosive batman in modern cricket has been named the ‘Most Sensational Cricketer’ online in Indian cyberspace.This is the second time in a row, the Jamaican cricketer who has a reputation of playing long innings, has topped a similar list last year titled Most Dangerous Cricketer.

The study highlights the trend of cybercriminals using cricketers to take advantage of fans seeking more information about their idols. Cybercriminals often capitalize on the public’s fascination with cricketers to lure them to sites laden with malware that can potentially result in identity thefts, stealing of passwords and confidential personal information. This year, searching for a ‘cricketer name’ combined with the search terms like ‘wall paper’, ‘free download’, ‘hot pictures’, ‘selfie’, ‘videos’ resulted in the highest instances of malicious sites.

Commenting on the findings of the study, VenkatKrishnapur, Vice-President of Engineering- Consumer, Business Group, McAfee India Centre, McAfee, Part of Intel Security said, “Leveraging the current cricket fervor,cybercriminals tend toexploit the popularity quotient of sports celebrities and time their attacks to coincide with famous events. Cricket crazy fans are highly motivated to search for photos, videos, match scores and interesting stories of their favorite cricketers online and in that moment of weakness they are lured into clicking malicious links that could lead to transmission of malware onto their owned devices and potential compromise of data.”



The study for ‘Most Sensational Cricketer’ online used the McAfee® SiteAdvisor® site rating which shows the sites that are risky to search for cricketing celebrity names on the web when used along with keywords such as ‘wall paper’, ‘free download’, ‘hot pictures’, ‘selfie’, ‘videos’and calculates an overall risk percentage. The top 10 cricketers with the highest risk scores in the Indian cyberspace are:



Rank :Cricketer
1 ) Chris Gayle, best known for the ‘Gaylestorm’ he ushers with his hard-hitting knocks and fun personality on-field as well as off-field ranks 1st as Most Sensational Cricketer with 59 malicious sites.

2) Glenn Maxwell, the explosive Aussie batsman, has put up ‘The Big show’ winning all batting titles to his credit this season. He ranks 2ndon the list with 54 malicious sites.

3) At 3rdspot is the rising star of Indian Cricket with 51 malicious sites to his name,Virat Kohli, the new-age cricketer who plays his game aggressively and is unafraid to express his emotions on the field.

4) Debuting the list at 4th position this year, with 48 malicious sites to his credits Sunil Narine, the ‘mystery spinner’ from Caribbean who is a rage this cricket season with his mohawk hairstyle and diamond studded ear.

5) M.S Dhoni,the flamboyant yet grounded captainmade it to the headlines earlier this year with his alleged involvement in betting and spot-fixing controversies. “Captain Cool”, stands at 5th spot with 47 malicious sites to his name.

6) At 6th rank is David Miller, called ‘killer miller’ for his blitzkrieging slams, with 38infected search results.

7) At 7th position is Yuvraj Singh, whose 9 sixes during his match-winning knock this cricketing season brought him back to the winning chart. This born fighter has 35 infected sites in cyber space.

8) A marauding hitter of the cricket ball, Kieron Pollard, was embroiled in an unpleasant on-field incident with Mitchell Starc, ranks at 8th position with 33 malicious sites

9) With 29 infected sites is Suresh Raina, part of India’s new age firebrand cricketers, who ranks9thin the list.

10) At 10th position is the daring, tough and fiercely talented, Mitchell Starc, whose news of a brawl with Kieron Pollard has been doing the rounds. He has 24 infected sites to his name.

Indian Cricketers heat up the charts

This year four Indian cricketers make it to the top 10 ‘Most Sensational Cricketer’ online list: ViratKohli (No. 3), MS Dhoni(No. 5), Yuvraj Singh(No. 7) and Suresh Raina(No. 9)

Batsmen are more potentially at risk than Bowlers

Sunil Narine (No. 4) and Mitchell Starc (No. 10) are the only bowlers to rank in the top 10 Most Sensational Cricketers list


But first, let's take a SELFIE

Cricketers too have jumped on the selfie bandwagon. Sunil Narine,Glenn Maxwell, MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, in the stated order have the most infected sites with the search term ‘selfie’

From One Year to Another

Brett Lee, S Sreesanth, Dale Steyn, Kevin Pietersen, Rohit Sharma and Sachin Tendulkar,have all dropped out of this year’s list (in 2013 they ranked No. 2, No. 3, No. 6, No. 7, No. 8 and No. 10, respectively).

Tips to Stay Protected:
Beware of content that prompts you to download anything before providing you the content. You may want to opt to watch streaming videos or download content from official websites of content providers.

 “Free downloads” are significantly the highest virus-prone search term. Anyone searching for videos or files to download should be careful as not to unleash malware on their computer.

Always use password protection on your phone and other mobile devices. If your phone is lost or stolen, anyone who picks up the device could publish your information online.

Established news sites may not entice you with exclusives for one solid reason: there usually aren’t any. Try to stick to official news sites that you trust for breaking news. However, trusted sites can also fall prey to hackers. Make sure to use a safe search tool that will notify you of risky sites or links before you visit them.


Don’t download videos from suspect sites. This should be common sense, but it bears repeating: don’t download anything from a website you don’t trust — especially video. Most news clips you’d want to see can easily be found on official video sites, and don’t require you to download anything. If a website offers an exclusive video for you to download, don’t.


Don’t “log in” or provide other information: If you receive a message, text or email or visit a third-party website that asks for your information—credit card, email, home address, Facebook login, or other information—for access to an exclusive story, don’t give it out. Such requests are a common tactic for phishing that could lead to identity theft.


If you do decide to search for information on a major event or celebrity in the news, make sure your PCs and laptops have protection, such as McAfee Total Protection™ security software, a security suite that offers anti-virus, anti-spyware, identity and firewall protection. You can also use free tools such as McAfee® Mobile Security, available for Android and iOS devices to prevent privacy invasions, data loss, identity theft; protecting smartphone or tablet from all types of malware.

  A complimentary version of SiteAdvisor software can be downloaded at www.siteadvisor.com.
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Pepsi IPL Extraaa Innings T20

Mumbai : Pepsi IPL 2014 is here and Extraaa Innings T20, the flagship match analysis show returns with its two most popular maidens of cricket. Sony MAX, India’s premium Hindi movies & special events channel and SONY SIX, India’s premier sports & entertainment channel, the official broadcasters of the Pepsi IPL 2014 have once again roped in Archana Vijaya and Shibani Dandekar to host Extraaa Innings T20. The glitz and glamour added by the effervescent duo has been highly cherished by audiences in the past and the girls are all set to sizzle on this year’s Extraaa Innings T20.

Hosting cricket tournaments across the globe for over 7 years, the dazzling Archana Vijaya has a bag full of experience hosting LIVE cricket. Shibani Dandekar has abundant zeal and knowledge to keep the audience glued to their television sets. The duo along with the power packed, passionate and seasoned male hosts, Samir Kochhar and Gaurav Kapur will bring analysis, excitement and a whole lot of fun for the viewers across the country.

This time around a vibrant, vivacious and effervescent set is designed for Extraaa Innings T20. The set is a palate of myriad colours that signifies a cathedral of cricket for cricket fans. The arrangement is integrated with towering arches, heritage artwork and wall -paintings of the cricketers that resemble a larger-than-life set up for a program that showcases the biggest T20 festival in the world.

Commenting on EI T20, Neeraj Vyas, Executive Vice President and Business Head, MAX said, “Extraaa Innings T20 has always engaged and attracted audiences across ages groups and regions, be it true cricket enthusiasts or viewers who look forward for the entertainment quotient , EI T20 possesses a perfect blend of both. We are very happy that Archana Vijaya and Shibani Dandekar are back to add to the glam quotient along with the proficient anchors Samir Kochhar and Gaurav Kapur.”

Being a part of MAX Extraaa Innings T20 once again, an elated Archana Vijaya said “The Pepsi IPL is the home of cricket and entertainment and therefore when MAX approached me to host the tournament it was right up my alley. We as hosts help bring cricket and entertainment to the fans and I don’t think there is any better platform than the IPL.”

Shibani Dandekar thrilled with the opportunity, stated “” IPL is the biggest sporting & entertainment event of the year and it is great to be a part of it. Therefore, it was a no brainer when the chance came to host Extraaa Innings. Being out there in the stadium with the atmosphere, the ambience, the vibe and being so close to the action is something that anyone would love to do and we are very lucky to do that.” When questioned about her thoughts on the marketing campaign ‘Bulaava Aaya Hai’ and the rapidly getting popular collar-up mnemonic ‘Buckram’, she said , “I’m very excited about it and I'll encourage the winning team to give interviews with their collar up and will urge the fans of the IPL to watch the matches with their collar up too.”

Commenting on his association with Extraaa Innings T20 an excited Gaurav Kapur said, “I have been a huge fan of cricket since the age of 5 and on the other hand I also love watching live television. Hosting Extraaa Innings is like two of my favourite things coming together so I am always thrilled and excited to take on this role.”

Talking about his long standing relationship with IPL, Sameer Kochhar said, “I have been the part of IPL since its inception. After hosting the first season I fell in love with it and since then there has been no looking back. I am very fortunate to be a part of such a great property and look forward to another splendid season”. Talking about the ‘Bulaava Aaya Hai’ campaign he says, “Buckram is the new word of this season. I would want all the cricket fans to put up their collar and watch the IPL in style.”

That’s not all! MAX will also bring forth to the viewer’s an in-depth analysis in Hindi with comments from the expert panel which include cricket stalwarts like Navjot Singh Sidhu with his inimitable ‘Siddhuisms’ along with the inemitable Ajay Jadega. For the first time ever former Pakistan captain and coach Waqar Younis will be associated with Extraaa Innings along with show regulars like Ramiz Raja, Arun Lal and Isa Guha.

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American Appraisal Releases IPL Brand Evaluation Report 2014

American Appraisal has come out with a concise report on brand values in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The report is based on a survey of 300 key participants of the IPL ecosystem – team managements, sponsors, advertisers, advertising agencies and broadcasters.

The report incorporates a thorough analysis of the entire stream of cash flows available to franchises, and breaks it down into two parts – those cash flows that are attributable to brand strength (team sponsorship, merchandising, etc.) and those that are not brand related (share of central pool sponsorship, broadcasting, etc.). Brand value has been estimated only on the basis of the cash flows that are attributable to brand strength.

Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians have emerged as the most powerful brands (valued at USD 72 million each) with Kolkata Knight Riders following closely behind (at USD 69 million). Royal Challengers Bangalore (USD 51 million), Rajasthan Royals (USD 45 million) and Delhi Daredevils (USD 40 million) are in the middle, with Kings XI Punjab (USD 32 million) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (USD 25 million) at the bottom of the barrel.

The report highlights the increasing importance of merchandising in the growth and realization of brand value of the franchises. It draws the readers’ attention towards the huge difference between the merchandizing markets for say, the La Liga of Spain (USD 2 billion) versus the IPL (USD 40 million). In other words, despite a population that is 25 times larger, and an economy that is at least 25% larger (and growing much faster), India’s IPL is only 2% of Spain’s La Liga. Clearly, there is massive potential for growing the merchandizing market.

American Appraisal expects the franchises to come out with innovative business models over the next few years to monetize this massive opportunity. Accordingly, it expects the merchandizing market to grow ten-fold by 2020, from USD 40 million to USD 400 million.

In terms of the survey results, the report claims that according to most respondents, the popularity of the IPL has either increased or stayed the same over the last 6 years. Advertisers and sponsors continue to want to associate with the IPL, with 57% respondents claiming to have increased their advertising spend on the IPL over the last six years.

Also, highlighting the sheer importance of IPL as a platform for advertisers to reach out to their target customers, as many as 57% of the respondents mentioned that they spend 2-10% of their annual advertising budget on the IPL.

For information on American Appraisal, please visit:
http://american-appraisal.co.in/IN/AmericanAppraisal.htm

Media Contact Details: Naina RS, Madison PR, ,+91-9870402345 , naina@fort.madisonindia.com , Sarah Rajan, Madison PR, ,+91-9920495218 , sarah@fort.madisonindia.com

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Srinivasan to quit as BCCI President?

The cricket politics has been floating in the country after the successful ending of the IPL 6 in India. The tournament was a big success hanging career of some players and chief of organization. Some players were being arrested and in custody for spot fixing and some believe that the roots of fixing games could me deeper than expected. New Delhi police have been investigating into the matter further, and everyday there has been updated adding to the issue.

Pressure has been mounting on the existing BCCI chief N Srinivasan as his son-in-law and Chennai Super Kings principal Gururnath Maeiyappan was alleged in the spot fixing. The cricket politics is active as the tournament is complete and leaders involved with the gentle men have been started making their version over the issue loudly and clearly.

Media have reported the versions of the leaders Sharad Pawar, Jagmohan Dalmiya, Jyotiradiya Scindia, Rajiv Shukla and Arun Jaitley over the issue. It is believed that ball is in the court of Srinivasan to step down as the chief of BCCI. However, Srinivasan had told media that he won’t be leaving the position.

If the electoral process is being taken into consideration for impeaching the BCCI chief, then it would be a big number game and the leaders of various cricket boards and association would participate and decide about the matter.

According to some media reports, few boards in the BCCI were in favor of Srinivasan and the number game in the cricket politics to decide the fate of the existing BCCI president.

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Choose Batting or Betting

The scam in IPL spot fixing has puzzled many fans across the world – whether to like the Batting or Betting. The game is known for the simplicity and glamour, where Sachin Tedulkar is considered as God of Cricket, finally seems fading its color due the betting instead of batting.

Most of the cricket lovers like batting, would like to see a batsman scoring 100s, 50s in the score board. But when the betting over rule the genuine form of cricket leaving fans mesmerizing - what is all about the betting instead of batting.

Officially it is the bad practice and a gambling illegally. What about if it could be legalized? Well, in a country having second largest population, there it sounds simple impossible. Because law can be enacted easily but it will be hang in balance when it comes implementing it practically.

According to some reports, the international don Daud Ibrahim was the master mind in the spot fixing scam, it might be because IPL is not only game to entertain or show the first class cricket rather to show & exhibit the money power it has.

From the auction to dance of the cheer gals, all are the act of money. Somewhere, it was mentioned that a six or four in the IPL match may cost around some lacs. If that aspect is taken into consideration, then the profit from the IPL would be in some hundred crores.

If the players have been paid huge amount the play the matches by the franchise owners, then why do they getting into spot fixing? Is there any other reason apart from money to result the fixing, betting of IPL matches.

Whatever may the cause be, it is enough to fade the charm of the IPL matches. It simply converted into Batting into Betting.

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IPL Fixing rattles Cricket Lovers

How did you feel about the recent fixing tales in IPL matches? The peace bowler Srishant has accepted his blunder of spot fixing, and the media has also highlighted his indication to bookies in form of signals while bowling.

Cricket is no longer to be call game of Gentlemen’s. Racism and fixing have been there in the international cricket. Some of the Pakistan cricketers were charged with fixing matches recently and perhaps this is the first time that it moved on IPL players.

Surprisingly, the trio players betrayed the people and cricket lovers with involving the spot fixing. The game of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has been on the successful tournaments in the world.

The tournament has been one of the most expensive and profit making venture, where all owners, those invested have been doing simply business by entertaining crowd.

The channels have been also earning huge chunk of profit by telecasting it. The fixing was there to gain from spot fixing, and the three players reportedly agreed to dance to the tune of bookies, which landed them behind bars leaving a mark on the IPL game.

After the issue of the spot fixing the taste of IPL has been fade away. Cricket fans might not be fond of cricket again at least over the IPL matches, and may not take the rest of the matches seriously.

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Sreesanth Tweets: Harbhajan a Backstabber

Sreesanth tweeted, Calling Harbhajan as a backstabber. "Very disappointed that yesterday's incident, (Thursday's spat between Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli) is being compared to slap gate. I need to tell the world the truth, it wasn't my fault."

Sreesanth, tweeting, claimed that the spinner lost his cool and hit him with his elbow, when he went to shake his hand. He said that the incident was planned and Harbhajan never slapped him.


He said in his tweets: "All blamed me for getting emotional ..??c mon who doesn't get emotional when u know the person who u worship is a backstabbing person Nd .. disgusting ..that's all I can say..u should get hold of the video..them u all will know the truth..what he did is completely out of control."

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IPL franchisees to pay Players in Rupees instead of Dollars

Indian Premier League’s (IPL) team players' three years'contracts will end in 2014 and a new auction will be held. As per the statement of one BCCI official, IPL team owners are sought to auction for players, whether Indian or foreign, in rupees instead of dollars. BCCI also seems to agree with the suggestion.

Due to the fluctuating prices of Dollar, it has been a headache for IPL team owners while paying to the players. When IPL started in 2008, players are auctioned with 40 rupees a dollar. As now the rupee has fallen unexpectedly down and also fluctuating very much, it has been reported that IPL owners will be auctioning with Rupees. Some of the foreign players don’t take wages in rupees and prefer dollars. So the auction in 2014 may go with rupees while the in next year’s IPL, players will be paid with dollars.

Apart from that there is also one suggestion from an IPL franchisee to fix a minimum sponsorship rate for each team, so that it can help them to retain the team’s financial health. As the above reports are not confirmed yet, we really doubt what will be the reaction of foreign players to the dollar-rupee shift.

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Pakistan wins first Twenty 20, India’s disappointing performance

Even after terrific performances from skipper Ajinkhya Rahane and pace bowler Bhuvaneswar Kumar, India had a disappointing defeat against guest Pakistan, who was barred to play in India after the 26/11 attacks. Pakistan skippers Shoaib Malik and Md. Hameez had great innings leading Pakistan to win in the last over. This was a first International T20 match in Banglore’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium where plenty number of crowd turned out to cheer both the teams.

After winning the toss, Pakistan chose to bowl first on the swinging track of Chinnaswamy Stadium. Indian skippers Goutam Gambhir and Ajinkhya Rahane came out to open the innings. Goutam Gambhir batted slow but picked up later and Rahane was a non-stopper and hit a smashing 42 from 31 balls with the help of 5 fours and a six. Goutam Gambhir made 43 runs from 41 deliveries which includes a six and 2 fours. And that’s all, as excluding Yuvraj Singh (10 from 9) and Suresh Raina (10 from 9), all the rest Indian batting line were happened to score only single figures. For the first 12 overs, Indian performance was good with scoring rate of 7. But after the dismissal of Yuvraj Singh, Indian batting line crackled. Umar Gul picked up 3 wickets in his 3rd over leaving to wonder the Indian team and India managed to score 133 in 20 overs. Off-break bowler Saeed Ajmal picked up two wickets as Indian captain MS Dhoni and skipper Suresh Raina. Debutant Md. Irfan and Shahid Afridi managed to pick one wicket each.

Even after India’s disappointing lose; we’ve witnessed a terrific performance from Bhuvaneswar Kumar, the debutant pace bowler in Indian team. B Kumar picked up 3 early wickets as Nasir Jamshed, Ahmed Shehzad and Umar Akmal in first of his 3 overs. That’s all from the Indian bowling, as after these three wickets Pakistan skippers Md. Hafeez and Shoaib Malik made up a 100 runs partnership, leaving Indian bowlers helpless. Md. Hafeez made a high speed 61 from 44 balls with the help of 6 fours and 2 sixes. Shoaib Malik scored a not out 57 and lead Pakistan to win with a six to Dinda in the last over.

Star Players in India-Pakistan Match

India
Goutam Gambhir (43 from 41)
Ajinkya Rahane (42 from 31)
Bhuvaneswar Kumar – 3 wickets for 9 runs: The second Indian player after Pragyan Ojha, to take 3 wickets in his debut match. Sunil Gavaskar was cheered up while saying “A sensational debutant performance”.

Pakistan
Md. Hafeez (61 from 44)
Shoaib Malik (57 from 50)
Umar Gul – 3 wickets for 21 runs
Saeed Ajmal – 2 wickets for 25 runs

Other Attractions
The 7.1 feet debutant Pakistan player Md. Irfan is an attraction to today’s match and much of a similar bowler to Shoaib Akhtar, speeding upto 143 km/hr. He managed to pick one wicket and surprise the Indian batsmen with his bounce.

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God of Cricket - Tendulkar retires from ODI

Sachin Tendulkar, the master blaster and 'God of cricket', has announced his retirement from the One-Day international cricket. He will not be playing ODI matches anymore and millions of fans are sure going to miss his magic batting.

The name Sachin has been symbol for piece of high class batting in cricket for last 23 years. Cricket lovers across the globe love to see Sachin playing cricket and his blasting shoots enthrall them much.

The innings played in ODI by Sachin Tendulkar will always be remembers and would be inspiration for many young crickets those want to be just like him at batting.

Surely, the charm of watching cricket might fade due to lack of Sachin presence in Indian team playing against world cricket teams. But, it is also fact that, he contributed a lot to India in sports.

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Cricket: Only Sport in India

One Match on the television, the streets are empty, and there is only one question everywhere, what is the score? No office and no home is an exception for this. Good that we love our country so much, and cricket team more than that. No other sport in India has so much craze, but for cricket. Add makers are after cricketers, film makers are after cricketers and even bolly wood is after cricketers.

We find gully cricket in every galli, but rest of the sports no one even talks about them. No wonder we get few medals in Olympics or no medals at all. There are many people right from tribals to urbanites who are showing great talent in other sports. But no one even knows them or is bothered to encourage them. Under these circumstances how do we expect our country to win medals in Olympics?

There is a too much of obsession with the cricketing sport in India. No wonder no citizen even knows about any other sport or players names even. There is no encouragement from the people or from the organizations to sponsor. The Govt. always states that they are equally encouraging other sports and sports persons. But the results we see in front of our eyes. It is not the sole responsibility of the Govt. alone. We as parents should encourage our children to learn sports other than cricket also.

An interest should be cultivated in the minds of the people, so that they enjoy other sports as they enjoy cricket. Only then other sports and persons learning those sports will develope. Remove the aspect of money, from the cricket, and see how many people will encourage their children to be cricketers. Money is the key factor that is driving people to be after the game of cricket. Sport should be treated sportively, only them all sports will flourish, otherwise it will just be another form of business.

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IPL downgrades performance of team India

India team was dethroned by England from the number one position in the test cricket team ranking. Indian team lost three test match against English, and its consecutive third defeat against England losing the test series.

The news channel NewsX report that the much hyped IPL could be the major reason for the failure of Indian team in the test matches against England.

Here is report on youtube.

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Lords Test: Indian team lost against England

Indian cricket team made another big defeat in 2000th test match againt England. Much hype and dramatic match though ended in very dramatic way. Chasin a score of for hundred, Indian team lost by 190 runs.

England bowlers dominated visitors, Indian team. The splendid performance of England seemer did all the job their team wanted. Lets focus on Indian skipper's lament that Sachin's depart as the biggest jolt

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ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 and Your Business

The ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 will start this month of February. No doubt that its a mega events for countries, cricket players and even more for the cricket fans across the globe.

With the emerging trends of IPL recently, it might have impact on the cricket fever but hardly do it matters for the cricket fans, those can watch it hours. But in practical way, the cricket mania in India and across the globe is certainly going to hit the business world in terms of time and productivity.

This post is not neither against the spirit of the cricket game nor the big fans and loves of the game. It's after all a game, and the lots of price in the game made this a better a successful one.

Here questions comes how to tally your business with the on going mega cricket event. Specially if your having business in India, then the month of revenue and productivity is certain to go low, because of the game and its entertainment that viewers would be getting.
If the ICC Cricket World Cup or the IPL matches are round the corner, then fix your business schedules as per the matches, so that you need not worry about the work more. Even you can also spend sometime in watching the fantastic matches. Really those matches are interesting to watch indeed.

The bottom line is that, in India cricket is not a sport but religion. So as the business its not only religion but your life. While the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 is a big event, you can adjust your business accordingly. There one popular saying that fits here 'cut your coat according to the cloth' , so make business deals as per the time and convenience. Enjoy the Cricket!

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