Makenzie Wood 12/14/13 5th hour Cricket and Politics In South Asia‚ cricket was a new found religion for the people of India. India’s win in the World Cup in 1983 was a defining moment‚ cricket was at an all time high‚ with the media and Bollywood as well. Between 1880 and 2005 cricket effected politics by bridging religious tensions‚ a way to express nationalism and a way of unifying people of different groups together. Cricket was a unique game that brought people together. Documents 1‚2‚3‚4
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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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Is Cricket Killing Other Sports In India? My answer is " YES". Why do I say like this? I will give you reasons for it. It is a well known fact that sports is meant for enterainment and hence it is telecasted in television and also the playing area is provided with seats to accomodate the public.... But how many games have full attendence from the audience. Is that the media doing all these crime or is it the politicians. I have seen many times where the ministers say that cricket is not like
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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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relationship between cricket and politics is clearly portrayed in South Asia from 1880 to 2005 through the easing of the tension between different caste members‚ although the tension eased was not always from a religious aspect between the Pakistanis‚ Indians‚ and the British. The different problems that arose in South Asia was mostly class or caste systems (Docs 2‚ 3‚ 4)‚ rivalry (Docs 1‚ 6‚ 10)‚ and religious tensions (Docs 5‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9) against the different countries and cricket teams. Cricket in many ways
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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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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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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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