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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development of sports in our country. India is a country of more than 1 billion people‚ in spite of this we hardly win any medals at the Olympic Games‚ and rarely win a gold medal. Apart from cricket‚ most sports are largely neglected in our country. Sports like football‚ hockey‚ tennis and athletics are not given any importance. The government does not provide any funds for these sports and does nothing to encourage development in these fields. In India‚ sports other than cricket are not considered
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I can unhesitatingly and boastfully claim that ‘my never- failing friends are they‚ with whom I converse day by day.’ And these friends‚ with whom I talk‚ converse and gossip as a matter of routine‚ are the BOOKS‚ that are stacked in our family-library. Their sweet‚ long company has made me a true book-lover in the real sense. Without any doubt or reservation‚ I can frankly say that blessed are those‚ who are in constant company of books. Books never desert us‚ when we fall prey to evil days
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Explain why a certain sport is your favorite. Sweat dripping into my eyes‚ blurring my vision. My legs feel weak‚ making it difficult to pedal. I pause and allow myself to take a deep breath before speeding down hill. The adrenaline rushing through my veins‚ and the thrilling thought of what is to come next demands my body to get ready and keep going. I speed down the hill narrowly missing a couple of big jagged stones sticking up through the trail and trees. The intensity and extremity
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My favourite pop singer is an American recording artist‚ entertainer and businessman‚ often referred to as the King of Pop‚ or by his initials MJ. I think you could guess the name of my favourite pop singer – Michael Joseph Jackson. He is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by the Guinness World Records. His contribution to music‚ dance and fashion‚ along his much-publicized personal life made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades. The 7th child of
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I have been participating in sports ever since I was four. Athletics has always been a very big part of my life‚ and that is the way I love it. I play soccer‚ volleyball‚ basketball‚ and lacrosse for my school‚ as well as playing travel soccer for the LIJSL. I also enjoy playing softball‚ football‚ tennis and any other sport. Partaking in athletics has had an extremely positive influence on my life and my development as a person. For one thing‚ it has taught me cooperation and teamwork. It has taught
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ended up in the state of Louisiana‚ where the land was very much like the Mekong Delta‚ where they grew up. Their child‚ Bill‚ was born in America. He was much more Americanized and had little knowledge about his cultural background. The story‚ "Crickets‚" by Robert Olen Butler is about a father‚ who is trying to educate his son to be more Vietnamese. Butler is trying to let his reader understand that coming to a new land as a new immigrant is difficult. In order to have a better life‚ the father
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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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time‚ but in literature it is described in a different manner. Every author has their own way of representing love though their writing. In these stories one can see how authors elaborate the different forms of love. In "The Grasshopper and the Bell Cricket" by Yasuari Kawabata he demonstrates an innocent love between children‚ In "On Her Loving Two Equally" by Aphra Behn she shows a confusion in love between an adolescent female character and two male characters‚ In "’How Do I Love Thee’" by Elizabeth
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