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Stories Behind India Cricket Player's jersey

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No conversation about Cricket in India can start without mentioning the fact that India is a nation that worships cricket and certainly idolizes the cricketers. If we start taking surveys of which is the most loved game in India, the statistical compass would easily point towards, cricket. India is a nation that records the highest number of cricket viewers.  In 2017, the India Vs Australia test series became the most watches test series in history of India television with  1.1 billion gross expressions throughout the series and the 3rd test having 383 million expressions and whole test series having averaging 282 expressions per match. Even in case of fantasy sports,  fantasy cricket  tops the list with maximum users  compared to other sports. As recorded in various statistical records the number of users who  play fantasy cricket  are approximately 20 million in 2018 in contrast to 2 million in 2017. Needless to speak, the number is still growing with experts speculating a us

How Fantasy Cricket started from a cocktail napkin

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“I feel the way J. Robert Oppenheimer felt after having invented the atomic bomb: If I'd only known this plague that I've visited upon the world...."    – Dan Okrent     (Founding Father of Rotisserie Baseball)    Fantasy gaming is indeed a plague in the world now capturing the popular imaginations. Since this game includes an expansive demography ranging from the youths in their early 20s to people over 40s, both male and female- so fantasy sporting industry is now a booming business all over the world.    Not to mention, India as a developing nation, is not lagging much behind the global trend and being a nation solely devoted to cricket,  fantasy cricket   is a household affair in this nation.   Statistics show that the number of users who register and  play fantasy cricket  on various sites has been recorded to be no less than 20 million on March 2018. The number has been growing ever since.    However, in contrast to the popularity of the game

10 Bowlers with strangest bowling actions

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Cricket has always been a batsmen’s game where every bit of the rule in the game has been designed to favor the batsman and not the bowler. From the very beginning the game had been biased towards the batting side. It is actually because at the core of the cricket it works on the ‘reactive science’ and the thrill of the game comes from the reply that a batsman can give to the ball hurled at him. Moreover, just look at the cricket viewership, have you ever seen anyone, not hungry for runs from their  favourite   team . Scoring the biggest  amount  of runs is what anyone ever wants to see from their team. It’s simple, taking more wickets didn’t make anyone win any match if their batting side didn’t do their job properly.  Moreover  in the current scenario when online games like  fantasy cricket  are growing in popularity, much of the game depends on the skill of the batsman. As it happens, in order to  play fantasy cricket  a player must create his own 11 and points would be earned b