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Batsmen with most bizarre batting stance

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Everything’s fair in love and cricket  be it in case of the live game or in  fantasy cricket . As a sport that hails from early as the 18 th  century the sport certainly has quite a number of rules and norms that each player should follow in order to maintain the fairness of the sport. From the length of the pitch to how a bowler should ball or a batsman should bat are all fixed. However, one area of batting where the batsman is at his liberty is his batting stance. And while fans pitch their support for the batsmen like Virat Kohli or Sir Don Bradman whose flawless batting made them world class heroes, there also is a significant number of batsmen who are famous for their unconventional and weird style of batting.    1. Shivnarine  Chanderpaul     Chanderpaul  is one of the greatest West Indies cricketer who also happens to have the  most   weird  looking batting stance. He had a front-on stance, wherein he stood with his chest facing the bowler and bat resting in f

Importance of Fantasy Sports At Work

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Imagine walking into a party with a room full of unknown faces. Can you think of any better way to break the ice and bond with the people around, other than indulging yourself with any game they are playing? The Answer would be No. In general, sports and games are the greatest motivators that help in the creation of a team spirit, an overall friendly atmosphere and eventually a positive mentality in the people involved.  This brings me to the concept of the growing practice among the employers in India to involve their employees in Fantasy sports in the work place, especially  Fantasy Cricket .    India being a cricket worshiping nation has a gigantic number of viewers. According to the official report of ICC, cricket has over one billion fans globally, with the Indian sub-continent alone constituting more than 90% of them. Thus, with the amount of passion involved it would be more feasible and meaningful to  play fantasy cricket   at the workplace than any other games.