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Nov 6 2009, Somshuvra Mukerjee

People in India are obsessed with the game cricket. In fact obsessed might be an under statement for some of them. The famous adage, “Eat, Sleep and drink cricket” holds true for the millions of fans in India. The people follow the cricketers...

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