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    he overcame this problem and continued doing what he loved. Clarke was a former captain of the Australian cricket team. He became the captain of the team in 2011 displaying his strong leadership skills which contributes to the reason why he is worthy of being in

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    Don Bradman Cricket is a beloved sport around the world. Although North Americans have not had much exposure or interest, millions of people worldwide are in love with this sport. No single cricketer has elevated the game as much as Bradman. Sir Donald George Bradman, nicknamed “The Don” is often referred to as the man who changed this game. Cricket, for the longest time, was a low anticipated sport compared to others such as Soccer and Basketball. Bradman’s legacy had such a large impact on the

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    before this massacre, this city had witnessed one of the most significant incidents in the history of cricket. According to the written documents, in 1676, it was in Aleppo where the game of cricket was first played outside the British territories. Back in the 17th century, the city used to be a trading hub and it attracted a lot of British traders and sailors. By that time back in England, Cricket had already been evolved and it was quite popular amongst the travelling Englishmen, who carried the

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    different cultures. Where America has baseball, Asia, Australia, and the United Kingdom all turn their eyes toward a sport that originated in 1877, cricket. “Top 10 List of the World’s Most Popular Sports” (2017) lists cricket as the second most popular sport in the world entrancing over “2.5 billion fans”. While baseball is so popular in the United States, cricket rules the eastern hemisphere with five times the number of fans. The two sports are similar and different on multiple aspects, an argument definitely

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    (Gladwell 2013) In the movie, Lagaan, the chosen craft is the game of Gilli-Danda. The game of Gilli-Danda is a cricket-like game played in the rural areas of India. (Krishnamohan, 2014). The villager’s first response to seeing the game of cricket played by the British is, “[cricket is a similar game to Gilli-Danda].” (Gowariker, 2001). The villagers are challenged in a game of cricket by Captain Russell’s. Unknowingly, the villagers have spent around 10,000 hours practicing Gilli-Danda, as it’s

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    The word God itself is not enough to describe the personality of Sachin Tendulkar and his contributions to cricket. He is considered as one of the greatest batsman in the history of cricket. Largely considered Master Blaster, Sachin Tendulkar was born on 24 April 1973 at Bombay, India to a middle class family. He as youngest of four children consisting of 2 brothers and a sister. His father was a well-known Marathi novelist and a professor, while his mother worked for a life insurance company. His

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    financial firms. This makes the teaching of ethical behavior critical in MBA, to make future managers aware of ethical behavior. Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is know my many names Little Master, Master Blaster, God of Cricket, Demi-God, Tendu, 10Dulkaar, Bradman of Modern Cricket, Grandfather of Cricket are some of them. He is very well known all over the world for his cricketing ability. Sachin is also known as the man of ethics. He is known for his ethical on and off the field. There are many incident to

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    parents have to know their children’s interest and try to help them to improve in their desired field. In Ishaan’s view parents made their children as depressed adults, and not a happy one. Ishaan also have the same problem. His interest is on cricket but his father wants him to be in Indian army. Ishaan follows ‘take it easy policy’. He never ever cares for his father’s tongue-lashing. Patel is something different or we can call him out of the world. He sacrifices everything for his ambition

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    On the AMC hit television show, Mad Men, the main character Don Draper spoke very powerful words when he said, “People tell you who they are but we ignore it, because we want them to be who we want them to be.”. The main character of the novel written by Craig Silvey titled, Jasper Jones dealt with the troubles of, as Don Draper said, people ignoring who somebody is simply because we want them to be who we want. Set in 1965 in a small West Australian town called Corrigan, main character, Charlie

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    Most Basic and Frequently Asked Interview Questions and Answers 1. Tell me something about yourself 2. Why should we hire you? Or how can u say that you are the right candidate? 3. Why BPO/ (company name)? 4. What are your strengths and weaknesses? 5. What are your short term and long term goals? 6. What are your contributions in order to meet the goals of our company? 7. Tell me about your native place. 8. Tell me about your college days. 9. Can u explain about Child labour/Corruption/Poverty? 10

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