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Sachin, the best ever World Cup batsman of all times!
Records and statistics can just be another adding factor when it comes to analyzing the greatest ever batsman in the history of Cricket World Cup games. Sachin Tendulkar, synonymous with records, leaves each player far behind when the most prestigious trophy of the gentleman’s game is talked about. In his career of over two decades, Sachin has been a part of the world cup winning team just once but the way he has played in the world cup games all over the years it ensures that any other batsman is a distant second.
Sachin Tendulkar is probably the most prolific player of the World Cups till now not only because he has the highest number of runs scored to his name but also because he is the most consistent batsman throughout the World Cups he played.
Little master has amassed 2278 runs to his name in the 45 matches he has played in the World Cup games. There might be many players who have great innings to their name in particular World Cup games but there is no other batsman to have played so many games with the amazing average of 56.95. Even Australian World Cup winning Captain Ricky Ponting who has played one more game than Sachin Tendulkar i.e 46 but has far less number of runs scored than Sachin i.e 1743. Sachin’s greatness is also accepted by all time greats like Brian Lara, Vivian Richards, Steve Waugh and Jacques Kallis.
Even in the matches where team India tumbled, the master blaster’s aggression and amazing skills were always at display. Ask any Pakistan fan and he would say that there is no one like Sachin who hammered world’s greatest and fieriest bowlers that Pakistan boasts to have produced.
Not only the Pakistani pacers, even bowlers of the repute of Glenn McGrath, Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralidaran, Allan Donald, Shaun Pollock, who made it hard for the best of batsmen to score against them but they too remember Sachin as a batsman who smashed them all round the park to make his dominance in the World Cup matches felt. His brilliant strike rate of 88.98 during his entire World Cup career speaks for itself.
After India winning World Cup 2011, Sachin’s brilliant cricketing career ended on a satisfying note for him. The legend is now motivating the present Indian cricket team to defend the title by his presence as the brand ambassador of the team. But if there is one person whom the cricket fans all over the world would miss in this world cup, it is Sachin Tendulkar.
The State Scores Extra High on Gaming-Friendly Industry Index
Meghalaya scored 92.85 out of 100 possible points in a Gaming Industry Index and proved to be India’s most gaming-friendly state following its recent profound legislation changes over the field allowing land-based and online gaming, including games of chance, under a licensing regime.
The index by the UK India Business Council (UKIBC) uses a scale of 0 to 100 to measure the level of legalisation on gambling and betting achieved by a state based on the scores over a set of seven different games – lottery, horse racing, betting on sports, poker, rummy, casino and fantasy sports
Starting from February last year, Meghalaya became the third state in India’s northeast to legalise gambling and betting after Sikkim and Nagaland. After consultations with the UKIBC, the state proceeded with the adoption of the Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Act, 2021 and the nullification of the Meghalaya Prevention of Gambling Act, 1970. Subsequently in December, the Meghalaya Regulation of Gaming Rules, 2021 were notified and came into force.
All for the Tourists
The move to legalise and license various forms of offline and online betting and gambling in Meghalaya is aimed at boosting tourism and creating jobs, and altogether raising taxation revenues for the northeastern state. At the same time, the opportunities to bet and gamble legally will be reserved only for tourists and visitors.
“We came out with a Gaming Act and subsequently framed the Regulation of Gaming Rules, 2021. The government will accordingly issue licenses to operate games of skill and chance, both online and offline,” said James P. K. Sangma, Meghalaya State Law and Taxation Minister speaking in the capital city of Shillong. “But the legalized gambling and gaming will only be for tourists and not residents of Meghalaya,” he continued.
To be allowed to play, tourists and people visiting the state for work or business purposes will have to prove their non-resident status by presenting appropriate documents, in a process similar to a bank KYC (Know Your Customer) procedure.
Meghalaya Reaches Out to a Vast Market
With 140 millions of people in India estimated to bet regularly on sports, and a total of 370 million desi bettors around prominent sporting events, as per data from one of the latest reports by Esse N Videri, Meghalaya is set to reach out and take a piece of a vast market.
Estimates on the financial value of India’s sports betting market, combined across all types of offline channels and online sports and cricket predictions and betting platforms, speak about amounts between $130 and $150 billion (roughly between ₹9.7 and ₹11.5 lakh crore).
Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Delhi are shown to deliver the highest number of bettors and Meghalaya can count on substantial tourists flow from their betting circles. The sports betting communities of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana are also not to be underestimated.
Among the sports, cricket is most popular, registering 68 percent of the total bet count analyzed by Esse N Videri. Football takes second position with 11 percent of the bets, followed by betting on FIFA at 7 percent and on eCricket at 5 percent. The last position in the Top 5 of popular sports for betting in India is taken by tennis with 3 percent of the bet count.
Local Citizens will Still have Their Teer Betting
Meghalaya residents will still be permitted to participate in teer betting over arrow-shooting results. Teer is a traditional method of gambling, somewhat similar to a lottery draw, and held under the rules of the Meghalaya Regulation of the Game of Arrow Shooting and the Sale of Teer Tickets Act, 2018.
Teer includes bettors wagering on the number of arrows that reach the target which is placed about 50 meters away from a team of 20 archers positioned in a semicircle.
The archers shoot volleys of arrows at the target for ten minutes, and players place their bets choosing a number between 0 and 99 trying to guess the last two digits of the number of arrows that successfully pierce the target.
If, for example, the number of hits is 256, anyone who has bet on 56 wins an amount eight times bigger than their wager.
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