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Reality cricket

Posted on 01/24/2007 in Indian cricket

In Mumbai today, a match took place in front of the TV cameras that, for the victor, was arguably vastly more significant than the one-day international in Cuttack.

It is only a Twenty20 match played by a bunch of unknowns, in front of a handful of spectators. But one of those spectators is Indian legend Kapil Dev, another is the ex-Indian batsman Sanjay Manjrekar, and they have the power to eventually grant one of the players involved a full professional contract with Leicestershire CCC.

And far from having had her fill of reality TV at the hands of Jade Goody, the Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty is being lined up as a presenter for the UK version

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