Winners
1. Jay Shah, who heads the group governing cricket in India, declared that fireworks shows would not be held for matches in Delhi and Mumbai due to air pollution.Whereas Delhi has lengthy confronted unhealthy air, it’s turning into a serious concern for India’s industrial capital as nicely. Skipping fireworks might a minimum of keep away from exacerbating the issue within the days main as much as the Diwali vacation.
2. Diwali, and India’s competition season extra usually, is often a time when prospects open their wallets for giant purchases like house home equipment and TVs. The timing of the Cricket World Cup is giving an additional enhance to credit score demand, in response to Umesh Revankar, government vice chairman at Shriram Finance Ltd., who hailed the influence of “cricket fever” in the course of the lender’s earnings name final week.
3. Followers of Sachin Tendulkar, well known as one of many best batters within the sport’s historical past and a member of India’s parliament, would have been elated to see a statue devoted to the sportsman at Mumbai’s Wankhede stadium forward of the India-Sri Lanka match on Thursday.
Losers
1. Pakistan have been edged out by South Africa in a decent match final Friday. On social media, former India bowler Harbhajan Singh weighed in on an important name that went towards the South Asian facet.
2. One other crew that is misplaced some steam lately: New Zealand, who suffered a 3rd straight loss on Wednesday. Their defeat might have given Pakistan followers some hope. Saturday’s recreation between the 2 sides will go a good distance towards figuring out who will qualify for the semifinals.
