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Interesting Facts about IPL Part 2

What sets the Indian Premiere League apart from the rest of the tournaments and competitions? Without a doubt it is the commercial aspect surrounding the whole shindig. This is the Board of Control of cricket in India’ million dollar brain child that has revolutionized the way the world looks at the game of cricket. It is more than nine teams fighting each other. It is the cutting edge; the penultimate creative concept. It is pure entertainment. And we are not talking about the thrill of watching a sporting event unfold but it is also the fragrance that emanates from a potpourri of the famous personnel and celebrities from all walks of life. Industrialist, socialites, movie star, cricketers and gorgeous cheerleaders make up for unadulterated (maybe a little ‘adultery’ is involved) fun. Below are some more interesting facts about the Indian Premier League:

• It is the first event ever to be broadcasted live on the You tube in the year 2010.

• The night that the western musical legend- Pit Bull performed saw one of the biggest turnover ever.

• The Chennai Super Kings or better known as the ‘CSK’ have secured the highest number of runs by a team in a tournament with an eye popping tally of twelve thousand seven hundred and thirty six runs accumulated at an average of thirty per wicket.

• It needs to acknowledged here that the tournament run average would be marked somewhere between twenty five to twenty six.

• The Mumbai Indians have been regarded as the most economical run getters with a figure of 7.34 runs an over.

• Virender Sehwag (Delhi) became the first player to score 4 consecutive fifty in Indian Premier League (IPL) history.

• Lasith Malinga became the first player to be responsible for not one but two ‘golden ducks’ in a match.

• During the Indian Premier Leagues’ inaugural season in the year 2008, only one team had a non Indian captain- the Rajasthan Royals.

• This is something everyone should be aware of: the organizers of the Indian Premier League tournament in the BCCI.

• According to the Mumbai Indians news and snippets of information, Sanath Jaysuriya while playing for the respective team scored the highest number of sixes with thirty one to his credit.

• IPL news can be followed regularly and even as it happens by logging on to some particular cricket related websites.

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India’s Grand Masters

If were to take the recreational preference of India, taking into consideration it’s whole demographic, then we are most certainly going to find out that the ‘Outdoor’ sports beat out the ‘in door’ sports by a very large margin. We Indians are people who like the smell of fresh earth and color of the lush green grass and the brilliant blue sky. We like to get our hands dirty as there is no fun like the filthy kind. In spite of the moms screaming at the kids for ages about good hygiene and avoiding mud stains, the kids still come back home with bruised knees, scruffy clothes and a big old grin on their faces. But let us not be quick to sell our indoor games short. While the outdoor game sare all about the physical stamina and ability, indoor games provide the kinds with the mental exercise they require. Games like chess, checkers, even Caroms for that matter, sharpens you acumen and gets those grey cells some action as well.

And champions like Vishwanath Anand and Manuel Aaron have been huge inspiration of an intellectual kind to kids everywhere. Following are some of the greatest chess player that India has ever seen.

Koneru Humpy is one of the best female Chess players that Indian has seen to date. All of 25, she already holds a number of records in chess. She was adjudged Asia’s youngest International Woman Master in the year of 1999. She is also regarded as the World’s youngest Women Grandmaster to be given a complete Grand Master status.

Manuel Aaron is revered as the first International chess master from India. He has won the national chess championship a record nine times. He is also the very first chess player to be awarded the Arjuna award.

Parimarjan Negi might look like a kid and may, in physical aspects, still be a teenager, but his mind has as they, is wise beyond his years. He is the youngest Indian to be bestowed with the Grand master title.

Krishnan Sasikiran has won the Grand master title besides many other plaudits in Chess tournaments. He Won the Hastings International Chess Congress, England, in 2001 and the year after that. He also won the Politiken Cup in Copenhagen.
Viswanathan Anand profile is the most famous of all the chess players in India. He has reaped a large number of honors in the field of chess, like no other Indian.

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How to save Minimum or Maximum money on international money transfer ?

Almost most of the people use their saving account to send and receive money internationally. However, very rare numbers of people think of best way to send money to India and maybe other countries.

You must have alternative ways and means while thinking of home loan and car insurance. You may not have used your saving account for the purposes of home loan and car insurance etc. similarly, you should not use your saving and salary account to have international money transfer.

Almost majority of the people handle their monetary affairs by means of their bank account. However, majority people finds alternative resources for maintaining home loan, personal loans and car insurance with various alternatives. If we use alternative ways for other financial affairs, then why should we use our bank account directly to have international money transfer? Probably, we are not aware of the money that we pay for remitting and receiving money in our bank account.

When we think of getting money from overseas, we think to receive money in our personal banking account. However, there is some restriction from the government as for the amount of money you should receive annually. There are different restriction in different countries. Getting money in the saving account can be heavily taxable if you received too much of money every month.

Hence getting money in your spouse’s account could be a good idea to avoid heavy tax. Also you should take into account as to the banking charges and exchange rate. You can have a comparison in the market. Internet could be the best idea to find comparison chart and money exchange rate.

As a rule, the bank sells their currency at a higher rate which cannot surely be beneficial to you.

Sometimes the money even gets deducted up to 7% from your actual amount. For example; if you get money by the help of PayPal, then you need to pay the money to PayPal and also your local bank as per the rule of the Government. Similar rule may be applicable to send money to Sri Lanka and other countries even.

Today, there are huge competition in the market since the third party companies have been mushrooming in the market. Due to competition these companies have now started sending your money at a competitive price.

Therefore, you have to keep in mind few things like checking currency rate that banks sell you. The charges for senders and receivers. All these charges you can find on the internet. Even, you can get such information in the social media sites like Qoura and Yahoo answers. Many people might have similar questions those who have been discussing about the international money transfer.

If you take few things into consideration you can save huge amount of money annually. Sometimes, you also have to be extremely careful about receiving and sending money since there are a lot of fraudulent companies have come to the market. They can steal all of your money instead of sending money. Hence, you should check the background of these fraudulent companies before sending money.

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