1. Pakistan has pioneered two great advances in bowling the doosra and the Reverse swing.

    Pakistan has pioneered two great advances in bowling the doosra and the Reverse swing.

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  2. Since India had the largest viewership for the game amongst the cricket playing nations and the largest market in the cricketing world, the game's centre of gravity shifted to South Asia.

    Since India had the largest viewership for the game amongst the cricket
    playing nations and the largest market in the cricketing world, the game’s
    centre of gravity shifted to South Asia.

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  3. Through television coverage it expanded the audience for the game by bringing cricket into small towns and villages.

    Through television coverage it expanded the audience for the game by
    bringing cricket into small towns and villages.

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  4. Television channels made money by selling television spots to companies who were hoppy to pay large sums of money to air commercials for a wide range of products from tyres to colour on television.

    Television channels made money by selling television spots to companies who were hoppy to pay large sums of money to air commercials for a wide range of products from tyres to colour on television.

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