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Communication Skills-I

Notes
Sachin Tendulkar comes out running with that lovely smile. Dhoni has been lifted by couple of players.
Gautam Gambhir, the man who played that icy-cool knock under pressure, is also there. Everyone is

hugging each other. The fireworks are in display. Yuvraj hugs Gambhir and ruffles his hair. They scream.
Tears of joy from Yuvraj.
The Sri Lankans slowly get back to the pavilion. The Indian huddle is on the ground. They hop and jump

in joy. Harbhajan is crying. With the Indian flag in hand. Yusuf pathan hugs him. He is still crying. Last
tIme Sri Lanka won the tournament, and beat India, one Indian cricketer left the arena in tears of sorrow.
Now it’s the opposite. Crazy scenes out there. Camera pans to Dhoni who has his cap pulled down, his

right arm wipes off some sweat. Slowly he looks up and high-fives with a team-mate. Gary Kirsten is out
there. All smiles.
(Source: www.espncricinfo.com)

Exercise

1. Take notes from the above given commentary. Focus on major points and statistics only.
2. Listen to the full commentary of a cricket match and take notes. Prepare your own fact and

figures book of the match.
3. Visit YouTube and listen to the commentary of any one IPL match or Spanish Premier League

Match. Note down the difficult words, metaphors, similes, etc. that the commentators use
and make a list for your vocabulary building.

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