when i came here back to india to set up my business in the financial services space, i always heard that there were only two religions in india, cricket and bollywood. i don t have the right thought, but our deal is humongous for cricket, it is one of the best leagues in the world, the ipl has you know become one of the most popular leagues and i think it is one of the top ten leagues in the world. in india, the culture is such that when a son is born, in the family, even to this day, the parents either want him to be a cricketer, a test cricketer or a bollywood star. we talk about the stories i of these players and the fact that you can come from nothing and succeed, and the ipl has i given that opportunity - for so many players to come from nothing and succeed. the ipl for me means the opportunity, you know, you re never going to get the opportunities the ipl presents in any other part of cricket in the world. we are the envy of the world. the ipl is the envy of the world.
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we just have to be careful not to take things for granted and make sure that we are investing in the right things for the growth of the business, and it will be definitely unstoppable. india is really special to me. i think it has had as big a influence on my cricket career as any. i would say the ipl has been the place i have learnt the most about my game. i have learnt a lot about myself as a person, and guys who, like you say, watched, who do not have much and i mean that in the nicest possible way but they have cricket and they have happiness and you just think that is such a great thing to see every day, that certain things that i may be worried about, wanting something that is materialistic, or something that you think will give you happiness, and you look out the window and you think, actually that is true happiness.