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In the heartland of India, a yagna is performed to invoke the gods so that India can bring home the Cricket World Cup. 990 million hopes pinned on the performance of a team, and the burden of expectations of its countrymen to repeat a 1983 when Kapil's devils lifted the Prudential World Cup. The stakes are high as 12 nations battle it out. The Indian subcontinent is in a hysteria. "The hype is very well justified. What many people have tried to do is share in the excitement by bringing their brands more closely associated with the excitement of the World Cup." Cricket World Cup yagna or Hindu ritual prayer for India to win This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprise
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