
            <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item">Arun Rawal, a producer at Sports Tak, is a daydreamer, movie buff, and cricket fanatic. He could not play cricket, so did the next best thing, writing for it. He loves to play the flick shot over square leg, and believes Sachin Tendulkar is God. </div>
      

Arun Rawal


            <div class="text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item">Arun Rawal, a producer at Sports Tak, is a daydreamer, movie buff, and cricket fanatic. He could not play cricket, so did the next best thing, writing for it. He loves to play the flick shot over square leg, and believes Sachin Tendulkar is God. </div>
      

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