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“It's hard to describe... I just love it. The reason I’m so passionate a bout cricket is because it’s all I know”
HITTING GREAT HEIGHTS Mortgage broker and Reliance Real Estate founder Sunil Kumar grew up playing cricket on the streets of India GROWING UP in India, cricket was like “a second religion”, says Sunil Kumar, mortgage broker and founder of Reliance Real Estate. His love for cricket began at a very early age, and he has wonderful memories of playing throughout his childhood and his years as a student. “I must have played cricket almost every day until I arrived in Australia,” he says. Although the village cricket area was too small, he “would venture out and play on school grounds, in farm fields, in the streets, backyards – anywhere we could”. “These memories are the reason I still enjoy the game today.” While Kumar doesn’t play as often now, he still plays cricket twice a month and practises weekly with his son. His love of the game has filtered into his business as well, which has an office cricket team that plays every Sunday. “Any sport, but more especially cricket, teaches you anything and everything about business or life in general. If you practise enough and work together for a common goal, you can achieve great heights.”
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