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Test status granted | 1932 | ||
First Test match | v England at Lord's, London, 25–28 June 1932 | ||
Captain | M. S. Dhoni | ||
Coach | Duncan Fletcher | ||
Official ICC Test, ODI and T20I ranking | 5th (Test) 1st (ODI) 3rd (T20) [3] |
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HistoryBefore 1918
Main article: History of cricket in India to 1918
((The entire history of cricket in India and the sub-continent as a whole is based on the existence and development of the British Raj via the East India Company.
In 1721, the first definite reference to cricket being played anywhere
in the sub-continent is a report of English sailors of the East India
Company playing a game at Cambay, near Baroda.)) The Calcutta Cricket
and Football Club is known to exist by 1792, but was possibly founded
more than a decade earlier. In 1799, another club was formed at
Seringapatam in south India after the successful British siege and the
defeat of Tipu Sultan. In 1864, a Madras v. Calcutta match was arguably the start of first-class cricket in India.1918 to 1945
Main article: History of cricket in India from 1918–19 to 1945
India became a member of the “elite club” joining England, South
Africa,New Zealand and the West Indies in June 1932. India's first match
in Lords against England attracted a massive crowd of 24,000 people as
well as the King of England, who was also the Emperor of India[2]1945 to 1960
Main article: History of cricket in India from 1945–46 to 1960
The major and defining event in the history of Indian cricket during
this period was the Partition of India following full independence from
the British Raj in 1947.An early casualty of change was the Bombay Quadrangular tournament, which had been a focal point of Indian cricket for over 50 years. The new India had no place for teams based on ethnic origin. As a result, the Ranji Trophy came into its own as the national championship. The last-ever Bombay Pentangular, as it had become, was won by the Hindus in 1945-46. India also recorded its first Test victory in 1952, beating England by an innings in Madras[2] 1960 to 1970
Main article: History of cricket in India from 1960–61 to 1970
One team totally dominated Indian cricket in the 1960s. As part of 15
consecutive victories in the Ranji Trophy from 1958-59 to 1972-73,
Bombay won the title in all ten seasons of the period under review.
Among its players were Farokh Engineer, Dilip Sardesai, Bapu Nadkarni,
Ramakant Desai, Baloo Gupte, Ashok Mankad and Ajit Wadekar.In the 1961-62 season, the Duleep Trophy was inaugurated as a zonal competition. It was named after Ranji's nephew, Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji (1905–59). With Bombay in its catchment, it is not surprising that the West Zone won six of the first nine titles 1970 to 1985
Main article: History of cricket in India from 1970–71 to 1985
Bombay continued to dominate Indian domestic cricket, with only
Karnataka, Delhi, and a few other teams able to mount any kind of
challenge during this period.India enjoyed two international highlights. In 1971, they won a Test series in England for the first time ever, surprisingly defeating Ray Illingworth's Ashes winners. In 1983, again in England, India were surprise winners of the 1983 Cricket World Cup under the captainship of Kapil Dev.) During the 1970s, the Indian cricket team began to see success overseas beating New Zealand, and holding Australia, South Africa and England to a draw. The backbone of the team were the Indian spin quartet - Bishen Bedi, E.A.S. Prasanna, BS Chandrasekhar and Srinivas Venkataraghavan, giving rise to what would later be called the Golden Era of Indian cricket history. This decade also saw the emergence of two of India's best ever batsmen, Sunil Gavaskar and Gundappa Viswanath responsible for the back-to-back series wins in 1971 in the West Indies and in England, under the captaincy of Ajit Wadekar[3] 1985 to 2000
Main article: History of cricket in India from 1985–86 to 2000
((From the 1993–94 season, the Duleep Trophy was converted from a knockout competition to a league format.))Several team names and spellings were altered during the 1990s when traditional Indian names were introduced to replace those that were associated with the British Raj. Most notably, Bombay became Mumbai and the famous venue of Madras became Chennai. During the 1980s, India developed a more attack-focused batting line-up with talented batsmen such as Mohammed Azharuddin, Dilip Vengsarkar and Ravi Shastri prominent during this decade. ((Despite India's victory in the Cricket World Cup in 1983, the team performed poorly in the Test arena, including 28 consecutive Test matches without a victory. However, India won the Asia Cup in 1984 and won the World Championship of Cricket in Australia in 1985.)) The 1987 Cricket World Cup was held in India[3] 21st century
Main article: History of cricket in India from 2000–01
Since 2000, the Indian team underwent major improvements with the
appointment of John Wright, India's first ever foreign coach. This
appointment met success internationally as India maintained their
unbeaten home record against Australia in Test series after defeating
them in 2001 and won the inaugural ICC World T20 in 2007. India was also
the first Sub-continental team to win at the WACA in January 2008
against Australia.[3]India's victory against the Australians in 2001 marked the beginning of a dream era for the team under the captainship of Sourav Ganguly, winning Test matches in Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, West Indies and England. India also shared a joint victory with Sri Lanka in the ICC Championship, and went on to the finals in the 2003 Cricket World Cup only to be beaten by Australia.[3] In September 2007, India won the first ever Twenty20 World Cup held in South Africa, beating Pakistan by 5 runs in a thrilling final.[4] India won the Cricket World Cup in 2011 under the captainship of Mahindra Singh Dhoni,[2] the first time since 1983 - they beat Sri Lanka in the final held in Mumbai. Organization of Cricket in Modern IndiaInternational Cricket
Main article: India national cricket team
Main article: India national women's cricket team
International cricket in India generally does not follow a fixed
pattern. For example, the English schedule under which the nation tours
other countries during winter and plays at home during the summer.
Generally, there has recently been a tendency to play more one-day matches than Test matches. Cricket in India is managed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India
(BCCI), the richest cricket board in the cricket world. Indian
International Cricket Squad has also provided some of the greatest
players to the world, the biggest example of which is Sachin Tendulkar.
Indian cricket has a rich history. The Indian national team is currently
ranked the no.3 team in test cricket and as the no. 1 team in one day
international cricket.Domestic Competitions
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