Cricket In India

It is the alluring nature of the game, which has made cricket a household name across the world, and there are no indications of its popularity waning with time. Tournaments like the World cub and T-20 are blessed with an unlikely response. India is one of the most admired players team in world cricket. Indian cricket team has its own charm and well-known participants like Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Sunil Gavaskar have added several feathers to its cap.

Indian cricket is the great combination of national and regional cricket teams. Each state in India has its own regional cricket squad and all these teams take part in many tournaments like Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy. To be chosen for the international level games, players from the regional cricket teams have to qualify and prove to be the best at the regional level. The highest authority in the country for the game is a body called The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) who has a host of responsibilities including selecting the national squad and decide on all matters involving sponsorship as well as role clarity of every player in the national cricket squad. Apart from the BCCI, each region has its own cricket board that conducts and controls region level teams and also prepares good players for future responsibilities. It is obvious that the state level cricket authorities are responsible in building and contributing towards the national team and recently several headline-making participants have come out like Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh and Pathan have been able to showcase their talent only with the patronage of state level authorities.

Indian cricket team got approval as test team in 1932 that was a subject of great honor for every Indian and in the same year, the squad played its initial test cricket match against England at Lords and really proved their potential as a good test team. Since then, there has been no looking back for India and the country has surged ahead making and bettering many international records. Moreover, India has the distinction of winning the world cup in 1983 as well as the Y20 world cup recently and the test victory against England played in Madras in 1952. Later in the year, the Indian team won the first test series against Pakistan. This was genuinely one of the most memorable moments in the history of cricket and the whole country rejoiced and since then, the squad has systematically developed its performance during the decade.

With the start of 1-day international cricket since 1971, the game has acquired a brand new order of magnitude. Initially India was not very strong in ‘one Day Internationals’, which ended in a consecutive number of lost matches, therefore they did not manage to qualify for the second round in the initial two cricket world cups. Every fan of the squad knows the true spirit and strength, which the Indian cricket team possesses. Perhaps it is the wholesome wishes of its supporters that made the Indian team win the world cup in 1983 and it gave the nation much to jubilate.