INDIAN CRICKET ACHIEVEMENTS
Cricket in India is not just a game it’s a religion in India. Today Indian cricket team is one of the World’s best team But the journey was not that easy, there are some milestones that Indian cricket team has crossed during this journey. Take a look how India reached this position.
INDIA won World Cup, 1983
INDIA won World Cup, 1983
This is biggest achievement of Indian cricket team till date. 25th June 1983, India beats defending champion West Indies in the final by 43 runs. When Indian captain Kapil Dev lifts the World Cup at Lord’s in England, the World gets the 2nd champion of the ODI cricket after West Indies. Man of the Match in the Final & Semi-final Mohinder Amarnath’s all-round performance in the tournament helps India to become the World Champion.
INDIA won World Cup, 2011
Chasing 275 for a historic win, the Indians held their nerves as they rode on Gautam Gambhir's 97 and Mahendra Singh Dhoni's unbeaten 91 to overhaul the target with 10 balls to spare and send the cricket-crazy nation into a frenzy.
The vociferous, jam-packed crowd at the Wankhede stadium erupted in wild celebrations as Dhoni hit the winning six runs to give India their biggest cricketing moment and crown themselves the ODI world champions, in addition to being the number one Test team.
The World Cup title triumph, coming as it did after more than two decades, was doubly special for Sachin Tendulkar since it was the only silverware missing from his collection.
It was also a fitting farewell to coach Gary Kirsten, for whom it was the last day in office as the Indian coach
INDIA won ICC World T20, 2007
The vociferous, jam-packed crowd at the Wankhede stadium erupted in wild celebrations as Dhoni hit the winning six runs to give India their biggest cricketing moment and crown themselves the ODI world champions, in addition to being the number one Test team.
The World Cup title triumph, coming as it did after more than two decades, was doubly special for Sachin Tendulkar since it was the only silverware missing from his collection.
It was also a fitting farewell to coach Gary Kirsten, for whom it was the last day in office as the Indian coach
INDIA won ICC World T20, 2007
24th September 2007, India won the inaugurate ICC World T20 Championship by beating Pakistan by 5 runs in a thrilling final at Johannesburg, South Africa. Indian T20 captain M. S. Dhoni becomes first captain ever to lift the trophy of ICC World T20 Championship. Player of the final Irfan Pathan’s brilliant bowling (4-0-16-3) and Indian Opener Gautam Gambhir’s excellent knock (75 runs of 54 balls) helps India to win the final. . One of the biggest record in the tournament done by Yuvraj Singh by hitting 6 sixes in an over & scoring 50 in just 12 balls.
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INDIA achieved Number-One in ICC Test ranking, 2009
INDIA achieved Number-One in ICC Test ranking, 2009 6th December 2009, India is only the third team after Australia and South Africa to surge to the top of the ladder since the Test Championship was first introduced in May 2001. India’s ascent to the No.1 position in the ICC Test ratings is largely due to their improved performances overseas which were started under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly and continued under the captaincy of Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, & current Indian captain M. S. Dhoni. Basement of this success majorly constructed by the Fabulous 5 of the Indian Cricket (Tendulkar, Kumble, Ganguly, Dravid & Laxman). Shewag, Harbhajan, Zaheer Khan, Dhoni & Gambhir the Young Stars are also contributed consistently to achieve the No. 1 spot in Test ranking.
30th September 2002, after two days of one innings play and second session rain, the ICC Champions Trophy 2002 is sharing between Sanath Jayasuriya’s Sri Lanka and Sourav Ganguly’s India. Both the final India restricted Sri Lanka 244 & 222 runs but not able to complete the chase due to rain.
After 15 long years, on 24th June 2010, India repeats the history after clinching Asia Cup against Sri Lanka by 81 runs in the final at Dambulla, Sri Lanka. It is the 5th occasion that India wins the Asia Cup title since the inauguration of tournament way back in 1984. India reached the Asia Cup final 8 times out of 10 times and won 5 times (1984, 1988, 1990-91, 1995 & 2010).
INDIA won Hero Cup, 1993
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27th November 1993, India wins the Cricket Association of Bengal Tournament (5-Nation Hero Cup) 1993 by comprehensively beating West Indies by 102 runs in the final at Eden Gardens, Calcutta(now Kolkata). The Indian captain Md. Azharuddin was the Man of the Tournament. India wins the final for the excellent bowling by the Man of the Match of Final Anil Kumble (6.1-2-12-6).
INDIA won Benson & Hedges Cup, 1985
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10th March 1985, India beats Pakistan by 8 wickets in the Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket final at MCG, Australia. India dominates the tournament and remain unbeaten. Highlights of the tournament are Man of the Series Ravi Shastri’s all-round performance (182 runs & 8 wickets in 5 matches), Man of the Final K. Srikkanth (283 runs in 5 matches), L. Sivaramakrishnan’s 10 wickets, 9 wickets each for Kapil Dev & Madan Lal in the tournament and excellent performance by the top order batsman D. Vengsarkar(135) & M.Azharuddin(187). INDIA won the Border Gavaskar Trophy,
2001
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2001
22nd March 2001, India wins the Border Gavaskar Trophy (IND v AUS 3 Matches Test Series). 2nd Test at Eden Gardens when Australia leads the series 1-0 and forces India to Follow-on, India comeback strongly by the 376 runs partnership between Laxman(281 runs) & Dravid(180 runs) and Harbhajan Singh’s wicket fest including a Hat trick . Since then India dominates the series and wins last 2 Tests as well as the Series 2-1. Man of the Series Harbhajan Singh takes 32 wickets. Indian captain Sourav Ganguly wins the popular Rivalry against Australian captain Steve Waugh.
1998
24th April 1998, India wins the Coca-Cola Cup (Ind-Aus-NZ) in Sharjah by beating mighty Australia by 6 wickets in the final. Man of the Tournament & Final Sachin Tendulkar’s back to back Century which is comparing with the Sand Strom at Sharjah helps India to reaches the final and Indian captain Md. Azharuddin to lift the Trophy.
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13th July 2002, India wins the Trophy by a thrilling 2 wickets victory over England at Lord’s. Yuvraj Singh(69 runs) and Man of the Final Mohammad Kaif(87* runs) has seized the initiative back for India after a sudden collapse has seemed to dash their hopes when they are chasing huge 326 runs.Indian captain Sourav Ganguly celebrate the winning moment by taking his shirt off and flying it over head at the historical Lord’s balcony as he takes revenge against English All-rounder Andrew Flintoff’s charged topless around the Wankhede Stadium a few months earlier.
HISTORY
HISTORY OF INDIAN CRICKET
The British brought cricket to India in the early 1700s, with the first cricket match played in 1721. In 1848, the Parsi community in Bombay formed the Oriental Cricket Club, the first cricket club to be established by Indians. After slow beginnings, the Europeans eventually invited the Parsis to play a match in 1877. By 1912, the Parsis,Sikhs, Hindus, and Muslims of Bombay played a quadrangular tournament with the Europeans every year.In the early 1900s, some Indians went on to play for the English cricket team. Some of these, such as Ranjitsinhji and KS Duleepsinhji were greatly appreciated by the British and their names went on to be used for the Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy- two major first class tournaments in India. In 1911, an Indian team went on their first official tour of England, but only played English county teams and not the English cricket team. India was invited into The Imperial Cricket Council in 1926 and made its debut as a Test-cricket-playing-nation in 1932 led by CK Nayudu.The match was given Test status despite being only 3 days in length. The team was not strong in its batting at this point and went on to lose by 158 runs.The Indian team continued to improve throughout the 1930s and '40s but did not achieve an international victory during this period. The team's first series as an independent country was in 1948 against Sir Donald Bradman's Invincibles (a name given to the Australian cricket team of that time). Australia won the five-match series, 4–0.
India recorded their first Test victory against England at Madras (now Chennai) in 1952.Later in the same year, they won their first Test series, which was against Pakistan.They continued their improvement throughout the early 1950s with a series win against New Zealand in 1956. However, they did not win again in the remainder of the decade and lost badly to strong Australian and English sides. The next decade saw India's reputation develop as a team with a strong record at home. They won their first Test series against England at home in 1961–62, and also won a home series against New Zealand. They also managed to draw home series against Pakistan and Australia, and another series against England. In this same period, India also won its first series outside the subcontinent, against New Zealand in 1967–68.
The British brought cricket to India in the early 1700s, with the first cricket match played in 1721. In 1848, the Parsi community in Bombay formed the Oriental Cricket Club, the first cricket club to be established by Indians. After slow beginnings, the Europeans eventually invited the Parsis to play a match in 1877. By 1912, the Parsis,Sikhs, Hindus, and Muslims of Bombay played a quadrangular tournament with the Europeans every year.In the early 1900s, some Indians went on to play for the English cricket team. Some of these, such as Ranjitsinhji and KS Duleepsinhji were greatly appreciated by the British and their names went on to be used for the Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy- two major first class tournaments in India. In 1911, an Indian team went on their first official tour of England, but only played English county teams and not the English cricket team. India was invited into The Imperial Cricket Council in 1926 and made its debut as a Test-cricket-playing-nation in 1932 led by CK Nayudu.The match was given Test status despite being only 3 days in length. The team was not strong in its batting at this point and went on to lose by 158 runs.The Indian team continued to improve throughout the 1930s and '40s but did not achieve an international victory during this period. The team's first series as an independent country was in 1948 against Sir Donald Bradman's Invincibles (a name given to the Australian cricket team of that time). Australia won the five-match series, 4–0.
India recorded their first Test victory against England at Madras (now Chennai) in 1952.Later in the same year, they won their first Test series, which was against Pakistan.They continued their improvement throughout the early 1950s with a series win against New Zealand in 1956. However, they did not win again in the remainder of the decade and lost badly to strong Australian and English sides. The next decade saw India's reputation develop as a team with a strong record at home. They won their first Test series against England at home in 1961–62, and also won a home series against New Zealand. They also managed to draw home series against Pakistan and Australia, and another series against England. In this same period, India also won its first series outside the subcontinent, against New Zealand in 1967–68.INDIAN WORLD CUP VICTORYS
1983 WORLD CUP
The 1983 ICC Cricket World Cup (also known as Prudential World Cup) was the third edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup tournament. It was held from 9 June to 25 June 1983 in England and was won by India. Eight countries participated in the event. The preliminary matches were played in two groups of four teams each, and each country played the others in its group twice. The top two teams in each group qualified for the semi-finals.
The matches consisted of 60 overs per team and were played in traditional white clothing and with red balls. They were all played during the day.The 1983 World Cup was full of dramatic cricket right from the start. Teams like India and Zimbabwe who were not playing well at those times scored upset victories over the West Indies and Australia respectively. England, Pakistan, India and tournament favorites West Indies qualified for the semifinals.
Indian squad for World Cup 1983
Mohinder Amarnath
Kirti Azad
Roger Binny
Kapil Dev (captain)
Sunil Gavaskar
Syed Kirmani (wicketkeeper)
Madan Lal
Sandeep Patil
Balwinder Sandhu
Yashpal Sharma
Ravi Shastri
Kris Srikkanth
Sunil Valson
Dilip Vengsarkar
2007 TWENTY20 WORLD CUP
The inaugural event, the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, was staged in South Africa from 11–24 September 2007. The tournament was won by India, wo became the first World T20 Champions after defeating Pakistan by 5 runs in the final at Johannesburg
As Expected the Jharkhand Express Mahendra Singh Dhoni named Indian Cricket Team captain to lead India South Africa
The Indian cricket team member (Virendra Sehwag, Irfan Pathan and Harbhajan Singh) who has overlooked by selectors in on going test Series against England
The squad for both the Twenty20 World Cup and the seven-match One Day series against England
S. Sreesanth after his poor show in on going test series has been dropped from 20-20 squad while Pacer Zaheer Khan has been given rest for 20-20 world cup.
Munaf Patel after getting ignored against South Africa Ireland England
Since trio Sachin,Saurav and Rahul was not in the list of 30 probable so it was easy task for selector to announce the team for 20-20 world cup.
Indian squad for Twenty20 World Cup:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C),
Yuvraj Singh (Vice-captain),
Virender Sehwag,
Dinesh Karthik,
Gautam Gambhir,
Robin Uthappa,
Joginder Sharma,
Yusuf Pathan,
Piyush Chawla,
S Sreesanth,
Irfan Pathan,
Rudra Pratap Singh,
Rohit Sharma,
Harbhajan Singh
Ajit Agarkar,.
2011 WORLD CUP
The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. It was Bangladesh's first time co-hosting a World Cup. The World Cup was also due to be co-hosted by Pakistan, but in the wake of the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team in Lahore, the International Cricket Council (ICC) decided to remove Pakistan from the hosting countries. The headquarters of the organising committee were originally situated in Lahore, but have now been shifted to Mumbai. Pakistan was supposed to hold 14 matches, including one semi-final. Eight of Pakistan's matches (including the semi-final) were awarded to India, four to Sri Lanka and two to Bangladesh.
The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. It was Bangladesh's first time co-hosting a World Cup. The World Cup was also due to be co-hosted by Pakistan, but in the wake of the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team in Lahore, the International Cricket Council (ICC) decided to remove Pakistan from the hosting countries. The headquarters of the organising committee were originally situated in Lahore, but have now been shifted to Mumbai. Pakistan was supposed to hold 14 matches, including one semi-final. Eight of Pakistan's matches (including the semi-final) were awarded to India, four to Sri Lanka and two to Bangladesh.
indian captain Ms Dhoni with world cup India won the tournament defeating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final. India became the first nation to win a World Cup final on home soil.India's Yuvraj Singh was declared the man of the tournament
Indian squad for World Cup 2011
MS Dhoni (capt & wk)
Sachin Tendulkar
Virender Sehwag
Gautam Gambhir
Yuvraj Singh
Suresh Raina
Virat Kohli
Yusuf Pathan
Harbhajan Singh
S sreesanth
Zaheer Khan
Ashish Nehra
Munaf Patel
Piyush Chawla
R Ashwin
Sachin Tendulkar
Virender Sehwag
Gautam Gambhir
Yuvraj Singh
Suresh Raina
Virat Kohli
Yusuf Pathan
Harbhajan Singh
S sreesanth
Zaheer Khan
Ashish Nehra
Munaf Patel
Piyush Chawla
R Ashwin
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