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
