Thursday, 17 December 2009

Tribute to our Indian Cricket Team

Introduction : -

Our Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India which is a full member of International cricket council with test and one day international status. Initially cricket was introduced in the 18th century. However Our Indian cricket team didn't play the match till 1932. In their first 50 years of international cricket, India proved to be weaker among the other international cricket teams. Nearing the end of 1970's, however team gained strength with the emergence of players like Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Mohammed Azharuddin. Indian team has improved its form since the start of 21st century. It won the Cricket world cup in the year 1983 and was runner up in the year 2003. It also won the inaugural Twenty20 world cup in the year 2007.



History Of Indian Cricket : -

A list of things that team India did in the 1930's-

  1. India's debut test in 1932.
  2. MCC's tour - 1933-1934
  3. India in England- 1936

A list of things that team India did in the 1940's-
  1. India first tour Australia- 1947-1948.
  2. West Indies first tour India- 1948-1949
A list of things that team India did in the 1950's-
  1. India's first victory- 1951-1952.
  2. India's first rubber- 1952-1953.
  3. The record partnership of Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy-1955
A list of things that team India did in the 1960's-
  1. India's triumph against England -1961-1962.
  2. Caribbean disaster-1964.
  3. Riots in Calcutta-1967.
  4. Victory overseas-1968
A list of things that team India did in the 1970's-
  1. India's tour of West Indies-1970-1971.
  2. Arrival of Gavaskar-1971.
  3. India topple England-1971.
  4. World Cup-1975.
  5. Record run chase.
  6. Kapil makes his debut-1978.
  7. Cricket Worldcup-1979.
  8. Nearly there-1979

During this period, Sunil Gavaskar and Viswanathan made entry to the indian cricket. The advent of One-Day International cricket in 1971 created a new dimension in the cricket world. However, India was not considerably strong in ODIs at this point and batsmen such as the captain Gavaskar were known for their defence-based approaches to batting. India began as a weak team in ODIs and did not manage to qualify for the second round in the first two editions of the Cricket world cup.

A list of things that team India did in the 1980's-
  1. India triumph against Australia-1981.
  2. India topple West Indies in Berbice-1983.
  3. World Cup Victory-1983.
  4. Benson and Hedges Cup-1985.
  5. India beat Pakistan-1985.
  6. World Cup in India-1987.
  7. Gavaskar retires-1987.
  8. Sachin's debut-1989

The 1980's proved to be a decade where indian team make its presence compared to other nations. The incredible win in the World cup of 1983 against the almighty West Indies. India’s victory in the Benson and Hedges World Championship of Cricket in Australia and the World Cup being hosted on subcontinent soil were high points that left its mark on Indian cricket. During the 1980s, India developed a more attack minded batting line-up with stroke makers such as the wristy Mohammed Azharuddin, Dilip Vengsarkar and all-rounder Ravi Shastri prominent during this time. India won the Cricket World Cup in 1983, defeating the then favourites West Indies in the final, owing to a strong bowling performance.



A list of things that team India did in the 1990's-

  1. South Africa's re-entry-1991.
  2. World Cup-1992.
  3. Hero cup-1993.
  4. Kapil's World record-1994.
  5. Ganguly and Dravid make their debut-1996.
  6. Dalmiya as ICC chairman-1997.
  7. Tendulkar at Sharjah-1998.
  8. Kumble's perfect 10-1999.
  9. World Cup-1999


The 1990's was an era where the growth of Indian cricket team gradually increased to a strong team since during the era, there is a emergence of many new players in a team such as Dada Ganguly, Rahul Dravid etc. India's fastest bowler Amar singh also made his debut. After the 1996 world cup, the team underwent a year of change as Dravid, Saurav became the captain of team. Tendulkar replaced Azharuddin as captain and became an unsuccessful captain. So Ganguly got appointed as a new captain. With the captaincy burden removed, Tendulkar was the world's leading run-scorer in both Tests and ODIs, as India enjoyed a home Test series win over Australia, the best ranked team in the world. Also in the year 1999, Kumble took 10 Wickets and made a world record. The team was further damaged in 2000 when former captain Azharuddin and fellow batsman Ajay Jadeja were implicated in a match-fixing scandal and given life bans. By 2000, John wright was appointed as a first ever foreign coach. India maintained their unbeaten home record against Australia in Test series after defeating them in 2001.

A list of things that team India has done from 2000 till date.

  1. Match fixing scandal.
  2. India vs. Australia-2001.
  3. The Natwest Series-2002.
  4. World Cup-2003.
  5. The series downunder-2003.
  6. India's tour of Pakistan-2003-2004.
  7. The Ganguly saga-2004-2005.
  8. Raw potential- Irfan Pathan.
  9. Wicketkeeper woes end-Dhoni arrives.
  10. Dravid-Chappell hold reign.
  11. A record of 17 successful run chases-2006.
  12. End of a draught-India beat Indies-2006.
  13. Dalmiya's morbid affair.
  14. India first Test win in S.Africa-2006.
  15. India win first ever T20 world cup-2007.
The start to the new millennium was not very auspicious for the Indian cricket team. They were engulfed in a series of match fixing scandals. However, as the years wore on, Indian cricket witnessed many enthralling victories and left the world bewildered. After winning the 1983 world cup, India reached to the finals in 2003 world cup under the captaincy of Dada Saurav Ganguly where we lose the match with Australia. The 2003-2004 season also saw India play out a Test series in Australia where they drew 1-1 with world champions, and then win a Test and ODI series in Pakistan.

By 2004, Greg Chappell took over from John wright as a new coach. The tension resulted in a fallout between Chappell and Ganguly resulted in making Rahul Dravid the Captain of team during which there is an emergence of Eminent players such as M.S.Dhoni, Yuvraj, S.Raina and Irfan Pathan etc.. The beginning of 2007 had seen a revival in the Indian team's ODI fortunes before the 2007 Cricket World Cup. Series victories against the West Indies and Sri Lanka, marked by the comeback of Ganguly, and strong form by Tendulkar, and the emergence of young attacking players like Robin Uthappa saw many pundits to tip India as a real chance to do well at the 2007 world cup. However in recent years, Indian pace bowling has improved, with the emerging talents of Zaheer Khan, Irfan Pathan, Rudra Pratap Singh, Munaf Patel and Ishant Sharma many more playing in the national team.



In December 2006, it played and won its first ever Twenty20 international in South Africa, becoming the most recent Test team to play Twenty20 cricket. After winning the Test series against England in August 2007, Rahul Dravid stepped down as the captain of the team following which Mahendra Singh Dhoni was made the captain of the Twenty20 and ODI team. In September 2007, it won the first ever Twenty20 World Cup held in South Africa, beating Pakistan by 5 runs in a thrilling final. Till date, Team's performance under the captaincy of M.S.Dhoni is remarkable. His encouragement towards the players were highly appreciable which made him the splendid captain for the team till date. A real tribute to the Indian cricket team in bringing the team to number one position in Test Cricket and second in One day Internationals. Hats off to Dhoni and his men for their excellent performance.





Statistics Of Indian Cricket team : -

More details regarding the statistics of our Indian Cricket Team, Kindly refer the following link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_national_cricket_team



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