Cricket
History
Cricket
can claim a longer history than any other team game. Historians have
attempted to trace its origin in various ball games played by ancient
races and, even if some of these derivations are a little far fetched,
we can at least say that 250 years ago the game was being played in a
form not so very dissimilar from that of today. Hampshire, particularly
the village of Hambledon, Surrey and Kent really pioneered this game
that was later to be taken so seriously at the other end of England,
though the great days of the Hambledon cricketers were somewhat later
than our late 17th century starting point.
Cricket, like Hockey, was brought to the Indian
sub-continent by the British. There are references to cricket having
being played in India in the early parts of the 18th century. By the
beginning of the 19th century the game was being played in the cities of
Bombay, Calcutta and Madras.
The presidency matches began in 1892-93 between
Parsis and Europeans and the tournament became the Bombay Triangular,
with the Hindus fielding a team in 1907-08. In 1912-13, the tournament
became quadrangular with the entry of Muslims in the field. With the
efforts of several Princes, H E Grant-Gloven and A S de Mellow, the
national championship, the Ranji Trophy began in 1935.
India played its first official Test against
England in 1932.
List of Indian First Class grounds
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack Chidambaram Stadium,
Chepauk, Madras Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Eden Gardens, Calcutta
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Green Park (Modi Stadium), Kanpur Indira
Priyadarshini Stadium, Vishakhapatnam Lal Bahadur Stadium, Hyderabad
Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna Moti Bagh Stadium, Baroda Nehru Stadium, Pune
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh Roop Singh
Stadium, Gwalior Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad Sawai
Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Vidarbha C.A. Ground, Nagpur Wankhede Stadium,
Bombay
Achievements
India achieved its first 'Cup' victory in
international cricket in 1983 when it won the Prudential World cup
beating West Indies by 43 runs at Lord's under the captaincy of Kapil
Dev.
Following are the details of India's 'Cup'
victories in International Cricket.
Year
|
Venue
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Championship
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1983
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England
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Prudential World Cup
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1984
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Sharjah
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Asia Cup
|
1985
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Australia
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Benson and Hedges World
Championship
|
1985
|
Sharjah
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Rothmans Trophy
|
1985
|
Sharjah
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Sharjah Cup
|
1988
|
Bangladesh
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Asia Cup
|
1990
|
India
|
Asia Cup
|
1993
|
India
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Hero Cup
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1994
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Sri Lanka
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Singer Cup
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1995
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Sharjah
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Asia Cup
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India's Test record against other countries
Based on all Tests up to and including India Vs
New Zealand in India, 1995-96
Opponent
|
1st Test
|
Tests
|
Wins
|
Losses
|
Draws
|
Tie
|
England
|
June 25, 1932
|
81
|
14
|
31
|
36
|
-
|
Australia
|
November 28, 1947
|
50
|
8
|
24
|
17
|
1
|
West Indies
|
Nov 10 1948
|
64
|
7
|
27
|
30
|
-
|
Pakistan
|
October 16, 1952
|
44
|
4
|
7
|
33
|
-
|
New Zealand
|
November 19, 1955
|
35
|
13
|
6
|
16
|
-
|
Sri Lanka
|
September 17, 1982
|
14
|
7
|
1
|
6
|
-
|
Zimbabwe
|
October 18, 1992
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
South Africa
|
November 13, 1992
|
4
|
-
|
1
|
3
|
-
|
Total
|
|
294
|
54
|
97
|
142
|
1
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Domestic seasons and tournaments
Duleep Trophy - Historical Note
The Duleep Trophy competition was started by
the Board of Control for Cricket in India in 1961-62 with the aim of
providing a greater competitive edge in domestic cricket - because,
apart from the knock-out stages of the Ranji Trophy, that competition
proved predictable, with Bombay winning for fifteen consecutive years.
The Duleep Trophy was also meant to help the selectors in assessing the
form of the cricketers.
The original format was that five teams, drawn
from the five zones, play each other on a knock-out basis. From the
1993-94 season, the competition has been converted to a league format.
Ranji Trophy - Historical Note
Founded as 'The Cricket Championship of India'
at a meeting of the Board of Control for Cricket in India in July 1934.
The first Ranji Trophy fixtures took place in the 1934-35 season. The
Trophy was donated by H.H. Sir Bhupendra Singh Mahinder Bahadur,
Maharajah of Patiala in memory of His late Highness Sir Ranjitsinhji
Vibhaji of Nawanagar.
In the main the Ranji Trophy is composed of
teams representing the states that make up India. As the political
states have multiplied, so have cricket teams, but not every state has a
team. Some states have more than one cricket team, e.g. Maharashtra and
Gujarat. There are also 'odd' teams like Railways, and Services
representing the Armed forces.
The various teams are grouped into zones -
North, West, East, Central and South - and the initial matches are
played on a league basis within the zones. The top two (till 1991-92),
now top three teams from each zone then play in a national knock-out
competition. If the matches are not finished they are decided on the
first-innings lead.
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