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Test International- C. K. Nayudu, India's first Test cricket captain India was invited to the International Cricket Council in 1926, and made their debut as a Test playing nation in England in 1932, led by CK Nayudu, who was considered the best Indian batsman at the time. [46] The one-off Test match between the two sides was played at Lord's in ...
Australia and India retained the rights to host the Men's T20 World Cup, [6] with the ICC announcing on 8 August that India will host the 2021 tournament, and Australia will host the 2022 tournament. [7] The ICC also confirmed that the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup and the tournament's qualifier had each been postponed by one year due to the ...
Cricket was introduced to the Indian subcontinent by European merchant sailors in the 18th century, and the first cricket club was established in 1792. India's national cricket team did not play its first Test match until 25 June 1932 at Lord's, becoming the sixth team to be granted Test cricket status. From 1932 India had to wait until 1952 ...
After India’s win over Australia in Perth continued the trend, Harry Latham-Coyle explores if this is an aberration or a sign of a sea change for the sport ... Virtually since Test cricket began ...
A major controversy has erupted after the pitch for India’s semi-final cricket match against New Zealand in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 was changed at the last minute, dubbed by one ...
The formation of Twenty20 leagues in India – the unofficial Indian Cricket League, which started in 2007, and the official Indian Premier League, starting in 2008 – raised much speculation in the cricketing press about their effect on the future of cricket.
India and Pakistan have a very heated cricket rivalry, with India-Pakistan cricket matches (particularly at global events) being some of the highest-viewed matches in global sport. [22] Cricket has been suggested by a number of commentators as a possible way to create peace between the two countries. [23] [24] [8]
Cricket has a long history in India, having been introduced in the country during British rule. It is the most popular spectator sport in India. [132] India is a cricket powerhouse, having won the ICC ODI World Cup and the ICC T20 World Cup twice. The governing body for this sport in this nation is the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).