World Cup heroes Kapil Dev, Viv Richards, Imran Khan and Arjuna Ranatunga pose with the 2011 trophy, New Delhi, December 9, 2010.
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Friday, February 18, 2011
2011 Cricket World Cup : Fixtures
Here is a complete schedule of All ICC World Cup 2011 Matches!
Group Matches
Date Group Team 1 Team 2 Venue Time(GMT)
1. Saturday, February 19, 2011 B Bangladesh India Mirpur 8:30 D/N
2. Sunday, February 20, 2011 A New Zealand Kenya Chennai 4:00
3. Sunday, February 20, 2011 A Sri Lanka Canada Hambantota 9:00 D/N
4. Monday, February 21, 2011 A Australia Zimbabwe Ahmadabad 9:00 D/N
5. Tuesday, February 22, 2011 B England Netherlands Nagpur 9:00 D/N
6. Wednesday, February 23, 2011 A Pakistan Kenya Hambantota 9:00 D/N
7. Thursday, February 24, 2011 B South Africa West Indies Delhi 9:00 D/N
8. Friday, February 25, 2011 B Bangladesh Ireland Mirpur 3:30
9. Friday, February 25, 2011 A Australia New Zealand Nagpur 9:00 D/N
10. Saturday, February 26, 2011 A Pakistan Sri Lanka Colombo 9:00 D/N
11. Sunday, February 27, 2011 B India England Banglore 9:00 D/N
12. Monday, February 28, 2011 A Canada Zimbabwe Nagpur 4:00
13. Monday, February 28, 2011 B West Indies Netherlands Delhi 9:00 D/N
14. Tuesday, March 01, 2011 A Sri Lanka Kenya Colombo 9:00 D/N
15. Wednesday, March 02, 2011 B England Ireland Bangalore 9:00 D/N
16. Thursday, March 03, 2011 B South Africa Netherlands Mohali 4:00
17. Thursday, March 03, 2011 A Pakistan Canada Colombo 9:00 D/N
18. Friday, March 04, 2011 A New Zealand Zimbabwe Ahmadabad 4:00
19. Friday, March 04, 2011 B Bangladesh West Indies Mirpur 8:30 D/N
20. Saturday, March 05, 2011 A Australia Sri Lanka Colombo 9:00 D/N
21. Sunday, March 06, 2011 B South Africa England Chennai 4:00
22. Sunday, March 06, 2011 B India Ireland Bangalore 9:00 D/N
23. Monday, March 07, 2011 A Canada Kenya Delhi 9:00 D/N
24. Tuesday, March 08, 2011 A Pakistan New Zealand Kandy 9:00 D/N
25. Wednesday, March 09, 2011 B India Netherlands Delhi 9:00 D/N
26. Thursday, March 10, 2011 A Sri Lanka Zimbabwe Kandy 9:00 D/N
27. Friday, March 11, 2011 B West Indies Ireland Mohali 4:00
28. Friday, March 11, 2011 B Bangladesh England Chittagong 8:30 D/N
29. Saturday, March 12, 2011 B India South Africa Nagpur 9:00 D/N
30. Sunday, March 13, 2011 A New Zealand Canada Mumbai 4:00
31. Sunday, March 13, 2011 A Australia Kenya Bangalore 9:00 D/N
32. Monday, March 14, 2011 B Bangladesh Netherlands Chittagong 3:30
33. Monday, March 14, 2011 A Pakistan Zimbabwe Kandy 9:00 D/N
34. Tuesday, March 15, 2011 B South Africa Ireland Kolkata 9:00 D/N
35. Wednesday, March 16, 2011 A Australia Canada Bangalore 9:00 D/N
36. Thursday, March 17, 2011 B England West Indies Chennai 9:00 D/N
37. Friday, March 18, 2011 A Ireland Netherlands Kolkata 4:00
38. Friday, March 18, 2011 A Sri Lanka New Zealand Mumbai 9:00 D/N
39. Saturday, March 19, 2011 B Bangladesh South Africa Mirpur 3:30
40. Saturday, March 19, 2011 A Pakistan Australia Colombo 9:00 D/N
41. Sunday, March 20, 2011 A Zimbabwe Kenya Kolkata 4:00
42. Sunday, March 20, 2011 B India West Indies Chennai 9:00 D/N
Quarter Finals:
1. Wednesday, March 23, 2011 TBC TBC Mirpur 9:30 D/N
2. Thursday, March 24, 2011 TBC TBC Colombo 10:00 D/N
3. Friday, March 25, 2011 TBC TBC Mirpur 9:30 D/N
4. Saturday, March 26, 2011 TBC TBC Ahmadabad 10:00 D/N
Semi Finals:
1. Tuesday, March 29, 2011 TBC TBC Colombo 10:00 D/N
2. Wednesday, March 30, 2011 TBC TBC Mohali 10:00 D/N
Mega Final:
Saturday, April 02, 2011 TBC TBC Mumbai 10:00 D/N
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Sachin Tendulkar,सचिन रमेश तेंडुलकर
Personal information
Full name Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born 24 April 1973 (age 37)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nickname Little Master, Tendlya, The God of Cricket, Master Blaster,The Master,The Little Champion,
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm leg spin, off spin, medium pace
Role Batsman
International information
National side India
Test debut(cap 187)
15 November 1989 v Pakistan
Last Test 26 December 2010 v South Africa
ODI debut(cap 74) 18 December 1989 v Pakistan
Last ODI 24 February 2010 v South Africa
ODI shirt no. 10
Full name Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born 24 April 1973 (age 37)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nickname Little Master, Tendlya, The God of Cricket, Master Blaster,The Master,The Little Champion,
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm leg spin, off spin, medium pace
Role Batsman
International information
National side India
Test debut(cap 187)
15 November 1989 v Pakistan
Last Test 26 December 2010 v South Africa
ODI debut(cap 74) 18 December 1989 v Pakistan
Last ODI 24 February 2010 v South Africa
ODI shirt no. 10
Ambassador for 2011 Cricket World Cup
The official event ambassador for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 is Sachin Tendulkar.
In his role as ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 ambassador he will be called upon to promote and support a variety of ICC initiatives for the tournament, which is the third biggest sporting event in the world and will take place in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka from 19 February to 2 April 2011.
Stumpy, mascot of 2011 Cricket World Cup
Stumpy is the official mascot for the 2011 Cricket World Cup. He was unveiled at a function in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Friday, 2 April 2010. He is a ten year old elephant who is very young, enthusiastic and is determined. Cricket-followers based all over the world were able to participate in a contest to name the mascot.
The official name of the mascot was released on Monday, 2 August 2010 after an online competition conducted by the International Cricket Council in the last week of July, 2010. It was unveiled by players like Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Kumar Sangakara with 200 days to go for the world cup.
2011 Cricket World Cup : De Ghuma Ke
The official song of the 2010 World Cup "De Ghuma Ke" is composed by the trio of Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, and is sung in Hindi, Bangla and Sinhala. It has been sung by Shankar Mahadevan and Divya Kumar and has been marketed by Ogilvy and Mather. It incorporates an array of Indian rhythms, as well as elements of rock and hip-hop. The song will be performed in the opening ceremony of the tournament to be held in Bangladesh on February 17, 2011.
2011 Cricket World Cup broadcasting rights
The World Cup has grown as a media event with each tournament. International Cricket Council has sold the rights for broadcasting of 2011 Cricket World Cup for around US$ 2 Billion to ESPN Star Sports and Star Cricket. The tournament would be broadcast all around the world in about 220 countries.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
2011 Cricket World Cup Trophy
The ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy is a running trophy, presented to the winning team since 1999. It was designed by Garrard & Co within 2 months. The original trophy is kept with the ICC at headquarters in Dubai. The winning team is given a replica. The only difference between the two is that the original has the names of all the previous winners inscribed on it.
2011 Cricket World Cup : Prize money
The 2011 Cricket World Cup winning team would be taking home a prize money of US$ 3 million and US$ 1.5 million for runner-up, with the International Cricket Council deciding to double the total allocation for the coveted tournament to US$ 10 million. The decision was taken at the ICC Board meeting which was held in Dubai on April 20, 2010.
2011 Cricket World Cup : Venues
All the Indian stadiums for the 2011 World Cup had been finalized earlier, and the venues of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka were finalised in late October 2009. All the venues of the 2011 Cricket World Cup were announced on 2 November 2009 in Mumbai by the International Cricket Council. Two new stadiums in Sri Lanka are being constructed exclusively for the 2011 World Cup. They are located in Kandy and Hambantota.
Umpire for 2011 Cricket World Cup Officials
The Umpire selection panel selected 18 umpires excluding a reserve umpire, Enamul Haque to officiate at the World Cup: 5 from Australia, 6 from Asia, 3 from England, 2 from New Zealand and 1 each from South Africa and West Indies.
Australia
Simon Taufel
Steve Davis
Rod Tucker
Daryl Harper
Bruce Oxenford
New Zealand
Billy Bowden
Tony Hill
South Africa
Marais Erasmus
Pakistan
Aleem Dar
Asad Rauf
India
Shavir Tarapore
Amish Saheba
England
Ian Gould
Richard Kettleborough
Nigel Llong
Sri Lanka
Asoka de Silva
Kumar Dharmasena
West Indies
Billy Doctrove
2011 Cricket World Cup squads
Each country, before selecting their final squads chose a 30-member preliminary squad for the tournament which then would be cut down to 15. All 14 teams announced their final squad before 19th Jan, 2011.
Sri Lanka were the first team to announce their preliminary squad, doing so on December 13.
Ireland had a 22 man preliminary squad.
2011 Cricket World Cup schedule
All times local UTC+05:30 (India and Sri Lanka) and UTC+06 (Bangladesh)
Warm-up matches
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
1 12 February Kenya West Indies R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
2 12 February Sri Lanka Netherlands Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
3 12 February Bangladesh Canada Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
4 12 February Ireland New Zealand Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
5 12 February South Africa Zimbabwe M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
6 13 February India Australia M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
7 15 February Ireland Zimbabwe Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
8 15 February Kenya Netherlands Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
9 15 February Bangladesh Pakistan Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
10 15 February Australia South Africa M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
11 16 February Canada England Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
12 16 February Sri Lanka West Indies R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
13 16 February India New Zealand M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
14 18 February England Pakistan Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Group stage
Key to colours in group tables
Top 4 Group teams advance to the Quarter finals.
Group A
Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup Group A
Team Pld W T L NR NRR Pts
Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kenya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zimbabwe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Match 2
20 February 2011
09:30 New Zealand
v Kenya
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Match 3
20 February 2011
14:30 (D/N) Sri Lanka
v Canada
Hambantota International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota
Match 4
21 February 2011
14:00 (D/N) Australia
v Zimbabwe
Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
Match 6
23 February 2011
14:30 (D/N) Pakistan
v Kenya
Hambantota International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota
Match 8
25 February 2011
14:30 (D/N) New Zealand
v Australia
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Match 10
26 February 2011
14:30 (D/N) Sri Lanka
v Pakistan
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Match 13
28 February 2011
09:30 Zimbabwe
v Canada
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Match 14
1 March 2011
14:30 (D/N) Sri Lanka
v Kenya
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Match 17
3 March 2011
14:30 (D/N) Pakistan
v Canada
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Match 18
4 March 2011
09:30 New Zealand
v Zimbabwe
Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
Match 20
5 March 2011
14:30 (D/N) Sri Lanka
v Australia
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Match 23
7 March 2011
14:30 (D/N) Kenya
v Canada
Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi
Match 24
8 March 2011
14:30 (D/N) Pakistan
v New Zealand
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Match 26
10 March 2011
14:30 (D/N) Sri Lanka
v Zimbabwe
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Match 30
13 March 2011
09:30 New Zealand
v Canada
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Match 31
13 March 2011
14:30 (D/N) Australia
v Kenya
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Match 32
14 March 2011
14:30 (D/N) Pakistan
v Zimbabwe
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy
Match 35
16 March 2011
14:30 (D/N) Australia
v Canada
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Match 37
18 March 2011
14:30 (D/N) Sri Lanka
v New Zealand
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Match 39
19 March 2011
14:30 (D/N) Pakistan
v Australia
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Match 41
20 March 2011
09:30 Zimbabwe
v Kenya
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Group B
Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup Group B
Team Pld W T L NR NRR Pts
Bangladesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
India 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
West Indies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Match 1
19 February 2011
14:00 (D/N) India
v Bangladesh
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Match 5
22 February 2011
14:30 (D/N) England
v Netherlands
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Match 7
24 February 2011
14:30 (D/N) South Africa
v West Indies
Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi
Match 9
25 February 2011
09:30 Bangladesh
v Ireland
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Match 11
27 February 2011
14:30 (D/N) India
v England
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Match 12
28 February 2011
14:30 (D/N) West Indies
v Netherlands
Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi
Match 15
2 March 2011
14:30 (D/N) England
v Ireland
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Match 16
3 March 2011
09:30 (D/N) South Africa
v Netherlands
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
Match 19
4 March 2011
14:30 (D/N) Bangladesh
v West Indies
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Match 21
6 March 2011
14:30 (D/N) India
v Ireland
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Match 22
6 March 2011
09:30 England
v South Africa
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Match 25
9 March 2011
14:30 (D/N) India
v Netherlands
Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi
Match 27
11 March 2011
09:30 Ireland
v West Indies
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
Match 28
11 March 2011
14:30 (D/N) Bangladesh
v England
Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong
Match 29
12 March 2011
14:30 (D/N) India
v South Africa
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur
Match 33
14 March 2011
14:30 (D/N) Bangladesh
v Netherlands
Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong
Match 34
15 March 2011
14:30 (D/N) South Africa
v Ireland
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Match 36
17 March 2011
14:30 (D/N) England
v West Indies
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Match 38
18 March 2011
09:30 Ireland
v Netherlands
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Match 40
19 March 2011
09:30 Bangladesh
v South Africa
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Match 42
20 March 2011
14:30 (D/N) India
v West Indies
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Knockout stage
Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup knockout stage
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
23 March – Dhaka, Bangladesh
29 March – Colombo, Sri Lanka
24 March – Colombo, Sri Lanka
2 April – Mumbai, India
25 March – Dhaka, Bangladesh
30 March – Mohali, India
26 March – Ahmedabad, India
Quarter-Finals
Match 43
23 March 2011
14:30 (D/N) Group A1
v Group B4
TBD
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Match 44
24 March 2011
14:30 (D/N) Group A2
v Group B3
TBD
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Match 45
25 March 2011
14:30 (D/N) Group A3
v Group B2
TBD
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
Match 46
26 March 2011
14:30 (D/N) Group A4
v Group B1
TBD
Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad
Semi-Finals
Match 47
29 March 2011
14:30 (D/N) Winner of Match 43
v Winner of Match 45
TBD
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Match 48
30 March 2011
14:30 (D/N) Winner of Match 44
v Winner of Match 46
TBD
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
Final
Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup Final
Match 49
2 April 2011
14:30 (D/N) Winner of Match 47
v Winner of Match 48
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Indian Premier League, IPL
The Indian Premier League (often abbreviated as IPL), is a Twenty20 cricket competition initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) headquartered in Mumbai and supervised by BCCI Vice President Chirayu Amin, chairman & commissioner for IPL, and CEO, Sundar Raman. It presently includes 8 teams (franchises) consisting of players from different countries. It was started after an altercation between the BCCI and the Indian Cricket League.
In 2010, IPL became the first sporting event ever to be broadcast live on the popular video sharing website YouTube. It's brand value was estimated to be around $4.13 billion (over Rs 18,000 crore) the same year. According to global sports salaries review, IPL is the second highest-paid league, based on first-team salaries on a pro rata basis, second only to the NBA. It is estimated that the average salary of an IPL player over a year would be £2.5 million.
History
First season
2008 Indian Premier League
A Chennai vs Kolkata match in progress at the M.A. Chidambaram Cricket Stadium
The inaugural season of the tournament started on 18 April 2008 and lasted for 46 days with 59 matches scheduled, out of which 58 took place and 1 was washed out due to rain. The final was played in DY Patil Stadium, Nerul, Navi Mumbai. Every team played each other both at home and away in a round robin system. The top four ranking sides progressed to the knockout stage of semi-finals followed by a final. Rajasthan Royals defeated Chennai Super Kings in a last ball thriller and emerged as the inaugural IPL champions.
Second season
2009 Indian Premier League
The 2009 season coincided with the general elections in India. Owing to concerns regarding players' security, the venue was shifted to South Africa. The format of the tournament remained the same as the inaugural one. Deccan Chargers, who finished last in the first season, came out as eventual winners defeating the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the final.
Third season
2010 Indian Premier League
The third season opened in January 2010 with the auction for players. 66 players were on offer but only 11 players were sold. In this season, defending Champions Deccan Chargers did not play at their preferred home location of Hyderabad or Visakhapatnam due to the ongoing political crisis in the region. The new bases for the champions this season were Nagpur, Navi Mumbai and Cuttack. Four teams qualified for the semi-finals. The first semi-final was won by Mumbai Indians who defeated Bangalore Royal Challengers by 35 runs. Chennai Super Kings defeated Deccan Chargers in the second semi-final. The final was played between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians. Chennai Super Kings won by a margin of 22 runs.
Fourth season
2011 Indian Premier League
On 21 March 2010, it was announced that 2 new teams from Pune and Kochi will be added to the IPL from next season. This will increase the number of franchises from 8 to 10 and the number of matches from 60 to 94 if the same format is used. However, the bid around the Kochi franchisee turned controversial resulting in the resignation of minister, Shashi Tharoor from the Central Government and investigations by various departments of the Government of India into the financial dealings of IPL and the other existing franchisees. Later, Lalit Modi was also removed from IPL chairmanship by BCCI.
Franchises
The winning bidders for the eight franchises were announced on 24 January 2008. While the total base price for auction was US $400 million, the auction fetched US $723.59 million.
On 21 March 2010, Pune and Kochi were unveiled as the two new franchises for the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League. The base price was $225 million. While Pune was bought by Sahara Adventure Sports Group for $370 million, the Kochi franchise was bought by Rendezvous Sports World Limited for $333.3 million. The process was to have been completed on March 7 but was postponed by two weeks after many bidders and the BCCI objected to stiff financial clauses. The second franchise auction fetched total $703 million.
Franchise Owner(s) Captain Price (USD) Price (Rupees) Location Map
Mumbai Indians
Mukesh Ambani (Owner of Reliance Industries) Sachin Tendulkar $ 112.9 m Rs. 445 Cr
Deccan Chargers
Kolkata Knight Riders
Delhi Daredevils
Rajasthan Royals
Mumbai Indians
Kings XI Punjab
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Chennai Super Kings
Sahara Pune Warriors*
Kochi*
IPL Franchises (* - Starting 2011)
Royal Challengers Bangalore Vijay Mallya (UB Group) Anil Kumble $ 111.6 m Rs. 440 Cr
Deccan Chargers
Deccan Chronicle (Gayatri Reddy) Adam Gilchrist $ 107.0 m Rs. 422 Cr
Chennai Super Kings India Cements (N.Srinivasan) Mahendra Singh Dhoni $ 91.90 m Rs. 359 Cr
Delhi Daredevils GMR Group Gautam Gambhir $ 84.0 m Rs. 331 Cr
Kings XI Punjab
Ness Wadia, Preity Zinta, Mohit Burman , Gaurav Burman (Dabur), Karan Paul (Apeejay Surendera Group), Aditya and Arvind Khanna Kumar Sangakkara $ 76.0 m Rs. 300 Cr
Kolkata Knight Riders
Red Chillies Entertainment (Shahrukh Khan, Gauri Khan, Juhi Chawla and Jai Mehta) Sourav Ganguly $ 75.1 m Rs. 296 Cr
Rajasthan Royals Emerging Media (Lachlan Murdoch, A.R Jha and co.), Shilpa Shetty, Raj Kundra, Suresh and Kavita Chellaram Shane Warne $ 67.0 m Rs. 264 Cr
Sahara Pune Warriors Sahara - $ 370.0 m Rs 1,702 Cr
Kochi IPL Team Rendezvous Sports Limited - $ 333.0 m Rs 1,572 Cr
Winners
Season Winners Runners-up Teams
2008 Rajasthan Royals Chennai Super Kings 8
2009 Deccan Chargers Bangalore Royal Challengers 8
2010 Chennai Super Kings Mumbai Indians 8
[edit]Performance of teams
Team Span Titles Matches Won Lost Tied Win % For (r/o) Against (r/o) Best Worst
Chennai Super Kings
2008-2010
1
44
24
19
1
55.68
4,752 / 574.4
4,475 / 569.1
Champions
Semi-finals
Deccan Chargers
2008-2010
1
44
19
25
0
43.18
4,637 / 580.2
4,694 / 582.4
Champions
8th of 8
Delhi Daredevils
2008-2010
0
45
24
19
0
55.81
4,219 / 524.5
4,330 / 547.0
Semi-finals
5th of 8
Kings XI Punjab
2008-2010
0
43
20
22
1
47.67
4,251 / 531.1
4,274 / 529.1
Semi-finals
8th of 8
Kolkata Knight Riders
2008-2010
0
40
16
23
1
39.74
3,602 / 491.3
3,585 / 459.3
6th of 8
8th of 8
Mumbai Indians
2008-2010
0
40
22
18
0
55.00
3,977 / 505.3
3,898 / 523.1
Runners-up
7th of 8
Rajasthan Royals
2008-2010
1
43
24
18
1
56.97
4,289 / 554.2
4,213 / 564.2
Champions
7th of 8
Royal Challengers Bangalore
2008-2010
0
44
20
24
0
45.45
4,263 / 587.3
4,521 / 574.5
Runners-up
7th of 8
Player signings
2008 Indian Premier League#Player auctions, 2009 Indian Premier League#Pre-season trades and signings, and 2010 IPL Player Auction
The first players' auctions were held on 2008. The IPL placed icon status on a select few marquee Indian players. These players were Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly, Yuvraj Singh, and Virender Sehwag. VVS Laxman initially named an icon player, later voluntarily opted out of his icon status to give his team (Deccan Chargers) more money to bid for players. For the second season, auctions were also held, but free signings taking place in the off-season by franchises led to calls for a draft-like system where the lowest ranked teams would be given a first opportunity to sign players.
Television rights and sponsorships
The IPL is predicted to bring the BCCI income of approximately US$1.6 billion, over a period of five to ten years. All of these revenues are directed to a central pool, 40% of which will go to IPL itself, 54% to franchisees and 6% as prize money. The money will be distributed in these proportions until 2017, after which the share of IPL will be 50%, franchisees 45% and prize money 5%. The IPL signed up Kingfisher Airlines as the official umpire partner for the series in a Rs. 106 crore (approximately £15 million) deal. This deal sees the Kingfisher Airlines brand on all umpires' uniforms and also on the giant screens during third umpire decisions.
Television rights
On 15 January 2008 it was announced that a consortium consisting of India's Sony Entertainment Television network and Singapore-based World Sport Group secured the global broadcasting rights of the Indian Premier League. The record deal has a duration of ten years at a cost of US $1.026 billion. As part of the deal, the consortium will pay the BCCI US $918 million for the television broadcast rights and US $108 million for the promotion of the tournament. This deal was challenged in the Bombay High Court by IPL, and got the ruling on its side. After losing the battle in court, Sony Entertainment Television signed a new contract with BCCI with Sony Entertainment Television paying Rs 8,700 crore (US$ 1.94 billion) for 10 years. One of the reasons for payment of this huge amount is seen as the money required to subsidize IPL's move to South Africa which will be substantially more than the previous IPL. IPL had agreed to subsidize the difference in operating cost between India and South Africa as it decided to move to the African nation after the security concerns raised because of its coincidence with India's general elections.
20% of these proceeds would go to IPL, 8% as prize money and 72% would be distributed to the franchisees. The money would be distributed in these proportions until 2012, after which the IPL would go public and list its shares (But recently in March 2010, IPL decided not to go public).
Sony-WSG then re-sold parts of the broadcasting rights geographically to other companies. Below is a summary of the broadcasting rights around the world.
On 4 March 2010 ITV announced it had secured the United Kingdom television rights for the 2010 Indian Premier League. ITV will televise 59 of the 60 IPL matches on its ITV4 free to air channel.
Winning Bidder Regional Broadcast Rights Terms of Deal
Sony/World Sport Group
India 10 years at Rs 8,700 crore (US$ 1.94 billion) (revised)
ONE HD Australia: Free-to-air HD and SD television. Owned by Network TEN. 5 years at AUD 10-15 Million.
Sky Network Television New Zealand Terms not released
PCCW Hong Kong: Broadcast on Now Sports. 2 years, terms not released.
StarHub Singapore: Broadcast on Cricket Extra. Terms not released
Astro Malaysia: Broadcast Astro Box Office Sport. Terms not released
SuperSport
Central Africa
South Africa Niger
Terms not released
Arab Digital Distribution United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Nigeria
Broadcast rights on ADD's CricOne
10 Years, terms not released.
GEO Super
Pakistan Terms not released
Willow TV Rights to distribute on television, radio, broadband and Internet, for the IPL in North America. 5 years, terms not released.
DirecTV United States: Exclusive broadcast rights on CricketTicket. Terms not released
Asian Television Network
Canada: Aired on Pay-per-view channel. Aired on XM Radio's ATN-Asian Radio as well. 5 years, terms not released.
SportsMax Caribbean Terms not released
ITV
United Kingdom: Broadcast on ITV4. Terms not released
[edit]Sponsorships
India's biggest property developer DLF Group paid US$50 million to be the title sponsor of the tournament for 5 years from 2008 to 2013.
Other five-year sponsorship agreements include a deal with motorcycle maker Hero Honda worth $22.5-million, one with PepsiCo worth $12.5-million, and a deal with beer and airline conglomerate Kingfisher at $26.5-million.
Revenue and Profits
The UK-based brand consultancy, Brand Finance, has valued the IPL at Rs 18,500 crore (US$ 4.13 billion) in 2010. It was valued at U$2.01 billion in 2009 by the same consultancy.
There are disputed figures for the profitability of the teams. One analyst said that four teams out of the eight made a profit in 2009. While the London Times said that all but Kings XI Punjab made a profit.
In 2010, the IPL expects to have 80 official merchandising deals. It has signed a deal with Swiss watchmaker Bandelier to make official watches for the IPL.
Official IPL Mobile Applications
DCI Mobile Studios (A division of Dot Com Infoway Limited), in conjunction with Sigma Ventures of Singapore, have jointly acquired the rights to be the exclusive Mobile Application partner and rights holder for the Indian Premier League cricket matches worldwide for the next 8 years (including the 2017 season). Recently, they have released the IPL T20 Mobile applications for iPhone, Nokia Smartphones and Blackberry devices. Soon it will be made available across all other major Mobile platforms including the Android, Windows Mobile, Palm & others.
Global following
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In India, the IPL has become one of the most popular events of the year. In the first season, games were played every night (including weekdays) during Indian prime-time and were broadcast live. The IPL was the most watched TV program in India.
IPL drew positive reactions from the rest of the world also. In Pakistan, the reception was described as "massive". Also, there was a huge following for Kolkata Knight Riders. The matches were telecast live in GEO Super. The matches also generated interest in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, despite only one Bangladeshi player being involved. The following in the subcontinental nations was aided by the prime time telecast of the matches as they belong to adjacent time zones.
IPL was also popular among the South Asian population in South Africa and England. The IPL did not garner much interest in Australia and New Zealand. However, in recent times the IPL has gained a much larger fan-base in these two countries.
Snap polls indicated that more than 48 million people watched the telecast of the IPL 2008 final between Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings, more than 40 million people saw the Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevils match, whereas the second semi-final between Chennai Super Kings and Kings XI Punjab attracted an audience of 29 million.
The third season of IPL saw interest rise dramatically in the United Kingdom. This was, in part, due to TV coverage switching to free to view channel ITV4. Previous editions of IPL were aired on the now defunct channel Setanta (pay to view channel), which entered administration in 2009. James Macleod stated, "We are delighted with the viewing figures for the IPL so far. The ratings for ITV4s coverage have been around seven or eight times those achieved by Setanta last year, and we're delighted to be bringing the competition to a wider audience". Lalit Modi, Chairman and Commissioner of IPL, also expressed immense satisfaction on the way IPL has been accepted by the British audience. "ITV beats Sky Sports over the weekend in number of viewers. This is great going. The ITV numbers are double that of rugby league. This is huge by all imaginations. UK figures for viewership on ITV already 10 times that of last year. This is just fantastic news," he said.
Rules
There are five ways that a franchise can acquire a player. In the annual auction, buying domestic players, signing uncapped players, through trading and buying replacements. In the trading window the player can only be traded with his consent. The franchise will have to pay the difference between the old contract price and the new contract price. If the new contract is worth more than the older one then the difference will be shared between the player and the franchise selling the player.
Some of the Team composition rules are:
Minimum squad strength of 16 players plus one physio and a coach.
No more than 8 foreign players in the squad and at most 4 in the playing XI.For the 2009 edition franchises are allowed 10 foreign players in the squad. The number allowed in the playing XI remains unchanged at 4.
A minimum of 8 local players must be included in each squad.
A minimum of 2 players from the BCCI under-22 pool in each squad.
Some of the differences to international T20 cricket:
Introduced also in the IPL, a difference to international cricket is a timeout. It gives the players an opportunity to strategise and take a drink during the strict 2:30 Minute time limit. Each team is awarded one timeout per innings totalling to two timeouts for the whole game but the teams only may take the timeout when instructed.
IPL is also known for having commercials during the game hence there being no time limit for innings by teams being penalised runs. There may be a penalty if the umpire finds teams misusing this privilege at their own choice.
The total spending cap for a franchisee in the first player auction was US $5m. Under-22 players are to be remunerated with a minimum annual salary of US $20,000 while for others it is US $50,000. The most expensive player in the IPL to date are Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen at US $1.55m each.
Official website
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The IPL negotiated a contract with the Canadian company Live Current Media Inc. to run and operate its portals and the minimum guarantee has been negotiated at US $50 million over the next 10 years. The official website of the tournament is www.iplt20.com.
Incorporating popular forms of social media into the third season of the IPL, the website now contains a more holistic presence across all online mediums. The website apart from featuring new additions to empower user interaction, has encouraged a wider range of websites around IPL like IPL Tracker and IPL Mag amongst other more traditional reporting websites.
Statistics and records
Statistics and records of Indian Premier League
Controversies
The BCCI had found itself in the middle of many conflicts with various cricket boards around the world as a result of the IPL. The main point of contention was that signed players should always be available to their country for international tours, even if it overlaps with the IPL season. To address this, the BCCI officially requested that the ICC institute a time period in the International Future Tours Program solely for the IPL season. This request was not granted at a subsequent meeting held by the ICC.
[edit]Conflicts with the England and Wales Cricket Board
Because the inaugural IPL season coincided with the County Championship season as well as New Zealand's tour of England, the ECB and county cricket clubs raised their concerns to the BCCI over players. The ECB made it abundantly clear that they would not sign No Objection Certificates for players—a prerequisite for playing in the IPL. Chairmen of the county clubs also made it clear that players contracted to them were required to fulfill their commitment to their county. As a result of this, Dimitri Mascarenhas was the only English player to have signed with the IPL for the 2008 season.
A result of the ECB's concerns about players joining the IPL, was a proposed radical response of creating their own Twenty20 tournament that would be similar in structure to the IPL. The league — titled the English Premier League — would feature 21 teams in three groups of seven and would occur towards the end of the summer season. The ECB enlisted the aid of Texas billionaire Allen Stanford to launch the proposed league.Stanford was the brains behind the successful Stanford 20/20, a tournament that has run twice in the West Indies. On 17 February 2009, when news of the fraud investigation against Stanford became public, the ECB and WICB withdrew from talks with Stanford on sponsorship. On February 20 the ECB announced it has severed its ties with Stanford and cancelled all contracts with him.
[edit]Conflicts with Cricket Australia
The BCCI also experienced run-ins with Cricket Australia (CA) over player availability for Australia's 2008 tour of the West Indies and CA's desire for global protection of their sponsors. CA had feared that sponsors of the IPL (and its teams) that directly competed with their sponsors would jeopardize already existing arrangements. This issue was eventually resolved[47] and it was also agreed upon that Australian players would be fully available for the West Indies tour.
Conflicts with the Pakistan Cricket Board
Many players from the Pakistan Cricket Team who were not offered renewed central contracts (or decided to reject new contracts) decided to join the rival Indian Cricket League (ICL). Two such players—Naved-ul-Hasan and Mushtaq Ahmed also held contracts with English Counties. The PCB decided to issue No Objection Certificates for these players to play with their county teams on the basis that since they were no longer contracted to the PCB, there was no point in not granting them their NOCs. The latter did not sit well with the BCCI, as it went against the hard line stance they had taken on players who joined the ICL.
After the 2008 Mumbai attacks, the Pakistan government deemed it unsafe for its players to travel to India for the IPL. However, when the IPL was shifted to South Africa, the Pakistani players requested the IPL organizers and Lalit Modi to allow them to play but they refused by reasoning that the squads had already been decided and there was no room for Pakistani players.
Recently in the 2010 IPL auction nobody bid on any of the Pakistani cricketers, despite having expressed an interest in them therefore having them put on the auction list. Initially they said that the decision was purely based on cricket , Pakistani team had won the 2009 T20 World Cup. There was speculation that the Pakistanis might have been denied visas, so a team would waste money by recruiting them. After questioning, the IPL board members said that the reasoning behind none of the Pakistani players being selected was simply natural and unaffected by any outside influences.
Conflicts with other Boards
Smaller boards like the WICB and NZCB have raised concerns over the impact the IPL will have on their player development and already fragile financial situation. Since players from smaller cricketing nations are not compensated as much, they have more motivation to join the IPL.
Media restrictions
Initially the IPL enforced strict guidelines to media covering Premier League matches, consistent with their desire to use the same model sports leagues in North America use in regards to media coverage. Notable guidelines imposed included the restriction to use images taken during the event unless purchased from cricket.com, owned by Live Current Media Inc (who won the rights to such images) and the prohibition of live coverage from the cricket grounds. Media agencies also had to agree to upload all images taken at IPL matches to the official website. This was deemed unacceptable by print media around the world. Upon the threat of boycott, the IPL eased up on several of the restrictions. On 15 April 2008 a revised set of guidelines offering major concessions to the print media and agencies was issued by the IPL and accepted by the Indian Newspaper Society.
Conflict with Cricket Club of India
As per IPL rules, the winner of the previous competition decides the venue for the finals.In 2009, the reigning Champions, Deccan Chargers chose the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. However, a dispute regarding use of the pavilion meant that no IPL matches could be held there. The members of the Cricket Club of India that owns the stadium have the sole right to the pavilion on match days, whereas the IPL required the pavilion for its sponsors. The members were offered free seats in the stands, however the club rejected the offer, stating that members could not be moved out of the pavilion.
Betting
There have been wide ranging allegations that there has been betting throughout the tournament. Up to $11 billion was bet on games throughout the tournament, mainly during IPL2
Suspension of Lalit Modi
The BCCI suspended Lalit Modi, the IPL chairman, for "alleged acts of individual misdemeanours", The suspension notice was served on him by Rajeev Shukla, a BCCI vice-president, with N Srinivasan, the board secretary, sending an email to the same effect. It followed a day of negotiations with interlocutors attempting to persuade Modi to resign but pre-empted a potentially flashpoint at Monday's scheduled IPL governing council meeting, which Modi had said he would attend. He is now officially barred from participating in the affairs of the Board, the IPL and any other committee of the BCCI and has 15 days to respond to the charges levelled at him.
Chirayu Amin named IPL interim chairman
Chirayu Amin, an industrialist and head of the Baroda Cricket Association, has been named interim chairman of the IPL by the BCCI, following Lalit Modi's suspension after the IPL3 final. Due to controversy in the IPL/ Indian premier league the governing council of the IPL in a crucial meeting suspended the former commissioner of IPL Mr. Lalit Modi. The IPL governing council, minus its suspended chairman, met at the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai to discuss the issue of Lalit Modi, who was sent a charge sheet after the tournament's final, and the possibility of an IPL without him.
Absent from the meeting were Modi and Farooq Abdullah, the president of the Jammu & Kashmir Cricket Association. Those present included the BCCI president Shashank Manohar, vice-President Arun Jaitley, secretary N Srinivasan, media and finance committee chairman Rajiv Shukla and IPL vice-chairman Niranjan Shah.They have
Manohar said many important documents were missing from the IPL and BCCI offices."Many of the records are missing. The IT is asking for documents. We don't have them. We have asked BCCI CAO Prof Ratnakar Shetty to look into the missing records and papers," he said.
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India Cricket Crest
| India | |
|---|---|
 India cricket crest | |
| Test status granted | 1932 |
| First Test match | v England at Lord's,London, 25–28 June 1932 |
| Captain | M.S. Dhoni |
| Coach | Gary Kirsten |
| Official ICC Test and ODI ranking | 1st (Test) 2nd (ODI) |
| Test matches - This year | 447 14 |
| Last Test match | v South Africa at Durban, 26-30 Dec 2010 |
| Wins/losses - This year | 109/139 8/3 |
| As of 31 December 2010 | |
The Indian cricket team is currently ranked first (as of 5 December 2010) by the ICC in Tests and second (as of 5 December 2010) in ODIs. As of October 2010, the Indian team has played 445 Test matches, winning 108, losing 138 and drawing 198 of its games, with 1 match ending in a tie. India has a relatively better record in One Day Internationals, winning 52% of matches played. Currently, Gary Kirsten is the head coach while Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the captain in all forms of the game. Under the leadership of Dhoni, the Indian team has set a national record for most back-to-back ODI wins (9 straight wins) and has emerged as one of the most formidable teams in international cricket.
Although cricket was introduced to India by European merchant sailors in the 18th-century and the first cricket club in India was established in Calcutta in 1792, India's national cricket team didn't play their first Test match until 25 June 1932 at Lord's. They became the sixth team to be granted Test cricket status. In their first fifty years of international cricket, India proved weaker than Australia and England, winning only 35 of the 196 test matches. The team, however, gained strength near the end of the 1970s with the emergence of players such as Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Mohammed Azharuddin and the Indian spin quartet - Erapalli Prasanna and Srinivas Venkataraghavan (both off spinners), Bhagwat Chandrasekhar (a leg spinner), and Bishen Singh Bedi (a left-arm spinner). Traditionally much stronger at home than abroad, the Indian team has improved its overseas form since the start of the 21st century. It won the Cricket World Cup in 1983 and was runners-up in 2003 under Sourav Ganguly. India have also been the Runners in 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy, and the Joint Champions along with Sri Lanka in 2002 ICC Champions Trophy led by Sourav Ganguly in both the instances. India also won the inaugural World Twenty20 under Mahendra Singh Dhoni in 2007. The current team contains many of the world's leading players, including Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag, and Zaheer Khan who hold numerous cricketing world records.
Main article: History of the Indian cricket team
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| Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji was an Indian who played for the English cricket team |
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 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. Although they only won two series (both against New Zealand), they managed to draw home series against Pakistan, England and Australia.
The key to India's bowling in the 1970s were the Indian spin quartet - Bishen Bedi, E.A.S. Prasanna, BS Chandrasekhar and Srinivas Venkataraghavan. This period also saw the emergence of two of India's best ever batsmen, Sunil Gavaskar and Gundappa Viswanath. Indian pitches have had tendency to support spin and the spin quartet exploited this to create collapses in opposing batting lineups. These players were responsible for the back-to-back series wins in 1971 in the West Indies and in England, under the captaincy of Ajit Wadekar. Gavaskar scored 774 runs in the West Indian series while Dilip Sardesai's 112 played a big part in their one Test win.
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. Gavaskar infamously blocked his way to 36 not out off 174 balls against England in the first World Cup in 1975, India scored just 132 for 3 and lost by 202 runs.
In contrast, India fielded a strong team in Test matches and were particularly strong at home where their combination of stylish batsman and beguiling spinners where seen at their best. India set a then test record in the third Test against the West Indies at Port-of-Spain in 1976 when they chased 403 to win thanks to 112 from Vishwanath. This West Indian defeat is considered to be a watershed in the history of their cricket because it led to captain Clive Lloyd dispensing with spin altogether and relying entirely on a four man pace attack. In November 1976 the team established another record by scoring 524 for 9 declared against New Zealand at Kanpur without an individual scoring a century. There were six fifties, the highest being 70 by Mohinder Amarnath. The innings was the eighth instance in Test cricket where all eleven batsmen reached double figures.
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. In spite of this the team performed poorly in the Test arena, including 28 consecutive Test matches without a victory. In 1984, India won the Asia Cup and in 1985, won the World Championship of Cricket in Australia. Apart from this, India remained a very weak team outside the Indian subcontinent. India's Test series victory in 1986 against England remained the last Test series win by India outside the subcontinent for the next 19 years. The 1987 Cricket World Cup was held in India. The 1980s saw Gavaskar and Kapil Dev (India's best all rounder to this date) at the pinnacle of their careers. Gavaskar made a Test record 34 centuries as he became the first man to reach the 10,000 run mark. Kapil Dev later became the highest wicket taker in Test cricket with 434 wickets. The period was also marked by an unstable leadership, with Gavaskar and Kapil exchanging the captaincy several times.
Since 2000, the Indian team underwent major improvements with the appointment of John Wright as India's first ever foreign coach. India maintained their unbeaten home record against Australia in Test series after defeating them in 2001. The series was famous for the Kolkata Test match, in which India became only the third team in the history of Test cricket to win a Test match after following on. Australian captain Steve Waugh labelled India as the "Final Frontier" as a result of his side's inability to win a Test series in India.[20] Victory in 2001 against the Australians marked the beginning of a dream run for India under their captain Sourav Ganguly, winning Test matches in Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, West Indies and England. The England series is also known for India's highest ODI run-chase of 325 runs at Lord's which came in the Natwest ODI Series final against England. In the same year, India were joint winners of the ICC Champions Trophy with Sri Lanka, and then went to the 2003 Cricket World Cup in South Africa where they reached the final only to be beaten by 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.
The Indian cricket team in action in the Wankhede Stadium
At the end of the 2004 season, India suffered from lack of form and fitness from its older players. A defeat in a following home Test series against Australia was followed by an ODI home series defeat against Pakistan followed by a Test series levelled 1-1. Greg Chappell took over from John Wright as the new coach of the Indian cricket team following the series, and his methods proved to be controversial during the beginning of his tenure. The tension resulted in a fallout between Chappell and Ganguly, resulting in Rahul Dravid being made captain. This triggered a revival in the team's fortunes, following the emergence of players like Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina, and the coming of age of players like Irfan Pathan and Yuvraj Singh. A thumping home series victory over Sri Lanka in 2005 and a level series with South Africa put India at 2nd place in the ICC ODI rankings. This was followed by a convincing ODI series win in Pakistan in early 2006 following a loss in the Test series, which gave India the world record of 17 successive ODI victories while batting second. Towards the middle of 2006 however, a 4-1 series loss in the West Indies gave rise to a slump in India's ODI form, while they achieved a 1-0 victory in the Test series that followed, giving them their first Test series victory in the Caribbean since 1971. India's ODI form, however, slumped further with a disappointing performance in the 2006 Champions Trophy and a drubbing in the ODI series in South Africa. This was followed yet again by an initial good performance in the Tests, giving India its first Test match win in South Africa, although they went on to lose the series 2-1. This Test series was marked by Ganguly's comeback to the Indian team.
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 Cricket World Cup. However, defeats to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka saw India fail to reach the final eight. India's traditional strengths have always been its line-up of spin bowlers and batsmen. Recently, it has a very strong batting lineup with Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag all being selected to play for the ICC World XI in the 2005 "SuperTest" against Australia. In previous times, India was unique in that it was the only country to regularly field three spinners in one team, whereas one is the norm, and of the fifteen players to have taken more than 100 wickets, only four were pace bowlers from the last 20 years. 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. Then they toured Australia with a controversial series that they lost 2-1 in test but come back for a whitewash final against them. .
In October 2010 India won the test series 2-0 against Australia, thus becoming the first team after a gap of 28 years doing a whitewash to Australia.
See also: India at the Cricket World Cup, List of Indian Test cricketers, and List of Indian ODI cricketers
Governing body
Board of Control for Cricket in India
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the governing body for the Indian cricket team and first class cricket in India. The Board has been operating since 1929 and represents India at the International Cricket Council. It is amongst the richest sporting organizations in the world, and it sold media rights for India's matches from 2006-2010 for USD 612,000,000. It manages the Indian team's sponsorships, its future tours and team selection.
The International Cricket Council determines India's upcoming matches through its future tours program. However, the BCCI, with its influential financial position in the cricketing world, has often challenged the ICC's program and called for more tours between India, Australia, Pakistan and England which are more likely to earn more revenue as opposed to tours with Bangladesh or Zimbabwe. In the past, the BCCI has also come into conflict with the ICC regarding sponsorships and the legitimacy of the ICC Champions Trophy.
Selection Committee
Indian national cricket selectors
Selection for the Indian cricket team occurs through the BCCI's zonal selection policy, where each of the five zones is represented with one selector and one of the members nominated by BCCI as the Chairman of the Selection Committee. This has sometimes led to controversy as to whether these selectors are biased towards their zones.
The current chairman of Selection Committee is Krishnamachari Srikkanth. Yashpal Sharma, Narendra Hirwani, Surendra Bhave and Raja Venkat are the other members of the selection committee[30] whose terms started in September 2008 with BCCI holding the rights for a one-year extension.
Statistics
Tournament history
World Cup record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
1975 Round 1 6/8 3 1 2 0 0
1979 Round 1 7/8 3 0 3 0 0
1983 Champions 1/8 8 6 2 0 0
1987 Third Place 3/8 7 5 2 0 0
1992 Round 1 7/9 8 2 5 0 1
1996 Third Place 3/12 7 4 3 0 0
1999 R2(Super Sixes) 6/12 8 4 4 0 0
2003 Runners 2/14 11 9 2 0 0
2007 Round 1 10/16 3 1 2 0 0
2011 Qualified /14 – – – – –
2015 Qualified – – – – – –
2019 Qualified – – – – – –
Total 12/12 1 title 58 32 25 0 1
World Twenty20 record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
2007 Champions 1/12 7 5 1 0 1
2009 Super 8s 7/12 5 2 3 0 0
2010 Super 8s 8/12 5 2 3 0 0
Total 3/3 1 titles 17 9 7 0 1
Other Major Tournaments
ICC Champions Trophy Commonwealth Games Asia Cup Asian Test Championship Australasia Cup
1998: Semi Finals
2000: Runners Up
2002: Joint Winner with Sri Lanka
2004: Round 1
2006: Round 1
2009: Round 1
1998: Round 1
1984: Champions
1986: Boycott
1988: Champions
1990/1991: Champions
1995: Champions
1997: Runners Up
2000: 3rd Place
2004: Runners Up
2008: Runners Up
2010: Champions
1999: 3rd Place
2001: Boycott
1986:Runners Up
1990:Round 1
1994:Runners Up
Individual records
Sachin Tendulkar celebrates his 38th Test century during a match against Australia in 2008. Tendulkar holds multiple world records including the world's leading run-scorer and century maker in both Tests and ODIs.
Main article: Indian cricket team records
Sachin Tendulkar, who began playing for India as a 16-year-old in 1989 and has since become the most prolific run-scorer in the history of both Test and ODI cricket, is easily the batsman with the most national achievements. He holds the record of most appearances in both Tests and ODIs, most runs in both Tests and ODIs and most centuries in Tests and ODIs. The highest score by an Indian is the 319 scored by Virender Sehwag in Chennai. It is the second triple century in Test cricket by an Indian, the first being a 309 also made by Sehwag although against Pakistan. The team's highest ever score was a 726/9 against Sri Lanka at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai in 2009, while its lowest was 42 against England in 1974. In ODIs, the team's highest is 413/5 against Bermuda in the 2007 Cricket World Cup. In the same match, India set a world record of the highest winning margin of 257 runs in an ODI match.
India also has had some very strong bowling figures, with spin bowler Anil Kumble being a member of the elite group of 3 bowlers who have taken 600 Test wickets. In 1999, Anil Kumble emulated Jim Laker to become the second bowler to take all ten wickets in a Test match innings when he took 10 wickets for 74 runs against Pakistan at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi.
Many of the Indian cricket team's records are also world records, for example Sachin Tendulkar's century tally (in Tests and ODIs) and run tally (also in both Tests and ODIs). Mahendra Singh Dhoni's 183 not out against Sri Lanka in 2005 is the world record score by a wicketkeeper in ODIs. The Indian cricket team also holds the record sequence of 17 successful run-chases in ODIs, which ended in a dramatic match against the West Indies in May 2006, which India lost by just 1 run when Yuvraj Singh was bowled by Dwayne Bravo's full toss.
Team colours
A new and a darker colored jersey of the one-day cricket team was released on 12 February 2009, for the New Zealand tour by Nike. Previously, the Indian cricket team wore a sky blue shirt and pants. The shirt contained a vertical band on the right side with a orange and white colors and the name of their main sponsor, Sahara. The one-day cap was also sky blue with the BCCI logo on the front. The name of the player is printed in orange at the back.
With the advent of the World Series Cup in the 1970s, each team was to don a primary and secondary colour on their uniforms. The Indian team elected to wear light-blue as their primary colour and yellow as their secondary colour. Even during the 1999 Cricket World Cup the secondary colour on the Indian cricket team's clothing has been yellow. However, this has since been removed and replaced with the tricolour. However, in the past the Indian ODI outfits were changed to different shades of blue, mostly darker than the current, and the team donned purple during 1992, and then the sky blue colour for the next decade. Indian team has got a new kit from 2009 which is feroza blue with India written on it in Orange. Currently, from October 2010, the team is once again using a loght blue shade though not as ligh as the previous sky blue one, with India written in orange, and shades of the tri-colour at the sides. The kit sponsor for the Indian Cricket Team is Nike, which in 2005 bought the kit rights in a $27.2 million contract with BCCI.
When playing first-class cricket, in addition to their cricket whites, Indian fielders sometimes wear a sunhat, which is dark blue and has a wide brim, with the BCCI logo in the middle of the front of the hat. Helmets are coloured similarly. Some players sport the Indian flag on their helmet. The current kit sponsor for the Indian team is Nike, Inc.
Test cricket grounds
Barabati
Wankhede
Brabourne/Gymkhana
Eden Gardens
Feroz Shah Kotla
Gandhi
Green Park
KDSB/University
LB Shastri
M Chinnaswamy
MAC
Nehru
PCA
Sardar Patel
Sawai Mansingh
Sector 16
Vidarbha CA
Locations of all stadiums which have hosted a Test match within India
There are numerous world-renowned cricket stadiums located in India. Most grounds are under the administration of various State Cricket Boards as opposed to being under the control of the BCCI. The Bombay Gymkhana was the first ground in India to host a full-scale cricket match featuring an Indian cricket team. This was between the Parsis and the Europeans in 1877. The first stadium to host a Test match in India was also the Gymkhana Ground in Bombay in 1933, the only Test it ever hosted. The second and third Tests in the 1933 series were hosted at Eden Gardens and Chepauk. The Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi was the first stadium to host a Test match after independence, a draw against the West Indies in 1948, the first of a 5-Test series. Nineteen stadiums in India have hosted official Test matches. In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of world-class cricket stadiums in India, with multiple Test venues in Lucknow, Chandigarh, Chennai and Mumbai.
Eden Gardens in Kolkata has hosted the most Tests (34), and also has the largest capacity of any cricket stadium in the world, being capable of holding more than 100,000 spectators. Founded in 1864, it is one of the most historical stadiums in India, having hosted numerous controversial and historical matches. Other major stadiums in India include the Feroz Shah Kotla, which was established in 1883 and hosted memorable matches including Anil Kumble's ten wickets in an innings haul against Pakistan. For the last two years, the ground has been undergoing renovation.
The Wankhede Stadium is one of the newest world-class Indian cricket stadiums. Established in 1974 with a capacity of near 50,000. It has hosted 21 Test matches in its relatively short 32-year history. It was the unofficial successor of the Brabourne Stadium, which is also located in Mumbai. Mumbai is often considered the cricketing capital of India because of its fans and the talent it produces (see Mumbai cricket team) and thus the stadium regularly hosts major Test matches. The M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk is also considered to be an important historical Indian cricket ground, established in the early 1900s it was the site of India's first Test victory.
Other Test stadiums are on a lower rung compared to these major stadiums. The Gymkhana and Brabourne Stadiums are not used any more and have been replaced by the Wankhede. Similarly, the Barabati Stadium, Gandhi Stadium, K. D. Singh Babu Stadium, Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Nehru Stadium, Sector 16 Stadium and University Ground have not hosted a Test match in the last 10 years.
Stadium City Test matches
Eden Gardens Kolkata 35
Feroz Shah Kotla Delhi 29
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium Chepauk, Chennai 28
Wankhede Stadium Mumbai 21
Green Park (now Modi Stadium) Kanpur 19
Brabourne Stadium Mumbai 17
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore 17
Sardar Patel Stadium (Gujarat) Motera, Ahmedabad 10
Nehru Stadium Chennai 9
Vidarbha C.A. Stadium Nagpur 9
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium Mohali, Punjab 7
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium Hyderabad 3
Barabati Stadium Cuttack 2
Bombay Gymkhana Mumbai 1
Gandhi Stadium Jalandhar, (Punjab) 1
K. D. Singh Babu Stadium Lucknow 1
Sawai Mansingh Stadium Jaipur 1
Sector 16 Stadium Chandigarh, (Punjab) 1
University Ground Lucknow 1
Personnel
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This lists all the players who have played for India in the past year, and the forms in which they have played. The BCCI awards central contracts to its players, its pay graded according to the importance of the player.Two C grade contracts, Piyush Chawla and Wasim Jaffer, both of whom have played for India in the past, have not played in the last year. D grade contract holders Manpreet Gony, Mohammad Kaif, Parthiv Patel and Robin Uthappa are all former internationals who have not played in the last year, whilst Ravichandran Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan, Chetanya Nanda and Cheteshwar Pujara also hold D grade contracts.
Key
C/G = Contract grade
S/N = Shirt number
Name Age Batting Style Bowling Style Domestic team Zone C/G Forms S/N
Captain and wicket keeper
Mahendra Singh Dhoni 29 Right Hand Bat Right Medium Jharkhand East A Test, ODI, Twenty20 7
Opening batsmen
Gautam Gambhir 29 Left Hand Bat Leg Break Delhi North A Test, ODI, Twenty20 5
Virender Sehwag 32 Right Hand Bat Off Break Delhi North A Test, ODI, Twenty20 44
Murali Vijay 27 Right Hand Bat Off Break Tamil Nadu South D Test, ODI, Twenty20 1
Middle-order batsmen
Subramaniam Badrinath 30 Right Hand Bat Off Break Tamil Nadu South B Test
Rahul Dravid 38 Right Hand Bat Off Break Karnataka South A Test, ODI 19
Virat Kohli 22 Right Hand Bat Right Medium Delhi North D ODI 18
V. V. S. Laxman 36 Right Hand Bat Off Break Hyderabad South A Test 22
Cheteshwar Pujara 23 Right Hand Bat Leg Break Saurashtra West A Test
Suresh Raina 24 Left Hand Bat Off Break Uttar Pradesh Central B Test, ODI, Twenty20 48
Yuvraj Singh 29 Left Hand Bat Slow Left Arm Punjab North A Test, ODI, Twenty20 12
Rohit Sharma 23 Right Hand Bat Off Break Mumbai West B ODI, Twenty20 45
Sachin Tendulkar 37 Right Hand Bat Leg Break
Off Break Mumbai West A Test, ODI 10
Wicket-keepers
Dinesh Karthik 25 Right Hand Bat Tamil Nadu South D Test, ODI, Twenty20 19
Wriddhiman Saha 26 Right Hand Bat Bengal East D Test
All-rounders
Ravindra Jadeja 22 Left Hand Bat Slow Left Arm Saurashtra West ODI, Twenty20 26
Abhishek Nayar 27 Left Hand Bat Right Medium Mumbai West ODI 24
Irfan Pathan 26 Left Hand Bat Left Medium Fast Baroda West B Twenty20 63
Yusuf Pathan 28 Right Hand Bat Off Break Baroda West C ODI, Twenty20 27
Seamers
Ashok Dinda 26 Right Hand Bat Right Medium Fast Bengal East D Twenty20 2
Zaheer Khan 32 Right Hand Bat Left Medium Fast Mumbai West A Test, ODI, Twenty20 34
Praveen Kumar 24 Right Hand Bat Right Medium Uttar Pradesh Central C ODI 8
Abhimanyu Mithun 21 Right Hand Bat Right Medium Karnataka South ODI Ashish Nehra 31 Right Hand Bat Left Arm Medium Fast Delhi North ODI, Twenty20 64Munaf Patel 27 Right Hand Bat Right Medium Fast Maharashtra West B Test, ODI 13
R. P. Singh 25 Right Hand Bat Left Medium Fast Uttar Pradesh Central B ODI, Twenty20 9
Ishant Sharma 22 Right Hand Bat Right Fast Delhi North B Test, ODI, Twenty20 29
Sreesanth 27 Right Hand Bat Right Fast Medium Kerala South C Test, ODI 37
Sudeep Tyagi 23 Right Hand Bat Right Medium Uttar Pradesh Central D ODI, Twenty20
Spin bowlers
Amit Mishra 28 Right Hand Bat Leg Break Haryana North C Test, ODI 99
Pragyan Ojha 24 Left Hand Bat Slow Left Arm orthodox Hyderabad South C Test, Twenty20 30
Harbhajan Singh 30 Right Hand Bat Off Break Punjab North A Test, ODI, Twenty20 3
Player's salaries are as follows:
Grade A - 1 Crore
Grade B - 50 Lakhs
Grade C - 25 Lakhs
Grade D - 15 Lakhs
Coaching staff
Head coach: Gary Kirsten
Mental conditioning coach: Paddy Upton
Fitness trainer: Ramji Srinivasan
Physiotherapist: Nitin Patel
Masseur: Ramesh Mane
Performance analyst: C.K.M. Dhananjai
Bowling consultant: Eric Simons ( For a period of 6 months starting January 2010)
Captains
Main article: Indian national cricket captains
Rahul Dravid served as the captain of the Indian cricket team from 2005 to 2007.
Twenty-eight men have captained the Indian cricket team in at least 1 Test match, although only 6 have led the team in more than 25 matches, and 5 have captained the team in ODIs but not Tests. India's first captain was CK Nayudu, who led the team in four matches against England, one in England in 1932 and a series of 3 matches at home in 1933/4. Lala Amarnath, India's fourth captain, led the team in its first Test match after Indian independence. He also captained the side to its first Test victory and first series win, both in a 3-match series at home against Pakistan in 1952/3. The Nawab of Pataudi was captain for 36 matches from 1961/2 to 1969/70, returning for a final 4 matches against West Indies in 1974/5.
India played its first ODI in 1974, under the captaincy of Ajit Wadekar. India won its first ODI under the captaincy of Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan in the 1975 Cricket World Cup, against East Africa.
Sunil Gavaskar took over as Test and ODI captain in the late 1979s and early 1980s, leading India in 47 Test matches and 38 ODIs, winning 9 Tests and 14 ODIs. He was succeeded by Kapil Dev in the 1980s, who continued for 34 Test matches, including 4 victories. Kapil Dev led India to victory in 40 of his 74 ODIs in charge, including the 1983 Cricket World Cup.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (blue helmet) serves as the current captain and wicketkeeper of the Indian cricket team.
Dilip Vengsarkar took over the captaincy from Kapil Dev after the 1987 Cricket World Cup. Although he started with two centuries in his first series as captain, his captaincy period was turbulent[citation needed] and he lost the job following a disastrous tour of the West Indies in early 1989 and a stand-off with the Indian cricket board (BCCI).
Krishnamachari Srikkanth was made the captain of the Indian team in 1989.He was the captain of the team for India's tour of Pakistan in 1989 and managed to draw all the four Tests of the series. Because of his batting failures in the series[citation needed],the selectors dropped him and made Mohammad Azharuddin captain of the Indian team.
India has had six regular Test captains since Mohammad Azharuddin took charge in 1989. Azharuddin led the team in 47 Test matches from 1989/90 to 1998/9, winning 14, and in 173 ODIs, winning 89. He was followed by Sachin Tendulkar, who captained India in 25 Test matches and 73 ODIs in the late 1990s; Tendulkar was relatively unsuccessful[citation needed] as a captain, winning only 4 Test matches and 23 ODIs. He was replaced as ODI captain by Ajay Jadeja and then Sourav Ganguly; Ganguly became the regular captain in both forms of cricket in 2000. Ganguly remained captain for the first 5 years of the 2000s and was much more successful, winning 21 of his 49 Test matches in charge and 73 of his 141 ODIs. Rahul Dravid took over as Test captain in 2005. In his fourth full series in charge, he led India to victory in the West Indies, the first instance of India winning in the Caribbean in over 30 years. In September 2007, Mahendra Singh Dhoni was named as the new captain of the Twenty20 and ODI team after Dravid stepped down from the post. Anil Kumble was appointed Test captain in November 2007, but retired from international cricket in November 2008 after the 3rd Test between India and Australia. Dhoni succeeded him as the test captain, making him the official captain in all forms of cricket.Fan following
Main article: Cricket in India
Supporters of the Indian cricket team wave the Indian flag during match between India and Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Cricket is the de facto national sport of India and has a very wide following among the population of India. As a result, stadiums are generally filled to capacity at ODI and 20/20 matches on home soil, however, Tests are poorly attended in some cities. Due to large Indian diaspora in nations like Australia, South Africa, and England, a large Indian fan turnout is expected whenever India plays in each of these nations.
There have been a number of official fan groups that have been formed over the years, including the Swami Army or Bharat Army, the Indian equivalent of the Barmy Army, that were very active in their support when India toured Australia in 2003/2004. They are known to attribute a number of popular Indian songs to the cricket team.
Sudhir Kumar Chaudhary a diehard fan of the, India Cricket team who travels to all Indian home games with his body painted as Indian Flag.
Fan rivalry and cross-border tension has created a strong rivalry between the Indian cricket team and the Pakistani cricket team. . In tours between these two nations, cricket visas are often employed to accommodate for the tens of thousands of fans wishing to cross the border to watch cricket. This intense fan dedication is one of the major causes of the Indian Cricket Board's (BCCI) financial success.
However, there are downsides to having such a cricket-loving population. Many Indians hold cricket very close to their hearts and losses are not received well by the Indian population. In some cases, particularly after losses to Pakistan or after a long string of weak performances, there have been reports of player effigies being burnt in the streets and vandalism of player homes. In many cases, players have come under intense attention from the media for negative reasons, this has been considered as one of the reasons for Sourav Ganguly being left out of the Indian team. At times, when a match is surrounded by controversy, it has resulted in a debacle. For example, when India slid to defeat against Australia at Brabourne Stadium in 1969, fans began throwing stones and bottles onto the field as well as setting fire to the stands, before laying siege to the Australian dressing rooms. During the same tour, a stampede occurred at Eden Gardens when tickets were oversold and India fell to another loss; the Australian team bus was later stoned with bricks. A similar event occurred during the 1996 Cricket World Cup, where India were losing the semi-final to Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens. In this case, the fan behaviour was directed at the Indian team in disappointment at their lacklustre performance. An armed guard had to be placed at the home of captain Mohammad Azharuddin to ensure his safety. Indian fans have also been passionate in their following of Sachin Tendulkar, who has been commonly thought of as one of the best batsmen in the world. Glorified for the bulk of his career, a riot occurred in early 1999 in a Test against Pakistan at Eden Gardens after a collision with Pakistani paceman Shoaib Akhtar saw him run out, forcing police to eject spectators and the game to be played in an empty stadium. Although in 2006, a string of low scores resulted in Tendulkar being booed by the Mumbai crowd when he got out against England
Often, fans engage in protests regarding players if they believe that regionalism has affected selection, or because of regional partisan support for local players. In 2005, when Sourav Ganguly was dropped due to lack of form, Ganguly's home state of West Bengal erupted in protests. India later played a match against South Africa in Kolkata, West Bengal. The Indian team was booed by the Bengali crowd who supported South Africa instead of India in response to Ganguly's dropping. Similar regional divisions in India regarding selection have also caused protests against the team, with political activists from the regional Kalinga Kamgar Sena party in Orissa disrupting the arrival of the team in Cuttack for an ODI over the lack of a local player in the team, with one activist manhandling coach Greg Chappell. Similar treatment was handed to India's Marathi captain Sunil Gavaskar in the 1980s by Bengali crowds, with consecutive Tests in Calcutta requiring police intervention due to crowd rioting.
However, it should be noted that a successful string of results, victories against arch-rivals Pakistan or victory in major tournaments such as the World Cup are greeted with particular ecstasy from the Indian fans.
The Indian women's cricket team has a much lower profile than the men's team. For all national women's cricket teams, the female players are paid much less their male counterparts, and the women's teams do not receive as much popular support or recognition as the men's team. The women's teams also have a less packed schedule compared to men's teams and play fewer matches. The Indian women's cricket team played its first Test match in 1976/7, when they drew with the West Indies in a six-match series.
The Women's Cricket World Cup was held in India in 1978 and featured 4 teams. Despite this, India failed to win either of their two matches. Their next appearance in the Test and ODI circuit was against Australia in 1984, in which the Test series was tied but the ODI series was lost in a humiliating whitewash.
The Indian women's cricket team has since picked up some form, reaching the finals in the last World Cup, but then losing to Australia. The Women's Asia Cup of 2005-06 was won by India, who beat Sri Lanka in the final. They also beat the West Indies in the 2004-05 season, winning the 5 ODI series 5-0. This year the Indian women's team lost to English women's team 4-0 in an ODI Series but beat them in the Twenty20 International and 1-0 in the Test series.
(source:wikipedia)
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