Cricket has its very own history associated with its existence in the country. The oldest reference to the sport in India can be dated back to 1725 when some sailors played a match at a seaport in Kutch. By the year 1792, the Calcutta cricket had been formed, and also another Cricket club had been formed at Seringapatam by the year 1799.
It was marked by a match played between Madras and Calcutta in the year 1864 that began the first class cricket. The first foreign team in India was in 1889- 90 when the English team arrived in India. The captain of the team was George Vermon, which eventually was the first foreign cricket team to arrive in India, though the matches played in Australia aren’t called first class cricket match.
In 1892- 93 two matches had been played between the European team and Persees team at Bombay; which is now called Mumbai, and Poona; now known as Pune. This was considered to be the beginning of First class cricket in the country. After this, the first four matches were played between an English team led by Hawke and all the India team between the 26th and 28th of January 1893.
In 1960 the Indian Cricket team proved its strength. During this decade, the team defeated New Zealand and stretched the matches with teams such as Pakistan and England to a draw. In the 1970’s the Indian cricket team got one of its most enchanting possessions. The 1990’s decade of Indian cricket was the most memorable time of all. It would surely be none other than the same of Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin Tendulkar is still playing for the team India and is considered to be one of the all time greatest of the world cricket. He simply surplus every other record and the story still remains on. Apart from Sachin, some other wonderful Cricket players such as Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Sourav Ganguly and Javagal Srinath became a part of the Indian Cricket team in the decade of 1990’s, and paid their involvement in getting the Indian team confirming several international championships during the period.
It was marked by a match played between Madras and Calcutta in the year 1864 that began the first class cricket. The first foreign team in India was in 1889- 90 when the English team arrived in India. The captain of the team was George Vermon, which eventually was the first foreign cricket team to arrive in India, though the matches played in Australia aren’t called first class cricket match.
In 1892- 93 two matches had been played between the European team and Persees team at Bombay; which is now called Mumbai, and Poona; now known as Pune. This was considered to be the beginning of First class cricket in the country. After this, the first four matches were played between an English team led by Hawke and all the India team between the 26th and 28th of January 1893.
In 1960 the Indian Cricket team proved its strength. During this decade, the team defeated New Zealand and stretched the matches with teams such as Pakistan and England to a draw. In the 1970’s the Indian cricket team got one of its most enchanting possessions. The 1990’s decade of Indian cricket was the most memorable time of all. It would surely be none other than the same of Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin Tendulkar is still playing for the team India and is considered to be one of the all time greatest of the world cricket. He simply surplus every other record and the story still remains on. Apart from Sachin, some other wonderful Cricket players such as Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble, Sourav Ganguly and Javagal Srinath became a part of the Indian Cricket team in the decade of 1990’s, and paid their involvement in getting the Indian team confirming several international championships during the period.
India’s remarkable victory against Pakistan got the cricket fans extremely content over the game once again. This was India’s first victory against Pakistan after a gap of 24 years. With this victory India has come to the 4th place in the latest Rankings, the picture on the rigthe is a picture of their trophy.Cricket has overshadowed all other games like Hockey, the national game of India. The past 75 years have seen India produce some talented cricketers like Pali Umrigar, C K Nayudu, Lala Amarnath, Mohinder Amarnath, Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Bishan Singh Bedi, Sandip Patil, G R Vishwanath, Dilip Vengsarkar, S Venkataraghavan, K Srikkanth, Ajit Wadekar, Nari Contractor, and many more.
Ganguly; who was the best cricket player decided to retire. India’s one of the best captains, said that he will retire from the cricket after the India-Australia Series that is going to be held this month. Ganguly has brought many successes to Indian Cricket and India. Ganguly made India to be in the World Cup finals for the Second time. His enthusiastic sporting action and his aggressive nature in the field made a new style in the world of Cricket.For the past two years, after stepping down from Indian Captain Ganguly was not treated properly and he was denied at all occasions. He was dropped from the Indian team for several times. But the Dada came back strongly with his bat and showed the World that he is still fit to play International Cricket, even though his handful performances for India, due to some Internal Politics going on in Indian Cricket has made him to proclaim his retirement.
All cricketers around the world have praised Ganguly’s decision to retire. Ganguly said that he want to leave the Cricket with a winning knock for his team. This might be the best situation for Ganguly to retire as many youngsters are promising into the world of Cricket. When history speaks about Ganguly, no one can forget his celebration at lord after winning the NatWest series against England. History will never forget Sourav Ganguly and his contribution to Indian Cricket.
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ReplyDeleteThis is an interesting story. Did the British import cricket to India? Is it now considered a a colonial legacy, or something unique to India? It would be interesting to know more about the cultural significance of cricket
ReplyDeleteCricket was brought to India by the British in the mid 1700s, at the time when Britain was colonizing other continents in order to build its own empire. The game cricket is not a unique game for India only but instead its colonial, reason being is that it’s a game played by many countries.
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