Many believe it is the appeal of cricket which made it so popular all over the world and as a consequence, the popularity of cricket is progressing in leaps and bounds. Tournaments like the World Cup and T-20 have got astonishing feedback. India is one of the most admired players team in world cricket. Indian cricket squad has its own charisma and well-known players like Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Sunil Gavaskar have added several feathers to its cap.
Indian cricket is the great combination of national and regional cricket squads. Each region in India has its own regional cricket team and all these squads participate in many tournaments like Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy. The best players from these regional cricket squads move forward and get opportunity to prove themselves at international level. The highest deciding authority of cricket in India is a body called The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), who are not only the determining authority of the national squad but also handle issues like sponsorship and personal roles of players who participate in the national team for cricket. Other than the domestic body called the BCCI, there are also region level cricket control authorities that are in charge of managing the participants at the region level, and also groom them for handling future and higher responsibilities. No doubt, these state level cricket authorities play a vital role in deciding future of national squad - in fact our squad has now get many young and energetic players like Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh and Pathan with the effort of these state level authorities only.
Indian cricket squad got approval as test squad in 1932 that was a subject of great honor for every Indian and in the same year, the squad played its initial test cricket match against England at Lords and really established their potential as a good test squad. Since then, there has been no looking back for India and the country has forged ahead making and beating several international records. What is more, India has the distinction of winning the world cup in 1983 as well as the Y20 world cup of late and the test victory against England played in Madras in 1952. So further on in the same year, India won the initial test series, this time crushing Pakistan. That was really an indefinable experience for an entire nation and after their starting victories the team developed their game throughout the ten years.
The advent of the one-day international cricket in 1971, has given the game a new position. Unfortunately was not a good playing team during the initial one-day internationals which meant that the country lost several games and hence could not qualify for the second round of the first two cricket world cups. Nevertheless, every Indian cricket follower knows that there is nothing that can stop the team from getting what it deserves. Maybe it is the warm wishes and the solid support, which the country people gave them, made the Indian squad win the world cup in 1983, which was such a reason for joy and jubilation.
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