Fast-Fast facts!

Some fast-fast facts!😃 we should know abt it rite....so here goes!

*The British brought cricket to India in the early 1700s, with the first cricket match being played in 1721.

^*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 of the major domestic tournaments in India.

*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.

*Gavaskar famously 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 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.

*Since 2000, the Indian team underwent major improvements with the appointment of John Wright as India's first ever foreign coach.

*The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the governing body over the Indian cricket team. The Board has been operating since 1929 and represents India with the International Cricket Council.

*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.

*The Indian cricket team also holds the record 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.

* Lala Amarnath, India's fourth captain, led the team in its first Test match after Indian independence.

*Nanik Amarnath Bhardwaj (commonly known as Lala Amarnath; September 11, 1911 – August 5, 2000) was an IndianTest cricketer. He was the first cricketer to score a Test century for the Indian cricket team, which he achieved on debut.

For detailed stuff ..click on this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Cricket_Team

Hope you guys loved to know these stuff!😃

thanks leo for the info, quite handy......

thx.....i think no one loves history here! u were the only one who replied! thx for that! 😃

Originally posted by: Leo

thx.....i think no one loves history here! u were the only one who replied! thx for that! 😃

arrey saw this fact justy now...lalaji toh hamare saath budday celebrate kartein hein yaaron😉

wah wah nice facts!

I've heard quite a lot about Gavaskar's 36 😆 😆 😆

Wel well we have gone from there to now... 😉

We have gone from being a small simple team to having BCCI almost ruling over the ICC 😆 😆 😆

Originally posted by: xMarauderx

wah wah nice facts!

I've heard quite a lot about Gavaskar's 36 😆 😆 😆

Wel well we have gone from there to now... 😉

We have gone from being a small simple team to having BCCI almost ruling over the ICC 😆 😆 😆

swear yaar!! its as if Sharad Pawar is the president of the ICC!😆BCCI being so rich has failed to create world class players apart from the seniors!

i dunno y i sometimes feel aussies are kinda jealous of the indian cricketers cuz they get paid more!😆

Originally posted by: Leo

swear yaar!! its as if Sharad Pawar is the president of the ICC!😆BCCI being so rich has failed to create world class players apart from the seniors!

i dunno y i sometimes feel aussies are kinda jealous of the indian cricketers cuz they get paid more!😆

Not just Aussies....every European team I feel😆😆😆

Coz in Australia...its Rugby which gets famous more
In England...its football

While in India, cricket is a religion and cricketers are Gods🤣 (Ok...for me Sachin is my God then🤣)

cool these are interesting facts..
thanks