Cricket is the most popular sport in India, it is played by many people in open spaces throughout the country though it is not the nation’s official national sport (a distinction held by field hockey). Cricket is a widely known sport today that originated in England and was invented and first played by an unknown group of Englishmen sometime around the 13th century. The game is most fascinating for spectators. Public interest in it has never suffered decline in any of the cricket-playing countries including India.
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During Test matches enthusiasm runs high; there is a mad rush for admission into the stadium. While the atmosphere of the game seems too leisurely to some, the existence of a time limit and the hazards of the weather and pitch may give rise to the most sudden and thrilling transformations, especially when the score and the clock and the players’ abilities are nicely balanced. There is no end to surprises, and the uncertainties of the game lend to it in the eyes of many one of its chief glories. Batsmen have scored 36 runs in an over; bowlers have taken four wickets in successive balls.
On one occasion, teams were all out for 16 runs in their first innings; they had to follow on, and they scored 521 runs and won the match! On another occasion, an Indian team lost nine wickets for 205 runs, and then their last two batsmen added 249 more runs! The classic example of a finish is that of a University^ match in 1870 between Oxford and Cambridge. Oxford had three wickets still left and needed just three runs to win the match; but a Cambridge bowler took those wickets with three successive balls giving his side a victory by two runs.
The India national cricket team won the 1983 Cricket World Cup, the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, and the 2011 Cricket World Cup , and shared the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy with Sri Lanka. Domestic competitions include the Ranji Trophy, the Duleep Trophy, the Deodhar Trophy, the Irani Trophy and the Challenger Series. In addition, BCCI conducts the Indian Premier League, a Twenty20 competition. The craze for cricket was intensified after India’s emphatic victory in the 2011 world cup. Every Indian recalls this moment with pride. But, this interest in the game of cricket, has taken away the shine of other sports.
