Cricket is not just a sport in India, it is the love and passion of the country. Everyone loves to play Cricket across the country and India has produced many legendary batsmen including Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar. After the triumph in the 1983 World Cup, the Indian team has recently tasted many successes such as the 2011 World Cup. Apart from International Cricket, BCCI runs the world’s largest sports franchise, the Indian Premier League.
Main achievements
1983 World Cup
Indian Cricket’s greatest achievement is the success when Kapil Dev’s team defeated the mighty West Indies and lifted the 1983 World Cup. After winning the last two World Cups, West Indies were the favorites to lift the Cup. once again, however, the Indian team had other plans.
In the final, unsurprisingly, Michael Holding and Joel Garner delivered an impressive bowling performance. The Indian team returned to the pavilion with a score of just 183 runs. The Indian bowling exploited the conditions well and sent the strong West Indies batting line-up back to the clubhouse on 140 runs. The underdogs, India, defeated the invincible West Indian team, shocking everyone.
world cup 2011
Cricket India lifted the Cup for the second time in history, a feat only the West Indies and Australia had achieved before. Under familiar field conditions, the Indian batting looked unassailable even against heavy bowling attacks. The Indian team defeated Sri Lanka in the final by 6 wickets and took home the Cup.
main records
Top Run Scorer and Most Hundreds – Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar is arguably one of the best batsmen India has ever produced, and is even compared to the great Don Bradman. His stats seem unreal as he holds the record for scoring 51 hundreds in Tests and 49 hundreds in ODIs. He is the only batsman in history to have made a combined 100 centuries in both formats. Not only this, he is the top run scorer in both ODI and Test matches, with 18,246 and 15,921 runs.
maximum of two hundred
All batsmen who have made double centuries in ODIs belong to India. Sachin Tendulkar made the first double century in Cricket history with just 147 balls against South Africa. In 2012, Virender Sehwag smashed 219 from just 140 balls against the West Indies. Finally, Rohit Sharma’s 209 against Australia was the third double century in the history of the sport.
the big 3
In early 2014, India, along with Australia and England, proposed a restructuring of the ICC hierarchy. The “Big Three” have now officially become the major stakeholders of World Cricket. Many boards accepted the proposal because of promises of greater revenue sharing from ICC. Although Pakistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka originally opposed this proposal, they are now all on board due to immense foreign pressure. This gives considerable power to the Cricket boards of India, Australia and England. India is entitled to the majority of the revenue as other teams will enjoy more freedom in participating in tournaments.