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he Indian cricket team, also kno@n as eam India and Men in Ale, is the nationalcricket team of India! <oerned by the Aoard of 0ontrol for 0ricket in India (A00I), it



is a fll member of the International 0ricket 0oncil (I00) @ith est and 5ne 4ayInternational (54I) stats!

;lthogh cricket @as introdced to India by ropean merchant sailors in the $.th

centry, and the Brst cricket clb in India @as established in 0alctta in $?%',India+s national cricket team did not play its Brst est match ntil ' /ne $%&' at*ord+s!9&: hey became the siCth team to be granted est cricket stats!98: In itsBrst Bfty years of international cricket, India @as one of the @eaker teams ininternational cricket, @inning only & of the $%D est matches it played dring theperiod!9: he team, ho@eer, gained strength in the $%?7s @ith the emergence ofplayers sch as batsmen 3nil <aaskar and <ndappa 1is@anath, all-ronder 2apil4e and the Indian spin #artet rapalli Prasanna and 3rinias 1enkataraghaan(both oE spinners), Ahag@at 0handrasekhar (a leg spinner), and Aishen 3ingh Aedi(a left-arm spinner)! raditionally mch stronger at home than abroad, the Indianteam has improed its oerseas form since the start of the '$st centry, @inning

est matches in ;stralia, ngland and 3oth ;frica! It has @on the 0ricket World0p t@ice in $%.& nder the captaincy of 2apil 4e and in '7$$ nder Mahendra3ingh 4honi+s captaincy! ;fter @inning the '7$$ World 0p, India became only thethird team after West Indies and ;stralia to hae @on the World 0p more thanonce,9D: and the Brst cricket team to @in the World 0p at home! It has @on the'77? I00 World @enty'7 and '7$& I00 0hampions rophy, nder the captaincy of4honi! It @as also the oint champions of '77' I00 0hampions rophy, along @ith 3ri*anka!

;s of $7 /ly '7$, the Indian cricket team is ranked Bfth in ests, second in 54Isand second in '7Is by the I00!9$: 1irat 2ohli is the crrent captain of the team in

ests @hile 4honi is the 54I and '7I captain! he Indian cricket team has rialries@ith other est-playing nations, most notably @ith Pakistan, the political arch-rial of India! Go@eer, in recent times, rialries @ith nations like ;stralia, ngland and3oth ;frica hae also gained prominence!

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Gistory

Main articleH Gistory of the Indian cricket team

3ee alsoH Gistory of cricket in India to $%$., Gistory of cricket in India from $%$.$%to $%8, Gistory of cricket in India from $%88D to $%D7, Gistory of cricket in Indiafrom $%D7D$ to $%?7, Gistory of cricket in India from $%?7?$ to $%., Gistory ofcricket in India from $%..D to '777 and Gistory of cricket in India from '7777$

2mar 3hri Ranitsinhi @as an Indian @ho played for the nglish cricket team

he Aritish broght cricket to India in the early $?77s, @ith the Brst cricket matchplayed in $?'$!9?: In $.8., the Parsi commnity in Aombay formed the 5riental0ricket 0lb, the Brst cricket clb to be established by Indians! ;fter slo@beginnings, the ropeans eentally inited the Parsis to play a match in $.??!9.:Ay $%$', the Parsis, 3ikhs, Ginds and Mslims of Aombay played a #adranglartornament @ith the ropeans eery year!9.: In the early $%77s, some Indians@ent on to play for the ngland cricket team! 3ome of these, sch as Ranitsinhiand 23 4leepsinhi @ere greatly appreciated by the Aritish and their names @enton to be sed for the Rani rophy and 4leep rophy t@o maor Brst-classtornaments in India! In $%$$, an Indian team @ent on their Brst ocial tor ofngland, bt only played nglish conty teams and not the ngland cricket team!9%:

India @as inited into he Imperial 0ricket 0oncil in $%'D, and made their debt asa est playing nation in ngland in $%&', led by 02 Jayd, @ho @as considered as



the best Indian batsman at the time!9$7: he one-oE est match bet@een the t@osides @as played at *ord+s in *ondon! he team @as not strong in their batting atthis point and @ent on to lose by $. rns!9$$: In $%&&, the Brst est series in India@as played bet@een India and ngland @ith matches in Aombay, 0alctta (no@2olkata) and Madras (no@ 0hennai)! ngland @on the series '-7!9$': he Indian

team contined to improe throghot the $%&7s and +87s bt did not achiee aninternational ictory dring this period! In the early $%87s, India didn+t play any estcricket de to the 3econd World War! he team+s Brst series as an independentcontry @as in late $%8? against 3ir 4onald Aradman+s Inincibles (a name gien tothe ;stralia national cricket team of that time)! It @as also the Brst est series Indiaplayed @hich @as not against ngland! ;stralia @on the Be-match series 87, @ithAradman tormenting the Indian bo@ling in his Bnal ;stralian smmer!9$&: Indiasbse#ently played their Brst est series at home not against ngland against theWest Indies in $%8.! West Indies @on the -est series $-7!9$8:

India recorded their Brst est ictory, in their '8th match, against ngland at Madras(no@ 0hennai) in $%'!9$: *ater in the same year, they @on their Brst est series,@hich @as against Pakistan!9$D: hey contined their improement throghot theearly $%7s @ith a series @in against Je@ Kealand in $%D! Go@eer, they did not@in again in the remainder of the decade and lost badly to strong ;stralian andnglish sides! he neCt decade sa@ India+s reptation deelop as a team @ith astrong record at home! hey @on their Brst est series against ngland at home in$%D$D', and also @on a home series against Je@ Kealand! hey managed to dra@home series against Pakistan and ;stralia, and another series against ngland! Inthis same period, India also @on its Brst series otside the sbcontinent, againstJe@ Kealand in $%D?D.!

Panoramic 1ie@ of the den <ardens 3tadim dring IP* '77.

he key to India+s bo@ling in the $%?7s @ere the Indian spin #artet Aishen Aedi,!;!3! Prasanna, A3 0handrasekhar and 3rinias 1enkataraghaan! his period alsosa@ the emergence of t@o of India+s best eer batsmen, 3nil <aaskar and<ndappa 1is@anath! Indian pitches hae had tendency to spport spin and thespin #artet eCploited this to create collapses in opposing batting line-ps! heseplayers @ere responsible for the back-to-back series @ins in $%?$ in the West Indiesand in ngland, nder the captaincy of ;it Wadekar! <aaskar scored ??8 rns inthe West Indian series @hile 4ilip 3ardesai+s $$' played a big part in their one est@in!

; graph sho@ing India+s est match reslts against all est match teams from $%&'to 3eptember '77D



he adent of 5ne 4ay International cricket in $%?$ created a ne@ dimension in thecricket @orld! Go@eer, India @as not considerably strong in 54Is at this point andbatsmen sch as the captain <aaskar @ere kno@n for their defence-basedapproaches to batting! India began as a @eak team in 54Is and did not #alify forthe second rond in the Brst t@o editions of the 0ricket World 0p! <aaskar

infamosly blocked his @ay to &D not ot oE $?8 balls against ngland in the BrstWorld 0p in $%?, India scored st $&' for & and lost by '7' rns!

In contrast, India Belded a strong team in est matches and @ere particlarly strongat home @here their combination of stylish batsman and begiling spinners @ereseen at their best! India set a then est record in the third est against the WestIndies at Port-of-3pain in $%?D @hen they chased 87& to @in thanks to $$' from1is@anath! his West Indian defeat is considered to be a @atershed in the history oftheir cricket becase it led to captain 0lie *loyd dispensing @ith spin altogetherand relying entirely on a for-man pace attack! In Joember $%?D, the teamestablished another record by scoring '8 for % declared against Je@ Kealand at2anpr @ithot an indiidal scoring a centry! here @ere siC Bfties, the highestbeing ?7 by Mohinder ;marnath! he innings @as the eighth instance in est cricket@here all eleen batsmen reached doble Bgres!

4ring the $%.7s, India deeloped a more attack-minded batting line-p @ith strokemakers sch as the @risty Mohammed ;Lharddin, 4ilip 1engsarkar and all-ronderRai 3hastri! India @on the 0ricket World 0p in $%.&, defeating the faorites andt@o-time defending champions West Indies in the Bnal, o@ing to a strong bo@lingperformance! In spite of this, the team performed poorly in the est arena, inclding'. consectie est matches @ithot a ictory! In $%.8, India @on the ;sia 0p andin $%., @on the World 0hampionship of 0ricket in ;stralia! ;part from this, Indiaremained a @eak team otside the Indian sbcontinent! India+s est series ictory in$%.D against ngland remained the last est series @in by India otside thesbcontinent for the neCt $% years! he $%.7s sa@ <aaskar and 2apil 4e (India+sbest all-ronder to date) at the pinnacle of their careers! <aaskar made a estrecord &8 centries as he became the Brst man to reach the $7,777 rn mark! 2apil4e later became the highest @icket-taker in est cricket @ith 8&8 @ickets! heperiod @as also marked by an nstable leadership, @ith <aaskar and 2apileCchanging the captaincy seeral times!

With D$% @ickets, ;nil 2mble is the @orld+s third highest @icket taker in ests andIndia+s highest est and 54I @icket taker !9$?:

he addition of 3achin endlkar and ;nil 2mble to the national side in $%.% and$%%7 frther improed the team! he follo@ing year, /aagal 3rinath, India+s fastestbo@ler since ;mar 3ingh made his debt! 4espite this, dring the $%%7s, India did



not @in any of its && ests otside the sbcontinent @hile it @on $? ot of its &7 ests at home! ;fter being eliminated by neighbors 3ri *anka on home soil at the$%%D 0ricket World 0p semiBnal, the team nder@ent a year of change as 3ora<angly and Rahl 4raid, later to become captains of the team, made their debtin the same est at *ord+s! endlkar replaced ;Lharddin as captain in late $%%D,

bt after a personal and team form slmp, endlkar relin#ished the captaincy and;Lharddin @as reinstated at the beginning of $%%.! With the captaincy brdenremoed, endlkar @as the @orld+s leading rn-scorer in both ests and 54Is, asIndia enoyed a home est series @in oer ;stralia, the best ranked team in the@orld! ;fter failing to reach the semiBnals at the $%%% 0ricket World 0p, endlkar@as again made captain, and had another poor rn, losing &7 on a tor of ;straliaand then '7 at home to 3oth ;frica! endlkar resigned, o@ing neer to captainthe team again! <angly @as appointed the ne@ captain and the team @as frtherdamaged in '777 @hen former captain ;Lharddin and fello@ batsman ;ay /adea@ere implicated in a match-BCing scandal and gien life and Be years bansrespectiely! his period @as described by the AA0 as "the Indian cricket+s @orsthor"! Go@eer, the ne@ core endlkar, 4raid, 2mble and <angly s@ore notto let this happen to them again, and lead Indian cricket ot of the dark times! ;ndthe Brst three pt aside personal ambitions to let <angly lead them into a ne@ era!9$.:

3ince '777, the Indian team nder@ent maor improements @ith the appointmentof /ohn Wright as India+s Brst eer foreign coach! India maintained their nbeatenhome record against ;stralia in est series after defeating them in '77$! he series@as famos for the 2olkata est match, in @hich India became only the third team inthe history of est cricket to @in a est match after follo@ing on! ;stralian captain3tee Wagh labelled India as the "Final Frontier" as a reslt of his side+s inability to@in a est series in India!9$%: 1ictory in '77$ against the ;stralians marked thebeginning of a dream rn for India nder their captain <angly, @inning estmatches in Kimbab@e, 3ri *anka, West Indies and ngland! he ngland series isalso kno@n for India+s highest 54I rn-chase of &' rns at *ord+s @hich came in theJat@est 54I 3eries Bnal against ngland! In the same year, India @ere oint-@innersof the I00 0hampions rophy @ith 3ri *anka, and then @ent to the '77& 0ricketWorld 0p in 3oth ;frica @here they reached the Bnal only to be beaten by;stralia! he '77&78 season also sa@ India play ot a est series in ;stralia@here they dre@ $$ @ith the @orld champions, and then @in a est and 54I seriesin Pakistan!

he Indian cricket team in action in the Wankhede 3tadim

;t the end of the '778 season, India sEered from lack of form and Btness from itsolder players! ; defeat in a follo@ing home est series against ;stralia @asfollo@ed by an 54I home series defeat against Pakistan follo@ed by a est seriesleelled $$! <reg 0happell took oer from /ohn Wright as the coach of the Indian



cricket team follo@ing the series, and his methods proed to be controersial dringthe beginning of his tenre! he tension reslted in a fallot bet@een 0happell and<angly, reslting in Rahl 4raid being made captain! his triggered a reial inthe team+s fortnes, follo@ing the emergence of players like Mahendra 3ingh 4honi,3resh Raina, and the coming of age of players like Irfan Pathan and ra 3ingh! ;

thmping home series ictory oer 3ri *anka in '77 and a dra@n series @ith 3oth;frica pt India at second place in the I00 54I rankings! 4raid, endlkar and1irender 3eh@ag @ere selected to play for the I00 World NI in the '77 "3perest"against ;stralia! ; conincing 54I series @in in Pakistan in early '77D, follo@ing aloss in the est series, gae India the @orld record of $? sccessie 54I ictories@hile batting second!9'7: o@ards the middle of '77D, ho@eer, a 8$ series loss inthe West Indies gae rise to a slmp in India+s 54I form, @hile they achieed a $7ictory in the est series that follo@ed, giing them their Brst est series ictory inthe 0aribbean since $%?$! India+s 54I form slmped frther @ith a disappointingperformance in the '77D 0hampions rophy and a drbbing in the 54I series in3oth ;frica! his @as follo@ed yet again by an initial good performance in the

ests, giing India its Brst est match @in in 3oth ;frica, althogh they @ent on tolose the series '$! his est series @as marked by <angly+s comeback to theIndian team!9'$:

In 4ecember '77D, India played and @on its Brst eer @enty'7 international in3oth ;frica, becoming the most recent est team to play @enty'7 cricket! hebeginning of '77? had seen a reial in the Indian team+s 54I fortnes before the'77? 0ricket World 0p! 3eries ictories against the West Indies and 3ri *anka,marked by the comeback of <angly, and strong form by endlkar, and theemergence of yong players like Robin Othappa sa@ many pndits to tip India as areal contender to @in the '77? 0ricket World 0p! Go@eer, defeats to Aangladeshand 3ri *anka sa@ India fail to reach the second rond! ;fter @inning the est seriesagainst ngland in ;gst '77?, 4raid stepped do@n as the captain of the teamfollo@ing @hich 4honi @as made the captain of the @enty'7 and 54I team! In3eptember '77?, India @on the Brst-eer @enty'7 World 0p held in 3oth ;frica,beating Pakistan by rns in the Bnal! In '77?7., they tored ;stralia @hereIndia lost the controersial est series '$, bt managed to @in the 0A series thefollo@ing month @ith a @hite@ash Bnal of ;stralia!9'':

In ;pril '77%, India secred their Brst est series @in in Je@ Kealand in 8$ years!;fter beating 3ri *anka '7 in 4ecember '77%, India became the Jo! $ est team in

the @orld! hey retained the ranking by dra@ing series against 3oth ;frica and 3ri*anka! In 5ctober '7$7, India @hite@ashed ;stralia '7 in the home est series,giing them back-to-back series @ins against them! *ater that year, India managedto dra@ the est series in 3oth ;frica at $$!9'&:

India+s reslts in international matches



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5n ' ;pril '7$$, India @on the '7$$ 0ricket World 0p by defeating 3ri *anka in theBnal, ths becoming the second team after West Indies and ;stralia to @in theWorld 0p t@ice, the preios @in being in $%.&! <atam <ambhir and the skipper4honi led the @ay @ith %? and %$ respectiely!9'?: India also became the Brstteam to @in the World 0p on home soil!

India @ere @hite@ashed 87 in a@ay est series by ngland in ;gst '7$$ de to@hich ngland replaced India as the Jo! $ est team in the rankings!9'.: his series@as follo@ed by another 87 @hite@ash of India in /anary '7$' in ;stralia! he

disastros @hite@ashes sa@ the retirement of 4raid and 113 *aCman from estcricket in '7$'! endlkar retired in Joember '7$& after his '77th est match! With<angly haing retired in '77., this period signalled the end of the fabled middle-order batting line-p Indian had for a decade!

<oerning body

Main articleH Aoard of 0ontrol for 0ricket in India

he Aoard of 0ontrol for 0ricket in India (A00I) is the goerning body for the Indiancricket team and Brst-class cricket in India! he Aoard has been operating since

$%'% and represents India at the International 0ricket 0oncil! It is amongst therichest sporting organisations in the @orld! It sold media rights for India+s matchesfrom '77D'7$7 for O3QD$',777,777!9'%: It manages the Indian team+ssponsorships, its ftre tors and team selection!

he International 0ricket 0oncil determines India+s pcoming matches throgh itsftre tors program! Go@eer, the A00I, @ith its inential Bnancial position in thecricketing @orld, has often challenged the I00+s program and called for more torsbet@een India, ;stralia, Pakistan and ngland @hich are more likely to earn morereene as opposed to tors @ith Aangladesh or Kimbab@e!9&7: In the past, the

A00I has also come into conict @ith the I00 regarding sponsorships9&$: and thelegitimacy of the I00 0hampions rophy!

3election 0ommittee

Main articleH Indian national cricket selectors



3election for the Indian cricket team occrs throgh the A00I+s Lonal selectionpolicy, @here each of the Be Lones is represented @ith one selector and one of themembers nominated by A00I as the 0hairman of the 3election 0ommittee! his hassometimes led to controersy as to @hether these selectors are biased to@ardstheir Lones!9&':

he crrent chairman of 3election 0ommittee is 3andeep Patil! Roger Ainny, 1ikramRathore, 3aba 2arim and Rainder Gans are the other members of the selectioncommittee9&&: @hose terms started in 3eptember '7$' @ith A00I holding the rightsfor a one-year eCtension!

eam colors

3ince colors hae made their @ay into international cricket, the Indian cricket teamhas chosen ble as their primary color and hae @orn one or the other shade of

ble! he ble color of their niform has also earned them the nickname of "Men inAle"! With the adent of the World 3eries 0p in the $%?7s, each team @as to dona primary and secondary color on their niforms! he Indian team elected to @earlight-ble as their primary color and yello@ as their secondary color! en dringthe $%%% 0ricket World 0p the secondary color on the Indian cricket team+sclothing has been yello@! Go@eer, this has since been remoed and replaced @iththe tricolor! Go@eer, in the past the Indian 54I otBts @ere changed to diEerentshades of ble, mostly darker than the crrent,9citation needed: and the teamdonned prple dring $%%', and then the sky ble color for the neCt decade! Indianteam has got a ne@ kit from '77% @hich is feroLa ble @ith India @ritten on it inorange!9&8: 0rrently, from 5ctober '7$7, the team is once again sing a light ble

shade thogh not as light as the preios sky ble one, @ith India @ritten in orange,and shades of the tricolor at the sides! he kit sponsor for the Indian cricket teamis Jike, @hich in '77 boght the kit rights in a Q'?!' million contract @ith A00I!9&:

4e to their loe for ble color Jike @ith Aoard for 0ontrol of 0ricket in Indialanched the mega campaign called "Aleed Ale" for the spport of Indian team in'7$$ I00 0ricket World 0p @hich trned ot to be a hge sccess and people oerthe internet and places adopted this to cheer for India!9&D:

; ne@ ltramarine ble colored ersey of the one-day cricket team @as released on'7 5ctober '7$7!9&?: for the pcoming tors and I00 0ricket World 0p, the erseyhas been designed by team+s apparel and kit sponsor Jike! Preiosly, the Indiancricket team has @orn a darker shade of ble and before that the team has @orn skyble! he ertical tricolor band has been made on both sides in comparison to stone side in preios shirt! he 3;R India, the ocial team sponsor logo is on thecentral part of the ersey (aboe orange colored IJ4I; logo and on the right armJike logo is isible! he name and ersey nmber of the player is printed in orange



at the back @hile on the chest the logo of A00I is on the left side and the I00 0ricketWorld 0p '7$$ logo in @hite can be seen on the right side! he one-day cap @asalso sky ble @ith the A00I logo on the front!

When playing Brst-class cricket, in addition to their cricket @hites, Indian Belderssometimes @ear a snhat, @hich is dark ble and has a @ide brim, @ith the A00Ilogo in the middle of the front of the hat! Gelmets are colored similarly! 3omeplayers sport the Indian ag on their helmet! he crrent kit sponsor for the Indianteam is Jike, Inc! and crrent team sponsor is 3;R India!

International gronds

Main articleH *ist of international cricket gronds in India

India national cricket team is located in India AarabatiAarabati WankhedeWankhede

Araborne><ymkhanaAraborne><ymkhana den <ardens den <ardens FeroL 3hah2otlaFeroL 3hah 2otla <andhi<andhi <reen Park<reen Park243A>Oniersity243A>Oniersity *A 3hastri*A 3hastri Rai <andhi 3tadimRai<andhi 3tadim M 0hinnas@amyM 0hinnas@amy M;0M;0 JehrJehr P0;P0;3ardar Patel3ardar Patel 3a@ai Mansingh3a@ai Mansingh 3ector $D 3ector $D1idarbha 0;1idarbha 0;

*ocations of all stadims @hich hae hosted a est match @ithin India

here are nmeros @orld-reno@ned cricket stadims located in India! Most grondsare nder the administration of arios 3tate 0ricket Aoards as opposed to beingnder the control of the A00I! he Aombay <ymkhana @as the Brst grond in India

to host a fll-scale cricket match featring an Indian cricket team! his @as bet@eenthe Parsis and the ropeans in $.??! he Brst stadim to host a est match in India@as also the <ymkhana <rond in Aombay in $%&&, the only est it eer hosted! hesecond and third ests in the $%&& series @ere hosted at den <ardens and0hepak! he FeroL 3hah 2otla in 4elhi @as the Brst stadim to host a est matchafter independence, a dra@ against the West Indies in $%8., the Brst of a -estseries! '$ stadims in India hae hosted at least one ocial est match! In recentyears, there has been an increase in the nmber of @orld-class cricket stadims inIndia, @ith mltiple est enes in *ckno@, 0handigarh (P0; 6 3ector $D), 0hennai,Mmbai, Gyderabad and Jagpr!

den <ardens in 2olkata has hosted the most ests, and also has the largest seatingcapacity of any cricket stadim in the @orld, being capable of holding more than%7,777 spectators!9&.: Fonded in $.D8, it is one of the most historical stadims inIndia, haing hosted nmeros historical and controersial matches!9&%: 5thermaor stadims in India inclde the FeroL 3hah 2otla, @hich @as established in $..&and hosted memorable matches inclding ;nil 2mble+s ten @ickets in an innings



hal against Pakistan! For the last t@o years, the grond has been ndergoingrenoation!987:

he Aombay <ymkhana hosted the Brst eer est match in India @hich is the only

est it has hosted to date! Wankhede 3tadim, established in $%?8, has a capacityto hold &&,777 spectators and is crrently the most poplar ene in the city! It hashosted '$ est matches! It @as the nocial sccessor of the Araborne 3tadim,@hich is also located in Mmbai! Mmbai is often considered the cricketing capital of India becase of its fans and the talent it prodces (see Mmbai cricket team) andths the stadim reglarly hosts maor est matches!98$: he M! ;! 0hidambaram3tadim in 0hepak is also considered to be an important historical Indian cricketgrond, established in the early $%77s it @as the site of India+s Brst est ictory!98':

3tadim 0ity est matches Ref

den <ardens 2olkata &. 98&:

FeroL 3hah 2otla <rond 4elhi &$ 988:

M! ;! 0hidambaram 3tadim 0hepak, 0hennai &$ 98:

Wankhede 3tadimMmbai '& 98D:

<reen Park 2anpr '$ 98?:

M! 0hinnas@amy 3tadimAangalore '7 98.:

Araborne 3tadim Mmbai $. 98%:

3ardar Patel 3tadim (<arat) Motera, ;hmedabad $' 97:

Pnab 0ricket ;ssociation 3tadim Mohali, Pnab $7 9$:

Jehr 3tadim 0hennai % 9':

1idarbha 0!;! 3tadim Jagpr & 9&:

*al Aahadr 3hastri 3tadim Gyderabad & 98:

Rai <andhi 3tadim Gyderabad & 9:

Aarabati 3tadim 0ttack ' 9D:

Aombay <ymkhana Mmbai $ 9?:

<andhi 3tadim /alandhar, (Pnab) $ 9.:

2! 4! 3ingh Aab 3tadim*ckno@ $ 9%:

3a@ai Mansingh 3tadim /aipr $ 9D7:

3ector $D 3tadim 0handigarh, (Pnab) $ 9D$:



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0aptains

Main articleH *ist of India national cricket captains

@enty-eight men hae captained the Indian cricket team in at least one est match,

althogh only siC hae led the team in more than ' matches, and Be haecaptained the team in 54Is bt not ests! India+s Brst captain @as 02 Jayd, @holed the team in for matches against nglandH one in ngland in $%&' and a seriesof three matches at home in $%&&-&8! *ala ;marnath, India+s forth captain, led theteam in its Brst est match after Indian independence! Ge also captained the side toits Brst est ictory and Brst series @in, both in a three-match series at homeagainst Pakistan in $%'-&! From $%' ntil $%D$-D', India had a nmber ofcaptains sch as 1iay GaLare, Polly Omrigar and Jari 0ontractor!

he Ja@ab of Patadi, Mansoor ;li 2han Patadi, @as the team+s captain for &D est

matches from $%D$-D' to $%D%-?7, retrning for another for matches against WestIndies in $%?8-?! In the early years of his captaincy tenre, the team @as@hite@ashed in the West Indies, ngland and ;stralia! Go@eer, in $%D?-D.,Patadi led India on its maiden Je@ Kealand tor, @hich ended in India @inning the

est series &-$! In $%?7-?$, ;it Wadekar took oer the captaincy from Patadi!Onder Wadekar+s captaincy, India registered its Brst est series @ins in the WestIndies and ngland! India played its Brst 54I in $%?8, also nder his captaincy! India@on its Brst 54I nder the captaincy of 3riniasaraghaan 1enkataraghaan in the$%? 0ricket World 0p, against ast ;frica! Aet@een $%?-?D and $%?.?%, Aishen3ingh Aedi captained the team in '' ests and 8 54Is, @inning D ests and one 54I!

2apil 4e led the Indian team to ictory at the $%.& World 0p!

3nil <aaskar took oer as est and 54I captain in $%?.-?%, leading India in 8? est matches and &. 54Is, @inning % ests and $8 54Is! Ge @as scceeded by 2apil4e in the $%.7s, @ho contined for &8 est matches, inclding 8 ictories! 2apil4e led India to ictory in 87 of his ?8 54Is in charge, inclding the $%.& 0ricketWorld 0p! 2apil 4e also captained India+s '-7 est series ictory in ngland in$%.D! Aet@een $%.?-.. and $%.%-%7, India had three captains in 4ilip 1engsarkar,Rai 3hastri and 2rishnamachari 3rikkanth! 1engsarkar took oer the captaincy from

2apil 4e after the $%.? 0ricket World 0p! ;lthogh he started @ith t@o centriesin his Brst series as captain, his captaincy period @as trblent9citation needed: andhe lost the ob follo@ing a disastros tor of the West Indies in early-$%.% and astand-oE @ith the Indian cricket board (A00I)!

India has had siC reglar est captains since Mohammad ;Lharddin took charge in$%.%! ;Lharddin led the team in 8? est matches from $%.%-%7 to $%%.-%%,



@inning $8, and in $?& 54Is, @inning .%! Ge @as follo@ed by 3achin endlkar, @hocaptained the team in ' est matches and ?& 54Is in the late $%%7s= endlkar@as relatiely nsccessfl9D&:9D8: as a captain, @inning only 8 est matches and'& 54Is! Ge @as replaced as 54I captain by ;ay /adea and then by 3ora<angly!

Mahendra 3ingh 4honi holds the record for most ests @ins ('?) by an Indiancaptain!

<angly became the reglar captain of the team in both ests and 54Is in '777! Geremained captain ntil '77-7D and became the then most sccessfl Indiancaptain, @inning '$ of his 8% est matches in charge and ?& of his $8$ 54Is! Onderhis captaincy, India became the oint-@inners of the '77' I00 0hampions rophy@ith 3ri *anka, and the rnners-p of the '77& 0ricket World 0p! India lost only

three ests at home nder <angly and managed to dra@ est series in ngland and;stralia! Rahl 4raid took oer as est captain in '77! In '77D, he led India to itsBrst est series ictory in the West Indies in more than &7 years! In 3eptember '77?,Mahendra 3ingh 4honi @as named as the ne@ captain of the 54I and '7I teams,after 4raid stepped do@n from the post! 3oon after taking p the captaincy, 4honiled the team to the inagral World @enty'7 title! ;nil 2mble @as appointed estcaptain in Joember '77?, bt retired from international cricket in Joember '77.after captaining in $8 ests! 4honi scceeded him as the est captain, making himthe captain in all formats! Onder the captaincy of 4honi, the Indian team held thenmber one position in the est rankings for '$ months (from Joember '77% to;gst '7$$), and set a national record for most back-to-back 54I @ins (ninestraight @ins)!9D: 4honi also led the team to ictory in '7$$ 0ricket World 0p and'7$& I00 0hampions rophy! Go@eer, the team performed poorly in a@ay estsfrom '7$$ to '7$8! 4honi retired from est cricket in 4ecember '7$8, and 1irat2ohli @as named his sccessor!

Personnel

3#ad

his lists all the players @ho hae played for India in the past $' months and theforms in @hich they hae played! 0orrect as of $ 3eptember '7$!

2ey

0>< S 0ontract grade

3>J S 3hirt nmber



Jame ;ge Aatting styleAo@ling style 4omestic team Kone 0><9DD:Forms 3>J

est captain, 54I 6 '7I ice-captain and middle-order batsman

1irat 2ohli 'D Right-handed Right medim 4elhi Jorth ; est,

54I, '7I $.54I 6 '7I captain, middle-order batsman and @icket-keeper

Mahendra 3ingh 4honi &8 Right-handed Right medim /harkhandast ; 54I, '7I ?

5pening batsmen

3hikhar 4ha@an '% *eft-handed 5E break 4elhi Jorth A est, 54I, '7I '

2* Rahl '& Right-handed 5E break 2arnataka 3oth 0 est

Robin Othappa '% Right-handed Right medim 2arnataka 3oth0 54I, '7I &?

Mrali 1iay &$ Right-handed 5E break amil Jad 3oth A est,54I, '7I .

Middle-order batsmen

2edar /adha &7 Right-handed 5E break Maharashtra West 054I, '7I $.

Manish Pandey 'D Right-handed 5E break 2arnataka 3oth 054I, '7I $

0hetesh@ar Para '? Right-handed *eg break 3arashtra West A est $D

;inkya Rahane '? Right-handed Right medim Mmbai WestA est, 54I, '7I '?

3resh Raina '. *eft-handed 5E break Ottar Pradesh 0entral; est, 54I, '7I &

;mbati Rayd &7 Right-handed 5E break Aaroda West A54I, '7I

Rohit 3harma '. Right-handed 5E break Mmbai West A est, 54I 8

Mano i@ary '% Right-handed *eg break Aengal ast 054I %

;ll-ronders



3tart Ainny &$ Right-handed Right medim 2arnataka 3oth 054I, '7I .8

Raindra /adea 'D *eft-handed 3lo@ left arm 3arashtra West A54I, '7I .

;Car Patel '$ *eft-handed 3lo@ left arm <arat West 0 54I, '7I '7

2arn 3harma'? Right-handed *eg break Rail@ays 0entral 0 est, 54I, '7I &&

Wicket-keepers

Wriddhiman 3aha &7 Right-handed Aengal ast 0 est,54I '8

Jaman 5ha &' Right-handed Madhya Pradesh 0entral 0 est, 54I &7

Pace bo@lers

1arn ;aron ' Right-handed Right fast /harkhand ast 0 est,54I '%

4ha@al 2lkarni 'D Right-handed Right medim-fast Mmbai Jorth0 54I %$

Ahnesh@ar 2mar '8 Right-handed Right medim-fast OttarPradesh 0entral ; est, 54I, '7I $

Mohammed 3hami ' Right-handed Right fast-medim Aengal ast

A est, 54I, '7I $$Ishant 3harma '? Right-handed Right fast-medim 4elhi Jorth A

est, 54I $

Mohit 3harma '? Right-handed Right medim-fast Garyana Jorth0 54I, '7I D

3andeep 3harma '' Right-handed Right medim-fast Pnab Jorth0 '7I DD

Omesh ada '? Right-handed Right fast 1idarbha 0entralA est, 54I $%

3pin bo@lers

Raichandran ;sh@in '% Right-handed 5E break amil Jad 3oth; est, 54I, '7I %%

;mit Mishra &' Right-handed *eg break Garyana Jorth 0 est,54I %



Garbhaan 3ingh & Right-handed 5E break Pnab Jorth 0 est, 54I, '7I &

Players @ith a central contract @ho hae not played for India in the past $' monthsHPragyan 5ha (<rade A), 1inay 2mar (<rade 0), PareL Rasool (<rade 0), 3an3amson (<rade 0), Panka 3ingh (<rade 0), 2ldeep ada (<rade 0)

he A00I a@ards central contracts to its players, its pay graded according to theimportance of the player! Players+ salaries are as follo@sH

<rade ; T$ crore per annm (Q$.,777)

<rade A T7 lakh per annm (Q?%,777)

<rade 0 T' lakh per annm (Q&%,777)

0oaching staE

eam directorH Rai 3hastri9D?:

Gead coachH 1acant

;ssistant coachH 3anay Aangar

Ao@ling coachH Aharat ;rn

Fielding coachH R 3ridhar

ornament history

3ee alsoH India at the 0ricket World 0p

World 0p record

Gost ear RondPosition <P W * JR

ngland $%? Rond $ D>. & $ ' 7 7

ngland $%?% Rond $ ?>. & 7 & 7 7

ngland $%.& 0hampions $>. . D ' 7 7

India>Pakistan $%.? 3emi-Bnals 8>. ? ' 7 7

;stralia>Je@ Kealand $%%' Rond $ ?>% . ' 7 $India>Pakistan>3ri *anka $%%D 3emi-Bnals 8>$' ? 8 & 7 7

ngland $%%% R' (3per Ds) D>$' . 8 8 7 7

3oth ;frica>Kimbab@e>2enya '77& Rnners-p '>$8 $$ % ' 77

West Indies '77? Rond $ $7>$D & $ ' 7 7



India>3ri *anka>Aangladesh '7$$ 0hampions $>$8 % ? $ $7

;stralia>Je@ Kealand '7$ 3emi-Bnals &>$8 . ? $ 7 7

ngland '7$% -

India '7'& -

otal $'>$' ' titles ? 8D '? $ $

World @enty'7 record

Gost ear RondPosition <P W * JR

3oth ;frica '77? 0hampions $>$' ? 8 $ $ $

ngland '77% 3per .s ?>$' ' & 7 7

West Indies '7$7 3per .s .>$' ' & 7 7

3ri *anka '7$' 3per .s >$' 8 $ 7 7

Aangladesh '7$8 Rnners-p '>$D D $ 7 7

India '7$D - - - - - - -

otal D>D $ title '. $? % $ $

5ther Maor ornaments

I00 0hampions rophy ;sia 0p

$%%.H 3emi-Bnals

'777H Rnners-p

'77'H /oint 0hampions @ith 3ri *anka

'778H Rond $

'77DH Rond $

'77%H Rond $

'7$&H 0hampions

$%.8H 0hampions

$%.DH Aoycott

$%..H 0hampions

$%%7>$%%$H 0hampions

$%%H 0hampions

$%%?H Rnners-p



'777H &rd place

'778H Rnners-p

'77.H Rnners-p

'7$7H 0hampions

'7$'H &rd place

'7$8H &rd place

4efnct ornaments

0ommon@ealth <amesU ;sian est 0hampionship ;stral-;sia 0p World0hampionship of 0ricket

$%%.H Rond $

$%%%H &rd place

'77$H Aoycott

$%.DH Rnners-p

$%%7H Rond $

$%%8H Rnners-p

$%. World 0hampionship of 0ricketH 0hampions

U0ricket @as played only at the $%%. 0ommon@ealth <ames! Uhe Indian team that@on the $%. World 0hampionship of 0ricket @as addged by Wisden as the +eamof the 0entry+!

Indiidal records

3achin endlkar celebrates his &.th est centry dring a match against ;straliain '77.! endlkar holds mltiple @orld records inclding the @orld+s leading rn-scorer and centry maker in both ests and 54Is!9D.:

Main articleH Indian cricket team records

3ee alsoH *ist of Indian est cricketers and *ist of Indian 54I cricketers

3achin endlkar, @ho began playing for India as a $D-year-old in $%.% and hassince become the most proliBc rn-scorer in the history of both est and 54I cricket,is easily the batsman @ith the most national achieements! Ge holds the record ofmost appearances in both ests and 54Is, most rns in both ests and 54Is andmost centries in ests and 54Is! he highest score by an Indian is the &$% scoredby 1irender 3eh@ag in 0hennai! It is the second triple centry in est cricket by anIndian, the Brst being a &7% also made by 3eh@ag althogh against Pakistan! he



team+s highest eer score @as a ?'D>% against 3ri *anka at Araborne 3tadim,Mmbai in '77%, @hile its lo@est @as 8' against ngland in $%?8! In 54Is, theteam+s highest is 8$.> against West Indies at Indore in '7$$$'! India score 8$&in a match against Aermda in '77? World 0p @hich is the highest score eer in0ricket World 0p history! In the same match, India set a @orld record of the highest

@inning margin of '? rns in an 54I match!

India also has had some ery strong bo@ling Bgres, @ith spin bo@ler ;nil 2mblebeing a member of the elite grop of & bo@lers @ho hae taken D77 est @ickets! In$%%%, ;nil 2mble emlated /im *aker to become the second bo@ler to take all ten@ickets in a est match innings @hen he took $7 @ickets for ?8 rns againstPakistan at the FeroL 3hah 2otla in 4elhi!

Many of the Indian cricket team+s records are also @orld records, for eCample 3achin

endlkar+s centry tally (in ests and 54Is) and rn tally (also in both ests and54Is)! Mahendra 3ingh 4honi+s $.& not ot against 3ri *anka in '77 is the @orldrecord score by a @icketkeeper in 54Is! he Indian cricket team also holds therecord se#ence of $? sccessfl rn-chases in 54Is,9D%: @hich ended in a dramaticmatch against the West Indies in May '77D, @hich India lost by st $ rn @hen

ra 3ingh @as bo@led by 4@ayne Arao+s fll toss!

3achin endlkar @as the Brst batsman to score '77 rns (Ge @as nbeaten at '77@hich he achieed from $8? delieries) ('C8 V &CD), in a single innings, in an 54Ion '8 Febrary '7$7 against 3oth ;frica in <@alior! 5n . 4ecember '7$$, this

achieement @as eclipsed by compatriot 1irender 3eh@ag, @ho scored '$% rnsfrom $8% delieries ('C8 V ?CD) erss West Indies in Indore, making the 54Idoble centry clb eCclsiely Indian! 5n $& Joember '7$8 the record @asbroken by another Indian opening batsmen Rohit 3harma @hen he scored 'D8 rnsfrom $?& delieries (&&C8 V %CD) against 3ri *anka in 2olkata!

3tatistics

Main articleH India national cricket team record by opponent

ests

est record erss other nations9?7:

s est nations

5pponent M W * 4 W>* Ratio

;stralia %7 '8 87 $ ' 7!D7



Aangladesh . D 7 7 '

ngland $$' '$ 8& 7 8. 7!8.

Je@ Kealand 8 $. $7 7 'D $!.7

Pakistan % % $' 7 &. 7!?

3oth ;frica'% ? $& 7 % 7!&

3ri *anka &. $D ? 7 $ '!'.

West Indies %7 $D &7 7 88 7!&

Kimbab@e $$ ? ' 7 ' &!7

otal 8%$ $'8 $? $ '7% 7!?.

Most est rns for India9?$:

PlayerRns ;erage

3achin endlkar $,%'$ &!?.

Rahl 4raid$&,'D '!D&

3nil <aaskar $7,$'' $!$'

113 *aCman .,?.$ 8!%?

1irender 3eh@ag .,7& 8%!8&

3ora <angly ?,'$' 8'!$?

4ilip 1engsarkar D,.D. 8'!$&

Mohammad ;Lharddin D,'$ 8!7&

<ndappa 1ish@anath D,7.7 8$!%&

2apil 4e ,'8. &$!7

Most est @ickets for India9?':

PlayerWickets ;erage

;nil 2mble D$% '%!D

2apil 4e 8&8 '%!D8

Garbhaan 3ingh 8$? &'!8D

Kaheer 2han&$$ &'!%8

Aishen 3ingh Aedi 'DD '.!?$



Ahag@at 0handrasekhar '8' '%!?8

/aagal 3rinath '&D &7!8%

Ishant 3harma '77 &D!$

rapalli Prasanna $.% &7!&.

1inoo Mankad $D' &'!&'

5ne-4ay Internationals

54I record erss other nations9?&:

5pponent M W * JR Win

;fghanistan $ $ 7 7 7 $77

;stralia $$. 87 D. 7 $7 &?!7&

Aangladesh &' 'D 7 $ .&!.?

Aermda $ $ 7 7 7 $77

ast ;frica $ $ 7 7 7 $77

ngland %& 7 &. ' & D!DD

Gong 2ong $ $ 7 7 7 $77

Ireland & & 7 7 7 $77

2enya $& $$ ' 7 7 .8!D$

Jamibia $ $ 7 7 7 $77

Jetherlands' ' 7 7 7 $77

Je@ Kealand %& 8D 8$ $ '!.8

Pakistan $'? $ ?' 7 8 8$!8D

3cotland $ $ 7 7 7 $77!77

3oth ;frica?$ 'D 8' 7 ' &.!'&

3ri *anka $8% .& 8 $ $$ D7!7

Onited ;rab mirates & & 7 7 7 $77!77

West Indies $$D & D7 $ ' 8D!%'

Kimbab@e D7 8. $7 ' 7 .$!DD

otal ..D 88. &%' ? &7 &!&7

he reslt percentage eCcldes no reslts and conts ties as half a @in



Most 54I rns for India9?8:

PlayerRns ;erage

3achin endlkar $.,8'D 88!.&

3ora <angly $$,''$ 87!%

Rahl 4raid$7,?D. &%!$

Mohammad ;Lharddin %&?. &D!%'

M3 4honi .88D $!.$

ra 3ingh .'&? &D!'.

1irender 3eh@ag ?%% &!&?

1irat 2ohli D.D 7!DD

3resh Raina 77 &D!$.

;ay /adea &% &?!8?

<atam <ambhir '&. &%!D.

Most 54I @ickets for India9?:


;nil 2mble &&8 &7!.&

/aagal 3rinath &$ '.!7.

;it ;garkar '.. '?!.

Kaheer 2han'D% &7!$$

Garbhaan 3ingh '% &&!8&

2apil 4e '& '?!8

1enkatesh Prasad $%D &'!&7

Irfan Pathan $?& '%!?'

Mano Prabhakar $? '.!.?

;shish Jehra $ &$!D7

@enty'7 Internationals

'7I record erss other nations9?D:



5pponent M W * JR Win

;fghanistan ' ' 7 7 7 $77

;stralia % 8 7 7 !

Aangladesh ' ' 7 7 7 $77

ngland . & 7 7 &?!7

Ireland $ $ 7 7 7 $77

Je@ Kealand 8 7 8 7 7 7

Pakistan D 8 $ $ 7 ?!77

3cotland $ 7 7 7 $

3oth ;frica. D ' 7 7 ?!77

3ri *anka D & & 7 7 7!77

West Indies 8 ' ' 7 7 7!77

Kimbab@e 8 & $ 7 7 ?!77

otal &$ '' $ $ .!&&

Most '7I rns for India9??:

PlayerRns ;erage

1irat 2ohli %?' 8D!'.

ra 3ingh %D. &$!''

3resh Raina %8? &'!D

<atam <ambhir %&' '?!8$

M3 4honi .8% &&!%D

Most '7I @ickets for India9?.:


Irfan Pathan '. ''!7?

R ;sh@in ' '?!.7

ra 3ingh '& $D!?.

Garbhaan 3ingh '' 'D!78

;shok 4inda $? $8!8$



Players in bold teCt are still actie @ith India!

Fan follo@ing

Main articleH 0ricket in India

3pporters of the Indian cricket team @ae the Indian ag dring match bet@eenIndia and ;stralia at the Melborne 0ricket <rond!

4e to large Indian diaspora in nations like ;stralia, 3oth ;frica, and ngland, alarge Indian fan trnot is eCpected @heneer India plays in each of these nations!

here hae been a nmber of ocial fan grops that hae been formed oer theyears, inclding the 3@ami ;rmy or Aharat ;rmy,9?%: the Indian e#ialent of the

Aarmy ;rmy, that @ere ery actie in their spport @hen India tored ;stralia in'77&>'778! hey are kno@n to attribte a nmber of poplar Indian songs to thecricket team!9.7:

3dhir 2mar 0hadhary a fan of the Indian 0ricket team, traels to all Indian homegames @ith his body painted as the Indian Flag!

Fan rialry and cross-border tension has created a strong rialry bet@een the Indiancricket team and the Pakistani cricket team! ! In tors bet@een these t@o nations,

cricket isas are often employed to accommodate for the tens of thosands of fans@ishing to cross the border to @atch cricket! his intense fan dedication is one ofthe maor cases of the Indian 0ricket Aoard+s (A00I) Bnancial sccess!9.$:

Go@eer, there are do@nsides to haing sch a cricket-loing poplation! ManyIndians hold cricket ery close to their hearts and losses are not receied @ell by theIndian poplation! In some cases, particlarly after losses to Pakistan or after a longstring of @eak performances, there hae been reports of player egies being brntin the streets and andalism of player homes!9.': In many cases, players haecome nder intense attention from the media for negatie reasons, this has been

considered as one of the reasons for 3ora <angly being left ot of the Indianteam! ;t times, @hen a match is srronded by controersy, it has reslted in adebacle! For eCample, @hen India slid to defeat against ;stralia at Araborne3tadim in $%D%, fans began thro@ing stones and bottles onto the Beld as @ell assetting Bre to the stands, before laying siege to the ;stralian dressing rooms!4ring the same tor, a stampede occrred at den <ardens @hen tickets @ereoersold and India fell to another loss= the ;stralian team bs @as later stoned@ith bricks!9.&: ; similar eent occrred dring the $%%D 0ricket World 0p, @here



India @ere losing the semi-Bnal to 3ri *anka at den <ardens! In this case, the fanbehaior @as directed at the Indian team in disappointment at their lacklstreperformance! ;n armed gard had to be placed at the home of captain Mohammad;Lharddin to ensre his safety!9.&: Indian fans hae also been passionate in theirfollo@ing of 3achin endlkar, @ho has been commonly thoght of as one of the

best batsmen in the @orld! <loriBed for the blk of his career, a riot occrred inearly $%%% in a est against Pakistan at den <ardens after a collision @ith Pakistanipaceman 3hoaib ;khtar sa@ him rn ot, forcing police to eect spectators and thegame to be played in an empty stadim! ;lthogh in '77D, a string of lo@ scoresreslted in endlkar being booed by the Mmbai cro@d @hen he got ot againstngland9.8:

5ften, fans engage in protests regarding players if they beliee that regionalism hasaEected selection, or becase of regional partisan spport for local players! In '77,@hen 3ora <angly @as dropped de to lack of form, <angly+s home state ofWest Aengal erpted in protests!9.: India later played a match against 3oth ;fricain 2olkata, West Aengal! he Indian team @as booed by the Aengali cro@d @hospported 3oth ;frica instead of India in response to <angly+s dropping! 3imilarregional diisions in India regarding selection hae also cased protests against theteam, @ith political actiists from the regional 2alinga 2amgar 3ena party in 5dishadisrpting the arrial of the team in 0ttack for an 54I oer the lack of a localplayer in the team, @ith one actiist manhandling coach <reg 0happell!9.D: 3imilartreatment @as handed to India+s Marathi captain 3nil <aaskar in the $%.7s byAengali cro@ds, @ith consectie ests in 0alctta re#iring police interention deto cro@d rioting!9.8:

Go@eer, it shold be noted that a sccessfl string of reslts, ictories againstarch-rials Pakistan or ictory in maor tornaments sch as the World 0p aregreeted @ith particlar ecstasy from the Indian fans!9.?:

Indian @omen+s cricket team

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challenged and remoed! (/ly '7$)ight female cricketers stand on a Beld! @o players are in red practice erseys=three other players in red erseys are facing to@ard them= a player in a ble shirt isfacing a@ay and hides another player in a ble game shirt! In the pper left corneris a fan @ith an Indian ag!

Members of the Indian cricket team before a Women+s 0ricket World 0p game in3ydney



Main articleH India national @omen+s cricket team

he Indian @omen+s cricket team has a mch lo@er proBle than the men+s team! Forall national @omen+s cricket teams, the female players are paid mch less theirmale conterparts, and the @omen+s teams do not receie as mch poplar spportor recognition as the men+s team! he @omen+s teams also hae a less packed

schedle compared to men+s teams and play fe@er matches! he Indian @omen+scricket team played its Brst est match in $%?D>?, @hen they dre@ @ith the WestIndies in a siC-match series!

he Women+s 0ricket World 0p @as held in India in $%?. and featred 8 teams!India lost both the matches they hae played! heir neCt appearance in the est and54I circit @as against ;stralia in $%.8, in @hich the est series @as tied bt the54I series @as lost in a @hite@ash!

he Indian @omen+s cricket team has since picked p their form, reaching the Bnalsin the last World 0p, bt then losing to ;stralia! he Women+s ;sia 0p of '777D @as @on by India, @ho beat 3ri *anka in the Bnal! hey also beat the West Indiesin the '7787 season, @inning the 54I series 7!

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/mp p X "Records > est matches > eam records > Reslts smmary"!espncricinfo!com!

/mp p X "; brief history of Indian domestic cricket V 0ricket Je@s V India V 3PJ0ricinfo"! 0ontent-@@@!cricinfo!com! $ /anary $%?7! Retrieed '7 4ecember '7$7!

/mp p X 9$:9dead link: /mp p X "India Reslts 3mmary from $%&'$%.'"! 0ricinfo 3tats <r!Retrieed $8 5ctober '77D!

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X /mp p toH a b "0ricket and Politics in 0olonial India"! Ramachandra <ha! $%%.!Retrieed '7 3eptember '77D!9dead link:

/mp p X "India in ngland, $%$$"! 0ricket ;rchie! Retrieed '$ 3eptember '77D!

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/mp p X "India in ngland, $%&'"! 0ricinfo! Retrieed '7 3eptember '77D!

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/mp p X "est reslts smmary"! 0ricinfo! Retrieed $? 4ecember '7$'!

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/mp p X "M; 0hidambaram 3tadimest matches"! cricinfo!com! Retrieed '7Joember '7$'!

/mp p X "Wankhede 3tadim est matches"! cricinfo!com! Retrieed 'D Joember'7$'!

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/mp p X "M!0hinnas@amy 3tadimest matches"! cricinfo!com! Retrieed '7Joember '7$'!

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/mp p X "3ardar Patel (<arat) 3tadim est matches"! cricinfo!com! Retrieed

'7 Joember '7$'! /mp p X "Pnab 0!;! 3tadimest matches"! cricinfo!com! Retrieed '7Joember '7$'!

/mp p X "Jehr 3tadimest matches"! cricinfo!com! Retrieed '7 Joember'7$'!

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/mp p X "*al Aahadr 3hastri 3tadim est matches"! cricinfo!com! Retrieed '7Joember '7$'!

/mp p X "Rai <andhi International 3tadim est matches"! cricinfo!com!Retrieed '7 Joember '7$'!

/mp p X "Aarabati 3tadimest matches"! cricinfo!com! Retrieed '7 Joember'7$'!

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/mp p X "<andhi 3tadim est matches"! cricinfo!com! Retrieed '7 Joember'7$'!

/mp p X "2!4!3ingh +Aab+ 3tadimest matches"! cricinfo!com! Retrieed '7Joember '7$'!

/mp p X "3a@ai Mansingh 3tadim est matches"! cricinfo!com! Retrieed '7Joember '7$'!

/mp p X "3ector $D 3tadim est matches"! cricinfo!com! Retrieed '7 Joember'7$'!



/mp p X "Oniersity <rond est matches"! cricinfo!com! Retrieed '7 Joember'7$'!

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/mp p X 3ri *anka denies India 7 rot by @inning Bnal cricket match9dead link:

/mp p X "Ahnesh@ar handed <rade ; contract"! 3PJcricinfo! '' 4ecember'7$8! Retrieed $7 /ly '7$!

/mp p X 3hastri named director of cricket for ngland 54Is

/mp p X "0ricinfo proBleH 3achin endlkar"! 0ontent-@@@!cricinfo!com! Retrieed'7 4ecember '7$7!

/mp p X "4raid res falty eCection"! 0ricinfo 3taE! Retrieed '$ 3eptember'77D!

/mp p X "est matches > eam records"! 0ricinfo!com! Retrieed $? 4ecember'7$'!

/mp p X "India est 0areer Aatting"! cricinfo!com! Retrieed $? 4ecember '7$'!

/mp p X "India est 0areer Ao@ling"! cricinfo!com! Retrieed '? Joember '7$'!

/mp p X "5ne-4ay Internationals > eam records"! 0ricinfo!com!

/mp p X "India 54I 0areer Aatting"! 0ricinfo!

/mp p X "Records > India > 5ne-4ay Internationals > Most @ickets"! 0ricinfo!com! /mp p X "@enty'7 Internationals > eam records"! 0ricinfo!com!

/mp p X "India @enty'7 Internationals 0areer Aatting"! 0ricinfo!

/mp p X "India @enty'7 Internationals 0areer Ao@ling"! 0ricinfo!

/mp p X "Aharat ;rmy Gistory"! @@@!bharat-army!com! Retrieed $ /ly '7$!

/mp p X "3@ami ;rmy Roars to Fll Aattle 0ry"! he ;ge Je@spaper (Melborne)!'. 4ecember '77&! Retrieed '$ 3eptember '77D!

/mp p X "$7,777 1isas for Pak 0ricket Fans"! he ribne, 0handigarh! Retrieed

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/mp p X "<angly+s 4ebt of <ratitde"! AA0 Je@s! '$ March '77&! Retrieed '$3eptember '77D!

X /mp p toH a b "I predict a riot"! ;ndre@ Miller and Martin Williamson! Retrieed'' 3eptember '77D!



X /mp p toH a b "3achin endlkar booed by Wankhede 0ro@d"! India 4aily! India4aily! Retrieed $ /anary '77D!

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/mp p X "3ecrity concerns oer Aarabati 3tadim+s ftre"! 0ricinfo! '8 /anary'77?! Retrieed ' /anary '77?!

/mp p X "he ntire Jation rpts @ith /oy"! he ribne, 0handigarh! Retrieed'7 3eptember '77D!

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