The Indian cricket team also known as Team India, Men in Blue, is the national cricket team of India under BCCI it is a the member of International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, ODI, T20 status. Although cricket was introduced to India by European merchant sailors in the 18th century, and the first cricket club was established in Calcutta in 1792. In its first fifty years of international cricket, India was one of the weaker teams, winning only 35 of the first 196 Test matches it played. From 1932 India had to wait until 1952, almost 20 years for its first TEST victory. The team, however, gained strength in the 1970s with the emergence of players such as batsmen Sunil Gavaskar and Gundappa Viswanath, all-rounder Kapil Dev and the Indian spin quartet namely Erapalli Prasanna,Srinivas Venkataraghavan, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar and Bishen Singh Bedi. Traditionally much stronger at home than abroad, the Indian team has improved its overseas form since the start of the 21st century, winning Test matches in Australia,England and South Africa. It has won the Cricket World Cup twice- in 1983 under the captaincy of Kapil Dev and in 2011 under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. After winning the 2011 World Cup, India became only the third team afterWest Indies and Australia to have won the World Cup more than once,and the first cricket team to win the World Cup at home. It has won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 and 2013 ICC Champions Trophy, under the captaincy of Dhoni. It was also the joint champions of 2002 ICC Champions Trophy, along with Sri Lanka.
Current squad
The Indian Cricket ODI, Test, and T20 Team List given below:-
ODI, T20Vice Captain: Virat Kohli
Test Team Captian: Virat Kohli
Team Coach: Anil Kumble
Name | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Grade | Forms | ||||
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (ODI, T20 C) | R- H | Right medium | A | ODI, T20 | ||||
Virat Kohli (Test- C, ODI, T20 VC) | R- H | Right medium | A | Test, ODI, T20 | ||||
Ajinkya Rahane | R- H | Right medium | A | Test, ODI, T20 | ||||
Ravichandran Ashwin | R- H | Off break | A | Test, ODI, T20 | ||||
Shikhar Dhawan | L-H | Off break | B | Test, ODI, T20 | ||||
KL Rahul | R- H | Off break | C | Test | ||||
Robin Uthappa | R- H | Right medium | – | ODI, T20 | ||||
Murali Vijay | R- H | Off break | B | Test, ODI, T20 | ||||
Kedar Jadhav | R- H | Off break | – | ODI, T20 | ||||
Cheteshwar Pujara | R- H | Leg break | B | Test | ||||
Suresh Raina | L-H | Off break | B | ODI, T20 | ||||
Ambati Rayudu | R- H | Off break | B | ODI, T20 | ||||
Rohit Sharma | R- H | Off break | B | Test, ODI, T20 | ||||
Gurkeerat Singh | R- H | Off break | – | ODI | ||||
Manoj Tiwary | R- H | Leg break | – | ODI | ||||
Stuart Binny | R- H | Right medium | C | Test, ODI, T20 | ||||
Rishi Dhawan | R- H | Right medium-fast | – | ODI | ||||
Ravindra Jadeja | L-H | Slow left arm | C | Test, ODI, T20 | ||||
Hardik Pandya | R- H | Right medium-fast | – | T20 | ||||
Axar Patel | L-H | Slow left arm | C | ODI, T20 | ||||
Yuvraj Singh | L-H | Slow left arm | – | T20 | ||||
Wriddhiman Saha | R- H | C | Test | |||||
Naman Ojha | R- H | – | Test | |||||
Varun Aaron | R- H | Right fast | C | Test | ||||
Sreenath Aravind | L-H | Left medium-fast | C | T20 | ||||
Jasprit Bumrah | R- H | Right medium-fast | – | ODI, T20 | ||||
Dhawal Kulkarni | R- H | Right medium-fast | C | ODI | ||||
Bhuvneshwar Kumar | R- H | Right medium-fast | B | Test, ODI, T20 | ||||
Ashish Nehra | R- H | Left medium-fast | – | T20 | ||||
Mohammed Shami | R- H | Right fast-medium | B | ODI | ||||
Ishant Sharma | R- H | Right fast-medium | B | Test, ODI | ||||
Mohit Sharma | R- H | Right medium-fast | C | ODI, T20 | ||||
Sandeep Sharma | R- H | Right medium-fast | – | T20 | ||||
Barinder Sran | L-H | Left medium-fast | – | ODI | ||||
Umesh Yadav | R- H | Right fast | B | Test, ODI | ||||
Amit Mishra | R- H | Leg break | C | Test, ODI | ||||
Harbhajan Singh | R- H | Off break | C | Test, ODI, T 20 | ||||
Coaching and support staff
Head coach: Anil Kumble
Batting coach: Sanjay Bangar
Fielding coach: Abhay Sharma
Physiotherapist: Patrick Farhart
Manager: Koka Ramesh
India | |
Test status acquired | 1932 |
First Test match | v England at Lord's,London, 25–28 June 1932 |
Captain | · M. S. Dhoni (ODI & T20) · Virat Kohli (Test) |
Coach | Anil Kumble |
Current ICC Test,ODI and T20I ranking | 503th (Test) 1st (Test) 3rd (ODI) 2nd (T20) |
All-time best ICCTest, ODI and T20Iranking | 1st(Test) 1st (ODI) 1st(T20I) [2] |
Test matches – This year (2016) | 503 8 |
Last Test match | v West Indies at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain; 18 - 22 August 2016 |
Wins/losses – This year | 129/157 2/0 |
As of 15 September 2016 | |
With satellite television and Sachin Tendulkar ruling over Indian hearts the 1990s, the popularity of cricket in the country reached new heights. India became a world-class team as giants of the stature of Anil Kumble and Rahul Dravid appeared on the scenario. In 2007 MS Dhoni led India to the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 title; four years later he ended India s 28-year quest for the World Cup. As things stand, the Indian Premier League plays a huge role in the financial market of world cricket. With a new star emerging in the form of Virat Kohli, one can only hope things get better from here.
Governing body
Governing body
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the governing body for the Indian cricket team and first-class cricket in India. The Board has been operating since 1929 and represents India at the International Cricket Council. It is amongst the richest sporting organisations in the world. It sold media rights for India's matches from 2006–2010 for US$612,000,000. It manages the Indian team's sponsorships, its future tours and team selection. The International Cricket Council determines India's upcoming matches through its future tours program. However, the BCCI, with its influential financial position in the cricketing world, has often challenged the ICC's program and called for more tours between India,Australia, Pakistan and England which are more likely to earn more revenue as opposed to tours with Bangladesh or Zimbabwe. In the past, the BCCI has also come into conflict with the ICC regarding sponsorships and the legitimacy of the ICC Champions Trophy.
Selection for the Indian cricket team occurs through the BCCI's zonal selection policy, where each of the five zones is represented with one selector and one of the members nominated by BCCI as the Chairman of the selection committee. This has sometimes led to controversy as to whether these selectors are biased towards their zones.
The current chairman of selection committee is Sandeep Patil. M. S. K. Prasad, Vikram Rathour, Saba Karim and Gagan Khoda are the other members of the selection committee.
History
The current chairman of selection committee is Sandeep Patil. M. S. K. Prasad, Vikram Rathour, Saba Karim and Gagan Khoda are the other members of the selection committee.
History
The British brought cricket to India in the early 1700s, with the first cricket match played in 1721.In 1848, the Parsi community in Bombay formed the Oriental Cricket Club, the first cricket club to be established by Indians. After slow beginnings, the Europeans eventually invited the Parsis to play a match in 1877. By 1912, the Parsis, Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims of Bombay played a quadrangular tournament with the Europeans every year. In the early 1900s, some Indians went on to play for the England 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 andDuleep Trophy – two major first-class tournaments in India. In 1911, an Indian team went on their first official tour of the British Isles, but only played English county teams and not the England cricket team.
During the 1980s, India developed a more attack-minded batting line-up with stroke makers such as the wristy Mohammed Azharuddin,Dilip Vengsarkar and all-rounder Ravi Shastri. India won the Cricket World Cup in 1983, defeating the favourites and two-time defending champions West Indies in the final, owing to a strong bowling performance.
The Indian cricket team made its Test cricket debut in 1932 and has since advanced to be among the top four test teams in the ICC rankings in each of 2005 to 2008. The team won the Cricket World Cup in 1983 and 2011.
Cricket's arrival in India came courtesy of English colonialists in the late 1700s. Calcutta Cricket Club was the first club, formed in 1792 for Europeans only. Indians soon began to play, however, with the game taking prominent hold in Bombay. The Parsees beat the Europeans in 1877 and subsequently toured England, though won only one game. By the late 1920s, India was keen to play Test cricket but had to persuade the ICC it was ready - and it needed a national organizing body, so the Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) was formed in 1928. India finally made its Test debut in 1932, after which a national competition followed in 1934, named the Ranji Trophy after KS Ranjitsinhji.
International Competition
India's triumph in the 1983 ICC Cricket World Cup is still talked about today. Its next success in a global tournament came in 2002 in the ICC Champions Trophy, when it was joint winners with Sri Lanka. Heavy rain forced the two finalists to abandon the game - the first such instance of a world cricket trophy being shared. India's cricketers were also heavily feted in 2007 when they won the first ICC World Twenty20 in their own right. They faced close rivals Pakistan in the final in a game watched by a global audience of 400 million people. Under Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India repeated the feat achieved in 1983, by winning the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 at home in Mumbai beating co-hosts Sri Lanka in the final, leading to wide celebrations across the country. India faced Sri Lanka again in the final of the ICC World Twenty20 in Bangladesh in 2014, where it lost by six wickets. Last year, India won the Champions Trophy in 2013 after beating England by five runs in a rain-truncated game.
Domestic Cricket
The premier domestic competition in India is the Ranji Trophy, founded in 1934, which has consisted of two leagues since 2002-03. It is the main first-class tournament, with teams largely from various states contesting the prize. The Duleep Trophy is also first-class, originally conceived to combat the predictability of the Ranji, while the Irani Trophy is held once a year, featuring a match between the Ranji champions and Rest of India. The Vijay Hazare and Deodhar Trophies are both one-day tournaments, while the Challenger Series comprises the top 36 players in India. The Indian Premier League (IPL) quickly established itself as the domestic tournament to play in for all of the world's leading cricketers, and aspiring young Indians. Rajasthan Royals were inaugural winners in 2008.
All-time Great
Sachin Tendulkar is undoubtedly India's great. Tendulkar feted the world over for his exceptional batting, not least in his home country of India where he graces billboards and TV advertisements, as well as owning a restaurant in his own name in his home city of Mumbai. Known as a complete batsman, his highest score in Tests is 248 not out and he has amassed more than 12,000 runs.
The addition of Sachin Tendulkar and Anil Kumble to the national side in 1989 and 1990 further improved the team. The following year,Javagal Srinath, India's fastest bowler sinceAmar Singh made his debut. Despite this, during the 1990s, India did not win any of its 33 Tests outside the subcontinent while it won 17 out of its 30 Tests at home. After being eliminated by neighbours Sri Lanka on home soil at the 1996 Cricket World Cup semifinal, the team underwent a year of change as Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid, later to become captains of the team, made their debut in the same Test at Lord's. Tendulkar replaced Azharuddin as captain in late 1996, but after a personal and team form slump, Tendulkar relinquished the captaincy and Azharuddin was reinstated at the beginning of 1998. With the captaincy burden removed, Tendulkar was the world's leading run-scorer in both Tests and ODIs, as India enjoyed a home Test series win over Australia, the best ranked team in the world. After failing to reach the semifinals at the 1999 Cricket World Cup, Tendulkar was again made captain, and had another poor run, losing 3–0 on a tour of Australia and then 2–0 at home to South Africa. Tendulkar resigned, vowing never to captain the team again. Ganguly was appointed the new captain and the team was further damaged in 2000 when former captain Azharuddin and fellow batsman Ajay Jadeja were implicated in a match-fixing scandal and given life and five years bans respectively. This period was described by the BBC as "the Indian cricket's worst hour". However, the new core – Tendulkar, Dravid, Kumble and Ganguly – swore not to let this happen to them again, and lead Indian cricket out of the dark times. And the first three put aside personal ambitions to let Ganguly lead them into a new era.
Since 2000, the Indian team underwent major improvements with the appointment of John Wright as India's first ever foreign coach. India maintained their unbeaten home record against Australia in Test series after defeating them in 2001. The series was famous for the Kolkata Test match, in which India became only the third team in the history of Test cricket to win a Test match after following on. Australian captain Steve Waugh labelled India as the "Final Frontier" as a result of his side's inability to win a Test series in India.Victory in 2001 against the Australians marked the beginning of a dream run for India under their captain Ganguly, winning Test matches in Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, West Indies and England. The England series is also known for India's highest ODI run-chase of 325 runs at Lord'swhich came in the Natwest ODI Series final against England. In the same year, India were joint-winners of the ICC Champions Trophy with Sri Lanka, and then went to the 2003 Cricket World Cup in South Africa where they reached the final only to be beaten by Australia. The 2003–04 season also saw India play out a Test series in Australia where they drew 1–1 with the world champions, and then win a Test and ODI series in Pakistan.
As of 29 February 2016, India is ranked second in Tests, fourth in ODIs and second inTwenty20 Internationals (T20Is) by the ICC. Virat Kohli is the current captain of the team in Tests while Dhoni is the ODI and T20I captain.
During the 1980s, India developed a more attack-minded batting line-up with stroke makers such as the wristy Mohammed Azharuddin,Dilip Vengsarkar and all-rounder Ravi Shastri. India won the Cricket World Cup in 1983, defeating the favourites and two-time defending champions West Indies in the final, owing to a strong bowling performance.
The Indian cricket team made its Test cricket debut in 1932 and has since advanced to be among the top four test teams in the ICC rankings in each of 2005 to 2008. The team won the Cricket World Cup in 1983 and 2011.
Cricket's arrival in India came courtesy of English colonialists in the late 1700s. Calcutta Cricket Club was the first club, formed in 1792 for Europeans only. Indians soon began to play, however, with the game taking prominent hold in Bombay. The Parsees beat the Europeans in 1877 and subsequently toured England, though won only one game. By the late 1920s, India was keen to play Test cricket but had to persuade the ICC it was ready - and it needed a national organizing body, so the Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) was formed in 1928. India finally made its Test debut in 1932, after which a national competition followed in 1934, named the Ranji Trophy after KS Ranjitsinhji.
International Competition
India's triumph in the 1983 ICC Cricket World Cup is still talked about today. Its next success in a global tournament came in 2002 in the ICC Champions Trophy, when it was joint winners with Sri Lanka. Heavy rain forced the two finalists to abandon the game - the first such instance of a world cricket trophy being shared. India's cricketers were also heavily feted in 2007 when they won the first ICC World Twenty20 in their own right. They faced close rivals Pakistan in the final in a game watched by a global audience of 400 million people. Under Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India repeated the feat achieved in 1983, by winning the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 at home in Mumbai beating co-hosts Sri Lanka in the final, leading to wide celebrations across the country. India faced Sri Lanka again in the final of the ICC World Twenty20 in Bangladesh in 2014, where it lost by six wickets. Last year, India won the Champions Trophy in 2013 after beating England by five runs in a rain-truncated game.
Domestic Cricket
The premier domestic competition in India is the Ranji Trophy, founded in 1934, which has consisted of two leagues since 2002-03. It is the main first-class tournament, with teams largely from various states contesting the prize. The Duleep Trophy is also first-class, originally conceived to combat the predictability of the Ranji, while the Irani Trophy is held once a year, featuring a match between the Ranji champions and Rest of India. The Vijay Hazare and Deodhar Trophies are both one-day tournaments, while the Challenger Series comprises the top 36 players in India. The Indian Premier League (IPL) quickly established itself as the domestic tournament to play in for all of the world's leading cricketers, and aspiring young Indians. Rajasthan Royals were inaugural winners in 2008.
All-time Great
Sachin Tendulkar is undoubtedly India's great. Tendulkar feted the world over for his exceptional batting, not least in his home country of India where he graces billboards and TV advertisements, as well as owning a restaurant in his own name in his home city of Mumbai. Known as a complete batsman, his highest score in Tests is 248 not out and he has amassed more than 12,000 runs.
The addition of Sachin Tendulkar and Anil Kumble to the national side in 1989 and 1990 further improved the team. The following year,Javagal Srinath, India's fastest bowler sinceAmar Singh made his debut. Despite this, during the 1990s, India did not win any of its 33 Tests outside the subcontinent while it won 17 out of its 30 Tests at home. After being eliminated by neighbours Sri Lanka on home soil at the 1996 Cricket World Cup semifinal, the team underwent a year of change as Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid, later to become captains of the team, made their debut in the same Test at Lord's. Tendulkar replaced Azharuddin as captain in late 1996, but after a personal and team form slump, Tendulkar relinquished the captaincy and Azharuddin was reinstated at the beginning of 1998. With the captaincy burden removed, Tendulkar was the world's leading run-scorer in both Tests and ODIs, as India enjoyed a home Test series win over Australia, the best ranked team in the world. After failing to reach the semifinals at the 1999 Cricket World Cup, Tendulkar was again made captain, and had another poor run, losing 3–0 on a tour of Australia and then 2–0 at home to South Africa. Tendulkar resigned, vowing never to captain the team again. Ganguly was appointed the new captain and the team was further damaged in 2000 when former captain Azharuddin and fellow batsman Ajay Jadeja were implicated in a match-fixing scandal and given life and five years bans respectively. This period was described by the BBC as "the Indian cricket's worst hour". However, the new core – Tendulkar, Dravid, Kumble and Ganguly – swore not to let this happen to them again, and lead Indian cricket out of the dark times. And the first three put aside personal ambitions to let Ganguly lead them into a new era.
Since 2000, the Indian team underwent major improvements with the appointment of John Wright as India's first ever foreign coach. India maintained their unbeaten home record against Australia in Test series after defeating them in 2001. The series was famous for the Kolkata Test match, in which India became only the third team in the history of Test cricket to win a Test match after following on. Australian captain Steve Waugh labelled India as the "Final Frontier" as a result of his side's inability to win a Test series in India.Victory in 2001 against the Australians marked the beginning of a dream run for India under their captain Ganguly, winning Test matches in Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, West Indies and England. The England series is also known for India's highest ODI run-chase of 325 runs at Lord'swhich came in the Natwest ODI Series final against England. In the same year, India were joint-winners of the ICC Champions Trophy with Sri Lanka, and then went to the 2003 Cricket World Cup in South Africa where they reached the final only to be beaten by Australia. The 2003–04 season also saw India play out a Test series in Australia where they drew 1–1 with the world champions, and then win a Test and ODI series in Pakistan.
As of 29 February 2016, India is ranked second in Tests, fourth in ODIs and second inTwenty20 Internationals (T20Is) by the ICC. Virat Kohli is the current captain of the team in Tests while Dhoni is the ODI and T20I captain.
