In fact, it’s the appeal of cricket which made it so popular all over the world and as a result, the popularity of cricket is increasing in leaps and bounds. Tournaments like the World Cup and T-20 have got amazing feedback. In world cricket, India is one of the most regarded and revered participating countries. Realising its own style and beauty, Indian cricket has some of the most impressive participants like Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Sunil Gavaskar who have added great value to the squad.

Indian cricket is the great combination of national and regional cricket squads. Each state in India has its own regional cricket squad and all these teams take part in many tournaments like Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy. The best participants from these regional cricket teams move forward and get opportunity to prove themselves at international level. The highest determining authority of cricket in India is a body called The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), who are not only the deciding authority of the national squad but also handle issues like sponsorship and individual roles of participants who participate in the national team for cricket. Apart from the BCCI, each state has its own cricket board that conducts and controls state level teams and also prepares good participants for future responsibilities. Needless to mention that the region level governments have a major role to play in building the national teram and recently magnificent and youthful players like Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh and Pathan have moved into the picture with the help of state level authorities.

It was a subject of great national pride and honor when in 1932 the Indian cricket squad was recognized as a test squad and they were asked to play the first test cricket with England at Lords – and they come out with flying colors. Since then, there has been no looking back for India and the country has surged ahead making and breaking many international records. What is more, India has the distinction of winning the world cup in 1983 as well as the Y20 world cup recently and the test victory against England played in Madras in 1952. So further on in the same year, India won the initial test series, this time whipping Pakistan. That was really an indescribable experience for the entire nation and after their starting victories the team improved their game throughout the decade.

With the start of 1-day international cricket since 1971, the game has found a brand new order of magnitude. At the beginning, the Indian team could not give a very aggressive performance, which resulted in a series of losses and kept them unqualified for the second round of the initial two cricket world cups. Yet, every Indian cricket lover knows that there is nothing that can stop the team from getting what it deserves. Possibly, it is their warm wishes and support that made the Indian squad the world cup winner in 1983 and gave all Indians grounds to celebrate cricket.