The Indian cricket team is an international cricket team representing India. Cricket of India has millions of fans across the country. It is one game that unites the whole of India. The Indian Cricket Team is currently the highest paid sports team in the world. It is governed by the, Board of Control for Cricket in Idia, the cricket governing body in India.
History
India played its first Test in 1932. The first match was played against England at the Lords. India lost the Test. The Indian Cricket Team had to wait till 1952 to register its first win and the feat came when they defeated England at Madras. In the 1960s, the team really improved their game and began to emerge as one of the stronger sides in cricket. By the 1970s, the team had created a strong position for themselves in world cricket. The 1980s was a wonderful decade for India. Not only did they win the 1983World Cup, they also won the Asia Cup twice. In the recent past India have performed very well and continue to assert their position as a strong opponent. They reached the finals of the 2003 World Cup and finished runners up.
Performance
It might have taken the Indian Cricket Team 20 years to register their first international win, but ever since, India have just kept improving their game over the years. India is the sixth nation to have gotten Test status. The team has acquired a reputation of being invincible at home and quite weak while playing away matches. However this pattern seemed to change in the last five years or so when the team started to win Tests abroad and even defeated strong teams like Australia and West Indies in their respective countries. India have also played well in the ODIs and had a very successful World Cup in 2003 where they overcame every challenge to cruise into the final, only failing to overcome the final hurdle against Australia. The team has not done very well in the recent series against the West Indies, and were unlucky to miss out on a series against Sri Lanka due to bad weather. With the World Cup coming up, the team will surely pull their socks up and perform to their full potential.
Indian Cricket Team is one of the leading sides in world cricket today. With some of the best players of the world like Sachin Tendulkar and Anil Kumble in the squad, India are one of the better teams playing the game.
Chances in the 2007 World Cup
The Indian team for 2007 world cup might be a mixture of technically sound experienced players and enthusiastic youngsters, who need to technically work more. With the 2007 World Cup probably being the last for many greats including Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble, they will look to have a memorable exit. Also, some of the promising youngsters like Yuvraj Singh and Md. Kaif will surely want to take this opportunity to establish themselves as reliable and dependable players, while the World Cup debutants like Mahendra Dhoni and Sreesanth would like to make it a debut to remember. The team is expected to perform well in 2007 world cup.
Australia is a strong team in the world of cricket. Some of the world’s strongest players come from Australia. The Australian cricket team strongly believes in strengthening and protecting the spirit of Cricket.
History
The Australian Cricket Team has been a formidable side from a long time. Always one of the better sides in world cricket, the Australians have performed exceptionally well over the years. The current World Champions, Australia has won the World Cup thrice and is on the verge of a hat trick, having won the championship in 1999 and 2003. They had previously won it in 1987. They are currently rated number one in all the cricket ratings in the world, official and unofficial, in both forms of the game.
One of the major strengths of the Australian Cricket Team is that the players who represent the team are perhaps some of the finest in the world. With Ricky Ponting, a brilliant batsman himself, leading the side, is it of little surprise that they perform son well. Other world class batsman like Mathew Hayden, Michael Clark and Adam Gilchrist form the backbone of the team, while Brett Lee, Glen McGrath and Shane Warne demolish the opposition with their accurate bowling. In the recent years the team has done particularly well under coach John Buchanan.Thus it can be seen that the Australian Cricket Team is a very strong side and stands a very good chance to win the 2007 Cricket World Cup. The team is known for its professionalism, dedication and a complete commitment to hard work. With all this and a pool of talented players, the team can only be expected to perform better in the years to come.