The Indian Cricket Team

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.

Best Batsmen

Batting is one of the most exciting part of cricket for cricket fans. A good batsman is one who can protect his wicket and at the same time score runs. The bigger the shot-selection, the better the batsman. We have made a list of the five of the greatest batsmen in the world. Well, it is a very tough thing to do. In todays cricketing world there are numerous batsman competing for the much acclaimed numero uno spot.

We have rated these batsman on basis of current performance in one day and there ability to adapt under different condition and lead their team to victory. Victory no a great criteria but if a good performance comes it should lead a side to victory. Each of them have batted at different positions and have performed admirably.

Indian cricket provides a roller-coaster ride to its fans, who seem to be in a perpetual tizzy. Their passion shows not only when the team hits winning ways but also when it is down in the dumps like after the recent World Cup, where India crashed out at the preliminary stage.

The Indian cricket Board has realised that a lot needs to be done to ensure the standard of the game does not go down and that it continues to produce top-class cricketers, but probably is still figuring out what needs to be done.

That one loss to Bangladesh in the World Cup crashed the hopes of millions, rendering even the much-awaited event colourless, come as it did along with Pakistan’s defeat to Ireland and a similar ouster.

Followers of the game have been concerned with the Indian team’s dip in fortunes and surely have their points of view and ideas for the betterment of the game in the country. Cricketnext has taken the initiative to provide fans with a platform to vent their venom, views and more.

So, what are you waiting for? If you have a piece of advice for skipper Rahul Dravid, encouragement for players or some thoughts for cricket administrators to chew on, just blog with the most ‘happening’ cricket site.

Not only is it a chance to showcase your flair for writing and understanding of the game but also to be seen on our news channel CNN-IBN. The best blogger will be selected by our editorial board on the basis of the quality of the blogs as well as the comments on the blog and get to send out a message for Indian cricket on our prestigious English channel.