Cricket

Cricket

The sport of cricket has a known history beginning in the late 16th century. Having originated in south-east England, it became the country's national sport in the 18th century and has developed globally in the 19th and 20th centuries.

More than a ritual, cricket is watched in every household, and every child is brought up playing this mandate game over the years. There are millions of Sachin, Dhoni, and Virat from every house. The craze for cricket pushes all the bars and is played with exuberance. The most popular sport since decades, cricket lives in many ways through, IPL (Indian Premier League), ICL (Indian Cricket League), ODI (one day international), test match so much and so forth. India has performed incredibly on international grounds and wobbled the heads of many nations. The Indian cricket team has won CRICKET WORLD CUP twice (1983 and 2011). T20 World Cup 2007 and ICC Champions Trophy in 2013. Cricket is being looked after by BCCI, which in fact, is the richest cricket board in the world.