The Indian Cricket Team is the one of the best team of the world. Cricket is not just a game but a creed in India, with millions of Indian fans at home and abroad praying for the victory of the Indian Cricket Team. The Indian Cricket Team is one of the toughest and most exigent cricket teams in the world, rated at par with teams like Australia, South Africa, England and Pakistan. The Indian cricket team is the maximum paid (in terms of sponsorships) sports team in the world.
India has produced numerous exceptional cricketers of the world, who have become legends of the game itself. Among Indian cricketing legends comprise the names of players like Vijay Merchant, CK Naidu, Lala Amarnath, Erapalli Prasanna, Vinoo Mankad, Farokh Engineer, BS Chandrasekhar, Bishen Singh Bedi, Gundappa Viswanath, Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Mohinder Amarnath, Mohammed Azharuddin, Anil Kumble, and the world's most popular living cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.
The India Cricket Team has participated in all the ICC Cricket World Cups since 1975. India won the 1983 World Cup, beating the then World Champions West Indies in a low socring final match. The team reached to the World Cup semi-finals in 1987 and 1996, and was runners-up in the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup in South Africa. The India cricket team has been rated as one of the fiest team. |