point, the journey of Indian cricket began. The first international exposure in the history of Indian Cricket came in the year . In the same year, a team from the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) toured India. Though it was an unofficial tour, Indian people were quite interested and enthusiastic about the matches that MCC played during the tour.
The legendary Indian cricket player, C.K. Naidu played brilliantly during that tour and he also scored a century against the MCC in Bombay. Imperial Cricket Conference (ICC), now International Cricket Council, was formed on November, . At present there are countries as members of ICC.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was established in the year . India played its first test match against England in . Now cricket is played to cover all the three formats, ranging from Day tests, to the exciting one-day over format, and the over format which is called as T20. Fig.
. : Cricket in the early ages Functional Rules Cricket has many laws, more than any other game. Cricket is played with a bat and ball on a large field, known as ground. It is played between two teams having players each.
There is also a reserved player called a ‘twelfth player’, who is used if any player is injured during the play. The twelfth player is not allowed to bowl, bat, or to act as wicketkeeper or captain of the team. The twelfth player is only to act as a substitute fielder. The objective of the game is to score runs with the bat by the batsman, or dismiss the opposing batsman when in the field by the bowlers.
The cricket laws are for the traditional form of cricket which is called ‘Test Cricket’. However, there are separate rules for one day and T20 format game also. Do You Know? India won the over World Cup beating West Indies in , over World Cup defeating Sri Lanka in and over World Cup beating Pakistan in .
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