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    The Indian cricket team began its first official cricket tour in the year 1911. They played English Cricket County but were unable to register any win. However, they came back rich in experience. In 1926 Indian Cricket team joined Imperial Cricket Council, which is now known as the International Cricket Council (ICC). In 1932, India was given the status of test playing nation. Now India became sixth test playing nation of the world under the leadership of famous CK Nayudu. Though he was an able captain but Indian team could not win any match from 1932 to 1950 however it continued to improve.

Indian Cricket Players

Full name Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Born July 7, 1981, Ranchi

Current age 29 years 138 days

Major teams India, Asia XI, Bihar, Chennai Super Kings,Jharkhand

Also known as Mahi

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Fielding position Wicketkeepe

 India tasted its first ever test win in 1952 when it defeated England in  Madras This triumph continued with the test series win over Pakistan in 1952 and test victory over New Zealand in 1956 under the leadership of Lala Amarnath and Polly Umrigar respectively. India could not continue its triumph for long and rest of the 1950s did not bring India any victory. Even in 1960s India managed to win just two test series one against England in 1961-62 and the other against New Zealand in 1964-65. There was not one player in India at that time that had the international competing skills.

Full name Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

Born April 24, 1973, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra

Current age 37 years 212 days

Major teams India, Asia XI, Mumbai, Mumbai Indians,Yorkshire

Nickname Tendlya, Little Master

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak, Legbreak googly

Height 5 ft 5 in

Education Sharadashram Vidyamandir School

 1970s saw India's resurgence with the emergence of players such as Bhagwat Subramanya Chandrashekhar, Bishan Singh Bedi, Erapalli Prasanna, and Srinivas Venkatraghavan made a mark. At the same time India also produced some of the finest batsman of its history such as Sunil Gavaskar and Gundappa Vishwanathan. India registered its arrival with test wins against two of the strongest cricket playing nations in 1970-71 i.e. West Indies and England but even then it was not able to mark its presence in the World Cup. Though some of its players were showing promise but it was enough to qualify for the knockout stages of the World Cup. India was [r1]not able to go beyond first round in the initial two World Cups.

Full name Sourav Chandidas Ganguly

Born July 8, 1972, Calcutta (now Kolkata), Bengal

Current age 38 years 137 days

Major teams India, Asia XI, Bengal, East Zone, Glamorgan,India Under-19s, Kolkata Knight Riders, Lancashire,Marylebone Cricket Club, Northamptonshire

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Height 5 ft 11 in

Education St Xavier's College

Relation Brother - Snehasish C Ganguly

At the end of 1970s things began to brighten up as India registered three remarkable victories over West Indies, Australia and Pakistan under the leadership of Sunil Gavaskar. Then came the best phase of Indian cricket, the phase which every Indian was dreaming of. With the inclusion of players such as Kapil Dev, Mohammad Azharuddin, and Dileep Vengaskar India made a remarkable leap in the history of the world cricket by winning the World Cup in 1983. This world cup win marked the popularity of cricket in India. Then onwards cricket became the game of the masses even our national game hockey does not stand anywhere near it in the matter of popularity. With World Cup started India's "caravan" of cup victories as after winning World Cup it also won two other major Cricket Tournaments. It won Asia Cup in 1984 and the World Championship of Cricket in 1985. 1980s saw some of the brightest moments of Indian cricket.

  In 1989 inclusion of a lean boy of 16 years of age was a landmark in the history of not only India, but of the world. This boy Sachin Tendulkar, is today compared with the greatest cricket legend Sir Donald Bradman. He has surpassed some of the records set up by Sir Bradman and is given the title of 'Master Blaster'. In 1990 another laurel was added to the Indian cricket team in the name of spinner Anil Kumble. Despite the inclusion of biggies in the team India remained a weak test nation outside the sub-continent. It was not able to perform even averagely. It is evident from the fact that out of the 33 tests played by India outside sub continent it was not able to win even a single one. And on the home front too it was not able to show any competence as out of the 30 test played it could manage to win just 17.

In 1990s some other renowned players like Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, Javagal Srinath also became part of the Indian cricket squad and as twenty first century approached India again tried to gain its position in cricket. It remained successful to some extent as in 2003 world cup India reached the finals it came next to just the competing giants of cricket that is Australia. And now India is at the sixth place in ICC (International Cricket Council) Cricket ranking. 

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Australian Cricket & Players

  In 1970s: The 1970s were a controversial time in Australian cricket, with many players signing with businessman kerry packer's rival wold series competition. The decade produced many of the stars of Australian cricket history, including wicket-keeper Rod Marish and fast bowlers Dennis Lille and Jeff Thompson. The Chappell brothers - Greg, Ian and Trevor - all represented Australia during this period as well.

               

 In 1980s : Australian cricket during the 1980s was comparatively unsuccessful, particularly following the retirement of players such as Marsh and Lillee. Queenslander Allan Border, rated as one of the finest middle-order players in history, took over as captain and attempted a re-building process. For quite some time, the common wisdom was that Australia's score in an innings would be "Border plus 100". Border achieved the feat of scoring more than 150 runs in both innings of a Test during a tour of Pakistan during this decade. 

            

   

 

    As the decade continued, a number of talented players made their debuts and established themselves in the team. Among these were fast bowlers such asCraig McDermott  and Carl Rackemann, wicket keeper lan Healy , brothers Steve and Mark Waugh and batsman Dean Jones. Cult heroes such as overweight Tasmanian batsman David Boon and Victorian bowler "Swervin'"  Merv Huges (whose pre-bowling warm up routine was copied by fans around the stadiums) also earned places in the team.

In the closing years of the 1980s, Australia won back the Ashes from England and began an era of dominance in that series which has not yet ended. In 1989, Australia and India played out only the second tie in Test history, with Jones producing a famous double-century innings in sapping heat. 

  

 The 1990s : This page shall also refer to Australian women's national cricket team, and Junior  teams (representing Australia) but unless explicitly mentioned, it refers to the senior (main) national cricket team. In 1990's saw the dawn and twilight of many well-known Australian cricketers. Shene Warne became a household name during the 1993 Ashes tour, Allan Border retired after playing South Africa at Durban in 1994, Glen McGrath became famous as a metronome (and as a rabbit) during the 1994-95 tour of the West Indies, Ricky ponting came onto the scene with 96 against Sri Lanka during 1995-96, Craig McDermatt was forced to retire during the 1996-97 season, while Brett lee appeared at the turn of the century. Meanwhile, Australian cricket was run by three captains, Allan Border, Mark Taylor and Steve Waugh.

Australia continued to assert their dominance over The Ashes during the 1990's, won the unofficial 'world championship' prize from West Indies during 1994-95 and began a long winning streak in 1999, both in one-day internationals and tests. The only venues where Australia struggled were India and Sri Lanka.

In 2000s : The captain is Recky ponting, taking over before the 2004 tour of Srilanka that was won 3-0. Later in the year, they won in India for the first time in 35 years, their only loss coming in a dead rubber.

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