History of the Indian cricket team
The Indian cricket team made its Test cricket debut in 1931 and has since advanced to be among the top four test teams in the (ICC rankings) in each of 2005 to 2008.The team won the (ODI Cricket World Cup)p in 1983 and 2011. In other major International victories, Team India won the Twenty20 World Cup in 2007 and ICC Champions Trophy in 2013.’
Indian Cricket Team In British Rule
Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji was an Indian who played for the English cricket team
A few Indians played as members of the English cricket team while India was under British rule, including Ranjitsinhji and KS Duleepsinhji, but India made its debut as a Test-cricket-playing-nation in England in 1932 led by CK Nayudu, well before Indian independence. The team performed well, with Mohammad Nissar taking 5-93 and 1-42 in the match against England. The match was given test status despite being only 3 days in length. England, batting first, scored 258 with Nissar cleaning up the openers and tailenders. However the Indian team failed to capitalize on their bowling performance, all out for 189 with CK Nayudu the top scorer with 40 runs. England went on to score 275 and set India a target of 346, which always seemed out of the visitor’s grasp. India were all out for 187 and lost by 158 runs.
The team’s first series as an independent country was in 1948 against Australia at Brisbane. Australia were led by Sir Don Bradman while India was led by Lala Amarnath. The Australians returned home, winning the 5 Test series with the score 4-0.
AFTER THE COUNTRY INDEPENDENCE
India’s first ever Test victory came against England at Madras in 1952. India’s first series victory was against Pakistan later the same year. In 1954, India drew a 5-Test series with Pakistan 0-0, the batting strength from India had come from Polly Umrigar and Vijay Manjrekar while the prime bowler was Subhash Gupte with 21 wickets in the series. India’s first series against New Zealand in 1956 created a comprehensive series victory for India, winning the 5-Test series 2-0. MH Mankad was excellent in his batting, averaging 105.2 in the series while scoring 526 runs. Once again, S.M. Gupte held India’s bowling together, with 34 wickets. The remainder of the 1950s did not show as good results as the start: India lost a 3-Test series to Australia (2-0), lost a 5-Test series against the West Indies (3-0),
The First Indian Captain
C.K.NAYDU
Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu also known as C.K Nayudu – The First Indian Captain or just CK’ was a Right-hand batsman and off-break bowler of Indian Team. He is the first captain of the Indian cricket team for Test matches. CK regularly played first-class cricket till 1958 and then returned for one last time in 1963 at the age of 68.
The team’s performances again began to improve in the 1960s, starting with their first series win over England in 1961-62. During this time, India’s strong record at home started to develop, in which the team won a series against New Zealand in 1965-66 and drew series against Pakistan, Australia and England. In 1967-68, India won their first series outside the subcontinent against New Zealand
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