75 Years of Test Cricket in India!

India’s remarkable victory against Pakistan in an ODI series has got cricket fans going gaga over the game once again. This was India’s first victory against Pakistan after a gap of 24 years. With this victory India has come to the 4th place in the latest ICC Rankings. India is all set to play the test matches with Pakistan.

India has a remarkable history of test matches.It was on June 25, 1932 when India played its very first international test match against England under the captaincy of great Col CK Nayudu. Test cricket in India has completed a journey of more than 75 years. To bet on cricket games, one can immediately go to sites like 겜블시티 파워볼.

 

Cricket has overshadowed all other games like Hockey— the national game of India. Even football in India has drifted to the bottom level of popularity. We have not yet produced any gold medal in any individual event in Olympic Games. Money is flowing in the game of cricket and none of the other games is capable of attracting such a large audience.

The past 75 years have seenIndia produce some talented cricketers like Pali Umrigar, C K Nayudu, Lala Amarnath, Mohinder Amarnath, Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Bishan Singh Bedi, Sandip Patil, G R Vishwanath, Dilip Vengsarkar, S Venkataraghavan, K Srikkanth, Ajit Wadekar, Nari Contractor, Syed Kirmani, Abbas Ali Baig, Vinoo Mankad, Vijay Hazare, Mohammed Azharuddin, Javagal Srinath, EAS Prasanna, Subash Gupte, Vijay Merchant, Farokh Engineer, Mohd Nissar, Ramakant Desai, Ravi Shastri, Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid, Saurav Ganguly, and the Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar.

The popularity of test cricket is decreasing day by day, just because ODIs are getting more popularity. ODIs give certain results and that is also within one day, hence more people are going to watch ODI’s. More money is flowing towards ODI’s as compared to test matches. India has also become the world champion in the very first T20 World Championship that seems to have revived the love for the game among cricket fans in the country.

Test matches are still popular as people cheer the Australia’s defeat after 16 consecutive victories. Senior citizens still remember the tied match between India and Australia. Even we remember the 10 wicket haul of Pakistan by the hands of Anil Kumble. People enjoy the strokes taken by Sachin Tendulkar in any test match.