Cricket was introduced to India by European merchant sailors in the 18th century, and the first cricket club was established in 1792. India’s national cricket team did not play its first Test match until 25 June 1932 at Lord’s, becoming the sixth team to be granted test cricket status. From 1932 India had to wait until 1952, almost 20 years for its first Test victory. In its first fifty years of international cricket, India was one of the weaker teams, winning only 35 of the first 196 Test matches it played. The team, however, gained strength in the 1970s with the emergence of players such as batsmen.
Sachin Tendulkar is easily the batsman with the most national achievements. He holds the record of most appearances in both Tests and ODIs, most runs in both Tests and ODIs and most centuries in tests and ODIs. The highest score by an Indian is 309, scored by Virender Sehwag, India’s only The team’s highest score ever was a memorable 705 against Australia 2004, while it’s lowest was an embarrassing 42 against England in 1974. In ODIs, the team’s highest was 376 against New Zealand in 1999.
India also has very strong bowling figures, with spin bowler Anil Kumble being a member of the elite group of 4 bowlers who have taken 500 wickets. Kumble is also one of the few bowlers who have taken all 10-wickets in an innings. Many Indian bowling records are held by Irfan Pathan, a paceman who is relatively new to the Indian line-up. Irfan Pathan is currently ranked within the top five all-rounders in both Test matches and One-day Internationals in the LG ICC Player Rankings and is rising as a much needed all rounder in the Indian team. India’s strength has traditionally been with its spin bowlers, which explains the records achieved by Anil Kumble and Bishen Singh Bedi.
Many of the Indian cricket team’s records are also world records, for example
Sachin Tendulkar’s century tally and run tally. Newcomes Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s record for highest score by a wicketkeeper (183 not out) is also a World Record for any wicketkeeper. Roy and Mankad’s first wicket partnership of 413 is a world record for the first wicket, although it was close to being broken by Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid in 2006. The Indian cricket team also has the record of being the team with the largest number of consecutive, successful run-chases in ODIs (17), a streak which ended recently in the second ODI of the series against the West Indies in May.
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