Essay on cricket & its niceties in 700 words

 

        

It's a general believe of the people that the word 'Cricket' comes from Dutch word 'Krick' which roughly means stick or stuff which represents the shape of the bat of this game.

Anyway, now a days it's a popular sports among the word right after football. Almost more than 100 countries play at least modern form of cricket,i.e. T20 game.

Now let's talk about the niceties of this game in this blog. Here it is ..

History of cricket  

Cricket originated in England in the late 16th century but it's been popular from 17th century onwards. Later cricket spread through British colonial influence and reached the countries like India, Australia, South Africa, West Indies etc. 

However the first rule of the cricket was set in Melborne Cricket Ground (MCG) in 1744 and first International Match was played between Canada and USA in aproax 1844. 

The iconic Ashes Test Series between Australia and England started in 1882. 

Popularity of the game: 

In the very beginning of the game it wasn't so popular as it is now-a-days. The popularity got its height when ODI World Cup was held for the first time in 1975. Since then the game has modified a lot and gained world recognition. Of late in 21st century T20 (Short format of cricket) has been launched and in our busy world we are very much amused with this format. This format of cricket first started in 2007 with T20 World Cup held in South Africa. Though it's IPL that creates a vibe on cricket lovers.

Story Of Indian Cricket:

Cricket stepped into India by the hands of the British colonial rulers almost in 1700s. The very first match was played by British sailors in 1721 in Cambay, Gujrat. 

The frist Indian team was created in 1911 and went to England to play cricket there and BCCI was established in 1928 to manage Indian cricket. India played its first test debut against England at Lord's in 1932 under the captaincy of CK Nayadu. 

India made his first test victory against England at Lord's. Then in 1983 India won ODI World Cup for the first time under the captaincy of Kapil Dev. Since then Indian cricket has changed totally. 

Indian cricket team has won two world cups under Dhoni's captaincy in 2007 1st T20 World Cup and 2011 ODI World Cup. 2013 Champions Trophy also went to India under his captainy. That's why some critics stated that MS Dhoni was one of the most successful captain ever in Indian cricket team has ever seen. 

Though India was unbeatable in ODI & T20 but in test it was really difficult to rule all over the world specially in SENA countries. But this impossible was made possible under the captaincy of Virat Kohli. When he took charge as test captain in 2014 India was number 7th in ICC Test ranking then it was a hard struggle to be number 1 in just few years. It was the golden period of Indian cricket. But he was a successful captain without winning any ICC event.

Then came Rohit Sharma whose tremendously efforts helped Indian to reach to the final of 2023 ODI World Cup. But unfortunately India was beaten by Australia. It was a massive heartbreak for the Indians. Luck favours in the very next year 2024 when India won T20 World Cup on African soil for the second time. 

Equipments Needed:

To play cricket a player need some equipments to carry with him as a protection like helmet,arm guard, pad for legs and chest protection, abdoman guard as well as gloves for the keeper and batsman. There are also needed six wickets and four bails, one punched ball and 11 players for each of the team. The distance between the two wickets must be 66 metres. 

Conclusion: 

There should be no conclusion for this kind of popular game. Yet cricket has been made a global recognition. Some few name that changed the entire scenario of cricket like Sachin Tendulkar, Don Bradman, Vivian Richard, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni etc. 

    List of World Cups and Their Niceties:

Format	Year	Winning Country	Runner-Up	Hosting Country/Countries	Stadium of Final Match	Winning Captain
ODI	1975	West Indies	Australia	England	Lord's, London	Clive Lloyd
ODI	1979	West Indies	England	England	Lord's, London	Clive Lloyd
ODI	1983	India	West Indies	England	Lord's, London	Kapil Dev
ODI	1987	Australia	England	India, Pakistan	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	Allan Border
ODI	1992	Pakistan	England	Australia, New Zealand	MCG, Melbourne	Imran Khan
ODI	1996	Sri Lanka	Australia	India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	Arjuna Ranatunga
ODI	1999	Australia	Pakistan	England	Lord's, London	Steve Waugh
ODI	2003	Australia	India	South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	Ricky Ponting
ODI	2007	Australia	Sri Lanka	West Indies	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	Ricky Ponting
ODI	2011	India	Sri Lanka	India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	MS Dhoni
ODI	2015	Australia	New Zealand	Australia, New Zealand	MCG, Melbourne	Michael Clarke
ODI	2019	England	New Zealand	England, Wales	Lord's, London	Eoin Morgan
ODI	2023	India	Australia	India	Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad	Pat Cummins
T20	2007	India	Pakistan	South Africa	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	MS Dhoni
T20	2009	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	England	Lord's, London	Younis Khan
T20	2010	England	Australia	West Indies	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	Paul Collingwood
T20	2012	West Indies	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	Darren Sammy
T20	2014	Sri Lanka	India	Bangladesh	Sher-e-Bangla Stadium, Dhaka	Lasith Malinga
T20	2016	West Indies	England	India	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	Darren Sammy
T20	2021	Australia	New Zealand	UAE, Oman	Dubai International Stadium	Aaron Finch
T20	2022	England	Pakistan	Australia	MCG, Melbourne	Jos Buttler
T20	2024	India	SouthAfrica	USA	Kensingto Oval, Barbadose	Rohit Sharma