Cricket in India has always been a big thing. However, Indian cricket has come a long way so far. India played its first international cricket match in 1932 when they toured England under the name “All-India”. Since that, the game has been developed into the most celebrated one in the nation.
India has 2 ODI World Cups and 1 T20 World Cups so far.
Indian cricket players have gone through many great moments. Here, we have chosen those greatest moments in Indian cricket.
1. Winning the 1983 World Cup
This picture must be the oldest memory of cricket for many Indian fans. Moreover, this is one of the greatest moment in Indian Cricket, where India had beaten the West Indies, who were the world champions for the first two world cups.
India beat West Indies by 43 runs in the 1983 World Cup Final.
Indian team being the underdog, had nothing to lose and had every reason to go all out for the win after wrapped up for 183 Runs. And thats what they did to make one of the best comebacks ever in cricket history. They All-Out the Mighty West Indian team for 140 runs in the chase.
Earlier, the Indian press was not given passes to the final match as Indians were not expected to be there in the finals. Indians upsetting English in the semifinals was a nightmare for them to put the board in mourning.
The London Times predicted 50:1 odds that India will lose the finals.
But the then captain Kapil Dev made sure India is not leaving with their face down. His shrewd captaincy and India’s sharp fielding had won the game for India.
Defending 183 against the mighty Caribbean lineup was not even near to possible at those times, but when Amarnath picked up the final wicket of Holding, India turned the world upside down.
We clicked because every men threw in everything he had and Kapil led from the front
P. R. Man Singh – indian team manager during 1983 world cup
2. Anil Kumble’s 10 Wickets-haul
On February 7th in 1999, India’s legendary leg-spinner Anil Kumble picked up all ten wickets in one Test innings against Pakistan and, in the process, wrote his name into the pages of cricket history.
Kumble, only the second player to achieve these feet of picking up all the wickets of the opposition in an innings. And that too against the arch-rivals Pakistan was the icing on the cake.
Kumble’s brilliance saw India crush Pakistan by 212 runs in the second Test in New Delhi and square the short two-match series.
I don’t think I would have got there without their support. It was a great team effort, but the best thing is that India won the match to level the series.
Anil Kumble
I still remember the celebration Indians had after Kumble picked up the final wicket. It was history written all over the day and one of the great moment in Indian Cricket History.
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3. Ganguly’s T-Shirt Stunt at Lords Balcony
Here is one of the sweetest revenges for India against the home team at the Lord’s.
It was always about the Fab 4 OF Viru, Sachin, Ganguly, and Dravid in Indian batting. Once they were back to the pavilion, it is almost game over for India. This is why the match-winning partnership of Yuvraj and Kaif in the Natwest final against England turned the Indian cricket history.
The two young batters battling out and chasing a magnamious England’s 325 is a dream come true for any Indian cricket fan then.
At one stage, India were 146/5, looking pretty decisive on their way home as the losing side. But when Yuvraj Singh (69) and Mohammad Kaif (87*) added 121 for the 6th wicket to bring the match back to the Indian side, India’s taste of victory became evident.
But the moment happened just after Kaif took the winning runs. Sourav Ganguly, the Indian Captain, watching from the stands, took off his shirt and swirled it wildly, much the same way as Andrew Flintoff celebrated after beating India during England’s preceding tour of India.
That’s a sight for the Indian fans.
4. Sachin’s last Test match entry
On November 16th 2013, Sachin Tendulkar took his final walk from the Mumbai Wankhede Stadium dressing room to play his last Test innings against West Indies. The Below Picture has been given the Picture Of The Year award 2013.
Sachin’s farewell speech will stay with the Indian cricket fans forever.
It adds to one of the great moments in Indian cricket as we have witnessed Sachin’s last innings, thereby ending his 24 years cricket journey in the international arena.
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5. Yuvraj Singh 6 Sixes in 6 Balls – #BullytheBully
Now comes a moment of bullying the bully. Usually, when a player loses his temper, he goes out of control. But in the case of Yuvi, it is different.
This famous incident happened in 2007 at the 1st T20 World Cup match against England. Yuvraj and Dhoni were batting as India was setting the target. Stuart Broad, the English pacer, came to bowl the 19th over of Indian Innings. Andrew Flintoff, English All-rounder, said something to Yuvraj, which must have upset the Punjabi Batsmen. What happened next is history.
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Yuvraj smashed six consecutive sixes off Broad all around the corners of the stadium. English players were standing there watching those mighty hits with no idea of what had hit them. The poor Broad had no answer for Yuvi’s smashes.
MS Dhoni standing in the other end, was watching those sixes with his cool smile on his face. That moment gave an invaluable start to MS Dhoni’s era of Indian cricket. Recently Dhoni thanked Yuvi for this particular moment in his style of words.
Thanks to you I witnessed the six sixes from the best seat.
MS Dhoni to Yuvraj Singh
6. Winning it for the Second Time (Cricket World Cup 2011)
Here’s a moment that has the same players on it but at different ends.
MS Dhoni, who was there in the non-striking end in the previous picture, is now the main focus. The moment came when MS Dhoni, the Captain, hitting the winning six of the World Cup 2011 finals.
The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup Final was played between India and Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on April 2nd 2011. This was the 10th ICC Cricket World Cup. India won the match by six wickets, its second World Cup victory, having previously won in 1983.
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Dhoni and last-over sixes are inseparable. His long sixes down the ground are as famous as India winning the world cup. You can look at the picture again!
Earlier, Gautam Gambhir played an wonderful knock under pressure, only to get out at the nervous 90s. Indian captain’s innings was equally appreciated, for it came at the right time for his team. As a result, Dhoni was the Player of the Match of the Final Match.
Sunil Gavaskar added value to this picture by saying:
Before dying, my last wish will be to see MS Dhoni’s World Cup winning six.
sunil gavaskar
