However, they did not win again in the remainder of the decade and lost badly to strong Australian and English sides. On 24 August 1959, India lost by an innings in the Test to complete the only 5–0 whitewash ever inflicted by England.

Ganguly, in his letter, specified that the board is looking to start hosting cricket matches in the country from February next year and is hopeful of having a fruitful domestic season. After the completion of the Indian Premier League season in UAE, Virat Kohli & Co. will travel to Australia for a bilateral series starting December. After the completion of the cricketing assignment Down Under, the Indian team will return home for a series against England starting February.

England is scheduled to tour India in the month of Jan-Feb for 5 match test series. Either BCCI will drop a test or two to scheduled 3ODI and 3 T20 games or they have to live with 450Cr revenue loss on the postponed series. Several Indians startups have been sponsors and official partners of the IPL or crickets.

India recorded their first Test victory, in their 24th match, against England at Madras in 1952. Later in the same year, they won their first Test series, which was against Pakistan. They continued their improvement throughout the early 1950s with a series win against New Zealand in 1956.

The next decade saw India’s reputation develop as a team with a strong record at home. They won their first Test series against England at home in 1961–62 and also won a home series against New Zealand. They cricket scorecard managed to draw home series against Pakistan and Australia and another series against England. In this same period, India also won its first series outside the subcontinent, against New Zealand in 1967–68.

The IPL Season 13 will bring an end to a 6-month break for Indian cricketers who were last in action early March. England were supposed to tour India for a bilateral series in September but the series was suspended as the BCCI had scheduled IPL 2020 in UAE around the same period. The year 2021 is going to be a busy one for Indian cricketers as the BCCI looks to make up for the lost time in the 2020 calendar due to the pandemic.

Eng Vs Aus: Tough One To Get Your Head Around, Says Pat Cummins After Second Odi Defeat

Defending the world title in ICC cricket World Cup 2015, India were the favourites. In semis, however, they were beaten by Australia, which went on to win the world cup for a record 5th time. India had a dismal record in first two World Cups but they shed their underdog tag in the 1983 edition when they halted the juggernaut of the West Indies, the champions of the first two world cup wins. In the final match pof the 1983 World Cup, India beat the West Indies by 49 runs under the leadership of Kapil Dev.

In the 1987 World Cup, India made it to the semifinals but failed to make it to the finals after being defeated by England. The next 3 world cups were quite disappointing for India, as they failed to reach the finals despite having some brilliant batsmen like Sachin Tendulkar and Mohammad Azharuddin. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said it would be a “terrible atmosphere” to play a bilateral cricket series with India given the current tense relations between the two countries.

For instance, last year BYJU’S became the official jersey sponsor for Indian cricket team and replayed OPPO. Meanwhile, other companies like Unacademy, Paytm and Dream11 have been involved as well. Dhoni, once hailed as the world’s best finisher, has played 190 IPL matches, scoring 4,432 runs including 23 half-centuries. In ICC cricket world Cup 2019, India are playing under the leadership of an aggressive Virat Kohli and are being seen as one of the favorites to win the tournament.

Speaking on a Sky Sports documentary, former captain Imran, who is also the patron-in-chief of the country’s cricket board, said it will not be conducive to play bilateral cricket at present. Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar has lashed out at the critics who trolled him for praising Indian cricketers Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. While reviewing the performance of both Pakistan and Indian cricket teams, Akhtar recently praised Kohli and Rohit, something that has not gone down well with Pakistani cricket fans. Talking about his career, India batsman KL Rahul on Sunday said that he is always determined to be the best version of himself.

The Zimbabwe team is scheduled to reach Pakistan on October 20 after which the Pakistan Cricket Board is expected to schedule their T20I and ODI matches in Multan and Rawalpindi. Steve Smith missed the first two matches of the ODI series after getting hit on the head from a throwdown by a member of the coaching staff in practice.

Sudhir Kumar Chaudhary, a fan of the Indian cricket team, travels to all Indian home games with his body painted as the Indian flag. Locations of all stadiums which have hosted at least four Test matches or 10 ODIs within India. Similar to the first-class kits, BCCI logo is placed on the left chest while the logo of the kit manufacturer sits on the right chest.

Tributes Pour In For Ms Dhoni

After a short exile from the Indian cricket team, Rahul came back more determined than ever to prove his quality. They have more than half of the crowd cheering for them in any country they visit. Let alone the cricket-playing nations like the SENA countries but also in the United States where they played a couple of T20I series against the West Indies.