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Indian cricketers did not play any match despite being in the World Cup team
The 12th ICC Cricket World Cup has been inaugurated on May 30, 2019 in England and Wales. There are 10 teams participating in this ICC World Cup. In the World Cup 2019, India has sent a 15-member team. But there is a possibility that some players may not get chance to play any match in the whole World Cup as it has been observed in the past World Cups also.
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ICC Cricket World Cup 2019: Schedule, Time Table, Teams and Venues
The first World Cup was held in 1975. There are 11 World Cup tournaments being held till date. Upcoming or the 12th cricket World Cup will commence in England and Wales on 30 May, 2019. There are 10 test match playing teams participating in this cricket World Cup 2019.
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22 Rules of One day Cricket that You do not know
In 1788, the Marylebone Cricket Club (the MCC) took responsibility for the Laws of Cricket. Now the changes to the cricket Laws are determined by the International Cricket Council (ICC), although the copyright is still owned by MCC. In this article we have described some important rules applicable in the one day format of the cricket.
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List of highest run scorers in the IPL history
The first season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) was launched in 2008. Till date 12 seasons of the IPL have been conducted successfully. Virat Kohli has made highest runs (5412) in the IPL tournaments followed by the Suresh Raina (5368). In fact Suresh Raina and Virat Kohli are the only two players in the IPL history who have scored more than 5000 runs.
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Why does Indian Cricketer's jersey has three stars above BCCI Logo?
The BCCI logo is derived from the emblem of the “Order of the Star of India”; the British Raj emblem during the colonial period. “Order of the Star of India award” was started in 1861 by the Queen Victoria to please their loyal princes and kings of India during the 1857 war.
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Why is Sachin Tendulkar not included in the ICC Hall of Fame?
The ICC hall of fame list is released since 2009. Till date there are 87 cricketers including 5 Indians have been included in this list. Rahul Dravid is the latest Indian who is included in this list. In this article we have explained the reason that why master blaster Sachin Tendulkar is not included in this list.
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What is the Procedure to become BCCI Umpire?
It is not necessary for any applicant to have played competitive cricket before becoming the umpire, if anyone had played cricket earlier it would be added advantage. BCCI conducts two levels of exams to select the eligible candidates for the post of BCCI umpire. As of now grade A Umpire of BCCI get around Rs.40000/day.
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List of Forbes India's Highest Earning Sportspersons-2018
Salman Khan has been ranked as the India's highest earning celebrity for consecutively three years in a row. Salman had earned Rs. 253 cr. followed by the Virat Kohli. A total of 21 sportspersons featured in the top 100 Forbes India celebrity list 2018.
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How is Jersey Number Assigned to Cricketers?
There is no role of Board of Control for Cricket in India and International Cricket Council in assigning of jersey or T-shirt number to the cricketers. Cricketers of all countries including India choose their jersey or T-shirt by their own. Currently, jersey number 18 is allotted to Virat Kohli, jersey number 45 to Rohit Sharma and number 7 to Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
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Cricketers with 400 wickets in Test cricket
On 2 October, 2017 in the first test match played between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi, Sri Lankan left-arm spinner Rangana Herath joined the list of bowlers who have taken 400 wickets in Test cricket. In the 140 year history of Test cricket, only 14 players have taken more than 400 wickets. In this article, we are giving details of all the players who have taken more than 400 wickets in Test cricket.
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List of Captains of One Day Cricket Team of India
There are total of 24 players have captained Indian ODI team in at least one or more matches. The very first ODI captain of Indian cricket team was Ajit Wadekar, who became captain in 1974 and played just 2 matches as captain. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the most successful captain with 110 wins out of 200 games. Mohammad Azharuddin played 174 matches as captain while Saurav Ganguly played 146 matches as captain.
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List of Tournaments Organised by the ICC
The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the global governing body for cricket. ICC has two types of members’ i.e. permanent and Associate members. All the permanent members are allowed to play test cricket matches among themselves but Associate members do not. The ICC also appoints all match officials who organise all sanctioned international matches. This article is publishing the list of the tournaments organised by the ICC.
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Ind vs SL: Test Cricket Records
Sri Lankan cricket team has reached India on their eighth tour to play a Test series. The 3 Test matches series between the two countries will last from 16 November to 6 December. During this series, Virat Kohli is leading the Indian team while Dinesh Chandimal will be the captain of Sri Lankan team. In this article, we are giving details of the important records related to the Test Cricket played between India and Sri Lanka.
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