India Defeating West Indies and England in 1971 Test Series
In 1971 Underdog India defeated the two titans of World Cricket – West Indies and England in their own home soils making its presence felt in the World Cricket.Winning World cup 1983
This was total turnaround. India winning world cup of cricket by beating two times champion West Indies in final. By grabbing India’s first World Cup in 1983, Kapil’s Dev’s underdog team made cricket an entire nations everlasting obsession.
World Championship 1985
India dominated the World Championship of
Cricket in 1985 comfortably winning every match it played including the
finals. India defeated Pakistan by 8 wickets in the final to clinch the
World Championship of Cricket.
Test win in Eden Garden 2001
Forced to follow on by Australia, rated as the
best in the world, that had won 16 Tests in a row, India pulled out a
victory out of no where to win the second test in Kolkata (2001). VVS
Laxman scored 281 and Rahul Dravid 180 to accomplish this miracle. It
was only the third time since Test cricket started in 1877 that a team
being asked to follow on emerged victorious.
Natwest Trophy Final
Picture says it all. After being reduced to 146 for 5 at one point,two young guns, Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif snatched victory from the Englishmen in the finals of Natwest trophy in 2002 with two wickets and three balls to spare. More than the match, what would be remembered is the celebration aftermath.2003 World Cup
After 20 years, India once again reached very
close to winning the coveted reaching the finals of the World Cup in
2003. Though they lost final in one sided match but under captaincy of
Sourav Ganguly a young Indian Team showed a lot of spirit.
Sehwag’s 300 in Multan
Historical moment for Indian Cricket fans when
Sehwag scored first triple century of India in Test cricket. A 375 ball
309 runs scored by Sehwag in first test against Pakistan proved crucial
and India won that match by an inning. This was first Pakistan tour of
India in so many years and Sehwag inaugurated it with memorable
performance.
T20 World Cup 2007
A cricket board allergic towards T20 cricket,
hesitant to even send their team for the World Cup, preferred to rest
its key players only to see its young team winning the first edition of
the T20 World Cup in 2007.
Sachin 200 in One Day International
If there could be any batsman in world cricket who can score Double Century in ODI it could be Sachin Tendulkar, because of his temperament, shot selection, placement, timing and ability of scoring runs fast. And i doubt if there in any batsman who possess all these talent, and that’s the reason Sachin became first ever cricketer to score 200 in One Day International. He made a not out 200 in 147 ball to register his name again in record book.World Cup 2011
Not this happens always, but India also
hosting World Cup 2011 went into the tournament as favorite. They played
some good cricket and their all round ability gave them their second
world cup. India became champions of world cricket. And this picture of
Dhoni will be enjoyed for many years in future.
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