Top 10 Moments of Indian Cricket

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.

Under the Captaincy of Ajit Wadekar India surprises world cricket by beating first England by 1-0 in three test series and then West Indies by 1-0 in five test series. What was more surprising is that this happened on their home soil. It was first series victory of Indian Cricket team on foreign soil. In many way this victory increased moral of Indian team. People in India started taking this game seriously and a new generation of cricketers were now coming to lead the team.


 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.