Cricket Journey of Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar was born 24 April 1973 in Bombay (Mumbai), India. He is also known as the Little Master or Master Blaster. He is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen ever. Tendulkar was just 16 when he became India's youngest Test cricketer. In 2005 he became the first cricketer to score 35 centuries in Test play. In 2007 Tendulkar reached another major milestone, becoming the first player to record 15,000 runs in one-day international play.

Sachin is the mainstay of Indian batting line-up for more than two decades. In 2011, Tendulkar finally achieved his dream of winning the Cricket World Cup at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. It took six World Cup appearances for the 'Little Master' to win the coveted trophy. 

Some interesting facts about Sachin –

• 1987 - At the age of 14, Sachin was a ball boy for the match between India and Zimbabwe at the Wankhede Stadium during the 1987 World Cup.
• Nov 15, 1989 - He was only 16 when he made his International Test debut against Pakistan at Karachi.
• 1992 - Tendulkar was the first player to be given out by the third umpire in an international game.
• Mar 27, 1994 - Opens in an ODI for the first time - against New Zealand. Goes on to make 82 off 49 balls.
• 2000 - He became the first batsman to have scored 50 international hundreds
• Oct 17, 2008 - Tendulkar became the highest run-scorer in Test cricket at Mohali against Australia, surpassing Brian Lara's tally of 11953 runs.

List of Honors –

• Doctorate - University of Mysore and Rajiv Gandhi University of Health and Science
• Group of Captain - Indian Air force
• Padma Vibhushan - Second Highest Civilian Honor of India
• Rajeev Gandhi Khel Ratna Award - Highest Sporting Honor
• Padma Shri - Fourth Highest Civilian Honor of India

Most popular series in cricket

Because cricket was started earlier in 16th century, from that it is amongst the famous sports activity in globe. In 1844 international cricket matches started in between different nations around the world. Cricket began using the test collection only famous that period but little by little other sort of series occurred to amuse the audience all over the world. The first limited overs international or most of us call the item ODI match came about at Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1971. Next the beginning of cricket globe cup came about in Britain in 1975. Which is for me is the most famous and interesting game to all form involving series. Cricket globe cup kept after just about every four years relating to the world’s cricket groups. The tournament may be the world's fourth-largest as well as fourth-most-viewed having event. It does not take most significant tournament and also the highpoint involving achievement inside the cricket sports activity. In first world pot, eight teams all over the world participate within it and ultimate match was between Western side Indies as well as Australia where West Indies won the 1st cricket globe cup contest. Time to time soon after every several years your cricket globe cup kept by unique nation and different teams conducted and received the contest. India won 2 times the globe cup recent is at 2011. Australia team was rewarded since the most periods winning contest in globe which depend as 4 times. Another cricket globe cup can held throughout 2015 throughout Australia as well as New Zealand. I imagine the just about every fan involving cricket is waiting for day to be enjoyed and cheer for their team.

Role of Umpire

A bat and ball game entertain the whole world ,but can you guess who are the important players without bat and ball ?they are the decision makers of the game called umpires they are also called informers they are the keen watchers of the game. Umpires are different type of players in the field. They are three in numbers.

Umpire plays a crucial role in cricket .The word umpire is derived from the French ‘nompere ‘  which means not equal or in simple word its mean not a member of team. He is the precision who has authority of taking decision in the field. According to international law of cricket umpire not only conduct the manners in the game and taking decision about delivery laws, wicket appeals but also announces deliveries and completion of an over.

To preside over the match two infield umpires are there. The umpires are in different positions .There is one umpire who stand just behind the bowlers wicket .he is the most important umpire he decide and act as a judiciary or judge. There is another umpire standing in the side vie of batsman he is called square leg umpire .He help the main umpire in decision. If still there is any confusion in the decision or if they are not able to decide anything there is an option of third umpire .Third umpire is a technology by which they can take correct decision by replaying the difficulties.

Not only during the match but umpire plays an important role before the match also which we called pre match role before the coin toss umpires establish the hours of play .umpires decide which ball s will be used during the match .The umpires also inspect the wicket, boundary lines, crease marking and all the other rules and regulations .They also check the equipment’s of the players. Thus we can say that not only players but umpires also play an eminent role in cricket

Cricket Sponsors

Cricket is one of the most famous game these days. There are large number of viewers and fans of cricket
world wide. That's why sponsors are attracted towards cricket. They are investing lots of money in cricket. Sponsors approach to the cricket board, cricket teams and cricket players also. They use boundary line boards, main ground, players' dresses, their bats etc. to promote their brand or company.


Here are some sponsors of famous teams - 

• Australia - Commonwealth Bank 
• India - Sahara India
• England - Brit Insurance
• New Zealand - DEC
• South Africa - Castle

There are many forms of cricket and a single cricket team sponsors usually vary for every form of cricket. Sponsors sign contract with teams for a particular interval of time. After the end of contract time, sponsor may change or the same sponsor may also resign the contract. 

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Team Ranking

International cricket council (ICC) is the board who daily update the cricket team ranking. Each team works hard in to get their team in top 10. This is depending upon the performance of their team in a match. The team ranking is daily up and down.

There are three type of team ranking one day match ranking, test match ranking, T-20 ranking. Each format of cricket the team ranking is different.one day cricket and twenty –twenty match ranking going up and downs because in these match the result come fast. Whereas the test matches the result rate is very low because most of the matches are draw. Ranking shows how team is performing. Team ranking create a competition between the teams.

Team ranking is depending in the matches play between two internationals teams at international level. It does not matter where it played. Most of the matches are in the forms of series like Coca-Cola series. Each year the ICC organized world cup matches in which international team play. Its big platform form teams. Through this they can improve their ranking.

http://www.cricwaves.com/ratings/

Test Match

Test match is the longest form of the cricket. It is play by 11 players between two teams .The first test match began on 15 the march 1877 between England and Australia in Melbourne cricket ground .Australia won by 45 runs .The schedule of test match is up to 5 days .On every day match there is 6 hours and 90 overs .After 80 overs bowlers can take new ball .Due to any weather condition match can extended. Test match is also called gentleman game because in this player does not try to run fast because there is 90 overs in days .So, batsman have a lot of time to settle down and score runs.

In the test match the both team wears white color dress. Bowler can bowl unlimited over .That there is no limitation of overs. In this there are no power plays. Each team twice bat and bowl. The team first bat set a target score for other team than other start chasing if team is unable to chance the runs that extra runs add to other inning and this way match progress. Each team has to out the complete team. Otherwise match called draw.

For test match the fitness is very important because the match is of 5 days .The players need to stay there for five days. Each day there is three breaks in the match first is the lunch break. The other is tea break. This is also called rest time. Test match is very silent and enjoys full game.

Changing rules (By K.S.)

Changing rules of cricket everyday

From the day when cricket came to existence, there were very few rules regarding limitation of overs, size of the ground or bat sizes. With time, everything changed to make cricket more entertaining. The introduction of rules began in 18th century when three stump wickets were introduced and leg before wicket (lbw). In the beginning, the test matches were played with unlimited overs but for the first time in 1963 the English men introduced the limited overs matches. The result of such changes was historic. Limited overs cricket was productive and the number of matches increased. The first limited overs International match was played in 1971. From that day until now, ODI matches are of 50 overs.

As time is an important factor, people felt bored to watch 50 overs matches, so they introduced a limited Twenty20 game in the 21st century. This is the most popular game of cricket. According to the new rules of games, every team has 11 members who play in the match and 4 members outside the ground (extras). The team that is batting will try to score as many runs as possible in just 120 balls, while the opposite team tries to restrict them. In ODI there are 50 overs to be played by both teams and has three power plays, one of them is 10 overs and the rest of the two are of 5 overs each. Power play also restricts how many players will stand outside the 30 yard circle. In T- 20 format, the overs limit is 20 for both teams and has 1 power play of 6 overs for each team. The changes in the rules made cricket more joyful and entertaining.

One day Match (S.S.)

One day cricket it is limited over match. It is played between two teams. The match start with the toss where coin is through in the air and captain of each team has to choose one side of coin which side come that team win the toss. That team has chance to choose the batting or bowling. 

The team bat first set target of scores for opponents. In each team there are 11 players and 10 bats man can bat. These are the ways to score a run by boundary, sixes, running between the wickets, no balls, wide ball, and leg bye. One day match complete in a single day.

In this each team play 50 over that means ball has through legally 300 times. One person can bowl maximum 10 overs. In the field two bats man played. Each over there is six bowls. The bowler takes run-up and through the bowl towards batsman and batsman has to hit the ball in order to take the run. These are the ways we can out the player by when bowler through the ball and it hit the wicket or it hit the batsman pad which is going in the direction towards the wicket than it said to be out ,when bats man hit the ball and ball are in the air and fielder catch it. When batsman is out of crease and fielder hit the wicket than it called out. These all decision is taken by umpires. 

Indian Premier League

Indian premier league is a professional league for twenty 20 cricket in India initiated in 2008. IPL represents to be the world’s richest tournament in which domestic and international player take part. IPL has been a trend in the society which has also inspired Bollywood stars and high profile industrialist to come forward and take their initiative in either participating as a franchise owner or a true supporter. The tournament is sponsored by world’s recognizable brands like Pepsi, Air tel  and Reebok. This format of cricket has change the style, idea and ethics of cricket compared to test cricket.

IPL has not only increased the speed of the game but has also increased competition to a very high content. This era of cricket is just an opportunity for youngster to come forward and prove their talent. Every year IPL has auction bidding for players in which the franchise owner bid for the kind of player there are want. Every owner has a limited amount of money through which they have purchase the player for a contract for three years. There are only 4 foreign players allowed in each team and 7 national players comprising a side if 11 members.

A team in this format can only be successful if they will perform and outscore the other team. The popularity of the show has led YouTube to be broadcast the show live and make this league as the first to be showcased. Lastly, this league provides us with three things Entertainment, Entertainment, Entertainment. 

Where to see live Cricket? (By R.S.)

About two decades ago, it was a dream to think about live cricket on your TV at your home. But technology made it possible. Now we can see live matches at our home even better than ground. Very expensive and high quality cameras are used to view clean and crystal clear stream of matches. Every moment can be seen through various angles. Technology is upgrading day by day. Now we don’t even need to turn on our TV to watch match, it is available online too.

Cricket is considered as one of the best sports game all around the world. Most of the countries including India, England, Australia, South Africa, Pakistan and Sri Lanka plays cricket for their nation. So there are wide numbers of cricket fan who love to watch this game throughout the day. They are so passionate for this game. Many of those are just stuck with the TV to watch out the live match. But sometimes the situation comes when they cannot view the match because of unavailability of TV or a specific channel.

Nowadays it is possible to watch live cricket without a TV. Because you cannot carry your TV with you, matches are available online now. Now satellite TV can be used that broadcast the live streaming of matches on your laptop. You don’t even need to pay anything to view your favorite matches. You can stream live matches even on your smartphone. There are number of sites on the internet and you can choose which you like the best. It is even convenient to watch the matches live on your mobile device as you carry it every time with you.

 

Here are some websites to view live cricket online-

http://www.webcric.com

http://in.hdcric.info

http://live.cricket-365.me

There are number of websites for online cricket, but these are one of the best websites these days to watch live cricket online free of cost.

Origin of Cricket

Cricket is very old sport but it played as a recognized sport since the early 18th century. The first recorded match was played in Sussex, England in 1967. It is hard to say that from where and it was exactly originated, but the country where it was originated is England, basically the area of dense woodlands and clearings in south-east England that lies across Kent and Sussex.

It is believed that, in that period, children used a stone as a ball and the batsman supposed to stop that ball to reach its target by hitting it away with a stick as a bat and the target is assumed to be tree or stool act as a wicket.  According to Heiner Gillmeister, a European language expert of Bonn University, "cricket" derives from the Middle Dutch met de (krik ket)sen (i.e., "with the stick chase"), which also suggests a Dutch connection in the game's origin.

The earliest types of bats were much like a hockey stick - long, heavy clubs curved outward toward the bottom. The design of the bat reflected the type of bowling that was prevalent at the time - fast, underarm bowls rolled along the ground. By the eighteenth century, the bat had developed into a heavier, longer, curved version of our modern bat—the handle and blade were carved out of a single piece of wood.

During the 1760s and 1770s, it became common to pitch the ball through the air rather than roll it along the ground. This innovation worked well for the bowlers rather than batsmen as they increased the seam and speed of the ball. It was also helpful for spinners because they could turn the ball and swing it in the air. On the other hand batsmen needed to be more skillful. They had to learn master shots and concentrate on timing of the shot. This was the time when curving bat was replaced with the straight one.