User:Nija surya

CRICKET
Cricket is a bat and ball game played between 2 teams.First the cricket started in South East England around 16th century.Then it becomes popular around the some parts of the world.The length of the pitch is 22 yards and it is rectangular.And it is played by both men and women in cricket field.And field varies far men and for women.

INSTRUMENTS REQUIRE TO PLAY CRICKET
BAT,BALL,HELMET,STUMPS,AND OTHER SAFETY MATERIALS.

CRICKET FORMATS
There are three types of cricket formats.

ONE- DAY MATCH: One day cricket is consists of 50 overs

TEST MATCH: It will be played 5 days and each day 90 overs is bowled.And it consist of maximum 4 innings.

T-20 MATCH: It will be played within short time and it consist of 20 overs.

In every formats both teams will do batting and bowling and the winner will be decided according to runs scored.

Though in Indian national game is Hockey Cricket is very popular throught the country and it is played everywhere and played by everyone.Up to now India has won two world cups 1.in 1983 in the captaincy of Kapil Dev and 2.In 2011 in the captaincy of M S Dhoni. And India has won one T-20 world cup. Cricket is gentleman game and loved and enjoyed by everyone.