Cricket is religion in India today.But this devotion and attention didn’t come all of sudden.
Indian played their first test match in the year 1932 but Cricket entered into our veins right after the heroics of 1983 world cup, which was bagged by the minnow of the time, team India.But the very same minnow, down the years turned out be one of the biggest cricket powers in the world.
Today, team India is the richest cricket team in the world.Of course, the No.1 test side in the world.Now, you may think that we all know these facts, why need an introduction.
You might know all these things about team India but there are few to several less known interesting facts about Indian National Cricket team.Check them out.
* Before playing for India, Sachin Tendulkar played for our rival country Pakistan.But as a substitute fielder in 1987.
* Be it with Tests, ODI or T20s, Mahendra Singh Dhoni never scored a century out of Asia.He never scored a century overseas.
* Indian Cricketers get paid with a annual salary of 2cr for being A grade player, 1cr for B grade, 50 lakh for C grade and 25 lakh for D grade.
* Current match fee structure for Indian players :
Test Match – 15 lakh
ODI – 7.5 lakh
T20 – 3 lakh
* Sourav Ganguly was initially a right handed player who turned into a left handed batsman.
* Current Test No.1 bowler Ravindra Jadeja started his career as batsman who can bowl.He scored three triple centuries in domestic cricket.
* After Kohli joined the team, India chased 300+ targets for six times.
* IPL is the only cricket league in the world which is competing with Football leagues.The net worth is above $5 Billion.The tournament contributes over 1000cr every year for Indian GDP.
* Oppo, the new team sponsor has paid over 1000cr for their brand name on Indian jersey for next 5 years.
