cricket en Inde

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Cricket is the most popular sport in India. It is played almost everywhere in the country. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the governing body of cricket in India. It conducts all the domestic tournaments in India and select the players for the India national cricket team and the India women's national cricket team to represent India at international cricket. International cricket in India does not follow a consistent pattern and is spread throughout the calendar year, unlike the Australian and English cricket teams who tour other countries during their respective winter and play at home during their respective summer. The India cricket team is one of the most successful cricket teams in the world, having won 2 Cricket World Cups, 3 T20 World Cups, 3 Champions Trophies and finishing runners-up twice in World Test Championships. The India women's national cricket team has also won a Women's Cricket World Cup. India has hosted multiple Cricket World Cups, and will host the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup, the 2029 Champions Trophy, and the 2031 Cricket World Cup in future. Cricket is an important part of Indian culture and top players, like Sunil Gavaskar, Mohinder Amarnath, Kapil Dev, Polly Umrigar, Bishan Singh Bedi, Lala Amarnath, Ravi Shastri, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Shubman Gill and Sanju Samson often attain celebrity status and are some of the most influential figures in the country. Cricket is often portrayed patriotically in popular Indian films, including the Academy Award-nominated film, Lagaan, and 83, the 2021 sports drama film about India's Cricket World Cup victory in 1983. The Indian cricket team shares a long-standing rivalry with the Pakistan...