I understand that it is not the right time to elevate Indian cricket with reckoning our utter debacle in recent world cup and under performance of the players in the recent matches, whatever it is; WE INDIANS ARE CRICKET BUFFS!!! . Here I like to cover most of the aspects in the Indian cricket history, I might be excluding some of the things that most people already know, but I still keep the external links for your references.
Parsi cricket
The first Indians to take to the game were the Parsis of Bombay, an educated, well-to-do and progressive community. In 1848, the Parsi boys established the ‘Oriental Cricket Club’.
The emerging Parsi middle class supported cricket as a means of strengthening ties with the overlords, while intellectuals welcomed it as a renewal of physical energy for the race. Around thirty Parsi clubs were formed in the within two decades of the formation of the first club. They were named for British viceroys and statesmen and for Roman gods
- By 1912, the Parsis, Hindus, and Muslims of Bombay played a quadrangular tournament with the Europeans every year
Hindu cricket 
The Hindu’s took up the game of cricket with the primary reason that they did not want to fall behind the Parsis in any manner. The first Hindu club ‘Bombay Union’ was formed in 1866. Hindus started playing cricket due to social and business rivalry with the Parsis. Hindu cricketers sorted themselves on the lines of caste and region of origin. One of the primary Hindu cricketer was Ramchandra Vishnu Navlekar. Some of the main clubs were Gowd Saraswat Cricket Club, Kshatriya Cricket Club, Gujrati Union Cricket Club, Maratha Cricket Club, Teluu Youn Cricketrs etc. “There is no more agreeable sight to me,” remarked the Mayor of Bombay in 1886, “than of the whole Maidan overspread by a lot of enthusiastic Parsi and Hindu cricketers, keenly and eagerly engaged in this manly game.”
Gymkhanas
The all-white Bombay Gymkhana, which even refused admission to Ranji, was established in 1875. The Europeans invited the Parsis to paly with them for the first time in 1877. This more or less became a regular feature though it was a decade before the Parsis’ eventually managed to win. Beginning from1886, the Hindus also began playing an annual match with the Europeans.
With the efforts of Luxmani and Tyebjee families, also famous for their social work such as establishing schools and good work at the law courts, the Muslims had also set up their own cricket club in 1883. This was known as the Muslim Cricket Club.
Cricket in India got a huge impetus by the formation of Parsi, Hindu and Muslim Gymkhanas in the 1890s. The British alloted one plot each to the three major religious communities in the city, for their exclusive use ending their conflict with the colonizers.
- In the early 1900s, some Indians went on to play for the English cricket team. Some of these, such as Ranjitsinhji and KS Duleepsinhji were greatly appreciated by the British and their names went on to be used for the Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy-two of the major domestic tournaments in India.
- India was invited into The Imperial Cricket Council in 1926 and made its debut as a Test-cricket-playing-nation in 1932 led by CK Nayudu. The match was given Test status despite being only 3 days in length. The team was not strong in its batting at this point and went on to lose by 158 runs. The Indian team continued to improve throughout the 1930s and '40s but did not achieve an international victory during this period. The team's first series as an independent country was in 1948 against Sir Donald Bradman's Invincibles (a name given to the Australian cricket team of that time). Australia won the five-match series, 4-0
Governing body
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the governing body over the Indian cricket team. The Board has been operating since 1929 and represents India with the International Cricket Council. It is amongst the richest sporting organizations in the world, it sold media rights to for India's matches in the next 4 years for 612 million US dollars. It negotiates India's sponsorships, its future tours and the selection of its players.
The International Cricket Council determines India's upcoming matches through its future tours program. However, the BCCI, with its influential financial position in the cricketing world, has often challenged the ICC's program and called for more tours between India, Australia, Pakistan and England which are more likely to earn more revenue as opposed to tours with Bangladesh or Zimbabwe. In the past, the BCCI has also come into conflict with the ICC in relation to sponsorships and the legitimacy of the ICC Champions Trophy.
Selection Committee
Selection for the Indian cricket team occurs through the BCCI's zonal selection policy, where each of the five zones is represented with one selector and one of the members nominated by BCCI as the Chairman of the Selection Committee. This has sometimes led to controversy as to whether these selectors are biased towards their zones.
Team Colours
When playing one-day cricket, the Indian cricket team has in recent years worn a sky blue shirt and pants. At present, the shirt also contains a diagonal tricolour design which reflects the Flag of India and the name of their main sponsor, Sahara. The one-day cap is also sky blue with the BCCI logo on the front, with a similar tricolour design on the brim of the cap.
Indian Team Records
Tests:
Team records
- Highest team total: 705-7 decl v Australia at Sydney (2003/04)
- Lowest team total: 42 v England at Lord's (1974)
Individual records
- Most matches: 135 by Sachin Tendulkar followe d by 131 by Kapil Dev
Batting
- Most runs: 10668 by Sachin Tendulkar
- Best average: 60.33 by Deepak Shodhan
- Highest individual score: 309 by Virender Sehwag v Paki stan at Multan (2003/04)
- Record partnership: 413 P Roy and MH Mankad v N ew Zealand at Chennai 1955/56 (1st wicket)
- Most centuries: 37 by Sachin Tendulkar
Bowling
- Most wickets: 547 by Anil Kumble
- Best average: 5.00 by Surinder Amarnath
- Best innings bowling: 10-74 by Anil Kumble Vs. Paki stan at Delhi (1998/99)
- Best match bowling: 16-136 by Narendra Hirwani v West Indies at Chennai (1987/88)
- Best career strike rate: 11.0 by Surinder Amarnath
- Best economy rate: 1.00 by Ajay Ratra
Fielding
- Most dismissals: 198 (160 catches, 38 stumpings) by Syed Kirmani
- Most dismissals in an innings: 6 (5 catches, 1 stummpi ng) by Syed Kirmani v New ZealandChristchurch (1975/76). at
ODI
Team records
- Highest team total: 413-5 in 50 overs v Bermuda at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (2007/08)
- Lowest team total: 54 in 26.3 overs v Sri Lanka at Sharjah (2000/01)
Individual records
- Most matches: Sachin Tendulkar 384
Batting
- Most runs: 14537 Sachin Tendulkar
- Best average: 57.50 Gagan Khoda
- Highest individual score: 186* Sachin Tendulkar vs. New Zealand at Hyderabad (1999/00)
- Record partnership: 331 Rahul Dravid & Sachin Tendulkar for the 2nd wicket vs. New Zealand at Hyderabad (1999/00)
- Most centuries: 41 Sachin Tendulkar
Bowling
- Most wickets: 328 Anil Kumble
- Best average: 7.00 Vinod Kambli
- Best innings bowling: 6/12 Anil Kumble v West Indies at Kolkata (1993/94)
- Best career strike rate: 4.0 Vinod Kambli
- Best career economy rate: 0.00 Ashok Malhotra
Fielding
- Most dismissals: 194 (180 catches, 14 stumpings) by Rahul Dravid
- Most dismissals in an innings: 5 - occurred 8 times (Nayan Mongia - 3 times, Syed Kirmani, S. Vishwanath, Kiran More, M.S.K. Prasad and MS Dhoni - 1 time each)
For More Updated Record, please check from Cricinfo India Records
http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/record
s/index.html?id=6;type=team#team
For most updated Rating, please check from LG ICC Cricket Rating
Test cricket grounds
| Stadium | City |
| Green Park (now Modi Stadium) | |
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