The presentation is aimed at defining the chronological progress of cricket in India. And helps to understand the reasons for huge popularity of the game in the country.

2. Indians learned cricket from the British.

4. Game of Opportunities

5. Unlike other games cricket was a game of
opportunity for every one because it had
many areas of performance. One could be a
fast bowler, spinner, batsman, all rounder,
wicketkeeper, fielder. And this was the prime
reason for its acceptability.

6. U Could Play It Anywhere..

7. INDIA WON 1983 WORLDCUP
• India were underdogs in the
tournament.
• Until this period most people had
only listened to the commentary
over radio but this time there was
a difference.
• Color TV had spread in most parts
of India and whole India was
watching their team play in
England.
• To the surprise of every one India
performed so well that they had a
dream run in the tournament and
managed to defeat defending
champions West Indies and
became world Champions.

8. Cricketing Legends of India..

9. • Some extraordinary cricketing talent rose in
India.
• Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly, Rahul
Dravid, VVS Laxman, Verinder Sehwage and
many others went on to display some
extraordinary talent.
• This resulted into an increase in a lot of
cricketing fans.

10. 1990’s
• 1991 Industrial Policy opened the doors for
foreign companies.
• Multinational Companies sponsored cricket to
advertise their products.
• PEPSI was a major contributor.
• This brought a lot of money into Indian cricket.
• Cricket coverage.
• India was doing well on field.

11. Rise of Master Blaster..

12. 2002 Ganguly Marks the beginning
The famous incident where Ganguly took off his T-shirt to celebrate their win
against England in 2002 Nat-West series marked the beginning of a new Team
India which was as competitive as any other international cricket team and was
afraid of none.

13. 2003 World Cup..

14. 2007 world cup disaster..

15. 2011 World Cup victory

16. Meanwhile the IPL

17. • The Indian Premier League proved to be an
opportunity for young talent to groom under
international exposure and earn handsome
amount.
• It had an overwhelming response from the
viewers.
• Because it provided to the increased apatite for
cricket.
• It had brought together the two prime sources of
entertainment for Indians… Cricket & Bollywood.

18. Cricket’s domination over other
games
• Criticizers have always said that cricket had been
given more attention and that this has lead to lag
in developments in other games.
• But the actual truth is that Indian cricket and
cricketers have earned this place in the heart of
Indians by their hard work and dedication, they
have proved to be the best in the world and
made their country proud.
• Also there is a huge misconception that hockey is
the national game of India but the truth is there
is no game mentioned as national game of India.