The India national cricket team toured the Pakistan during the 1982–83 cricket season. They played six Test matches against the Pakistan cricket team, with Pakistan winning the series 3–0. Test matches 1st Test 10–15 December 1982 Scorecard Pakistan v India 485 (143.5 overs) Zaheer Abbas 215 (254) Dilip Doshi 5/90 (32.5 overs) 379 (124.5 overs) Mohinder Amarnath 109* (284) Sarfraz Nawaz 4/63 (31.5 overs) 135/1 (46 overs)
The India national cricket team toured Pakistan during the 1954–55 cricket season. They played five Test matches against the Pakistan cricket team, with the series drawn 0–0. It was the first Test series to be played in Pakistan. Test matches 1st Test 1–4 January 1955 (4-day match) scorecard Pakistan v India 257 (136.2 overs) Imtiaz Ahmed 54 Ghulam Ahmed 5/109 (45 overs) 148 (82.5 overs)
The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup (known as the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 until 2019) is the biennial international championship for women’s Twenty20 International cricket. The event is organised by the sport’s governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), with the first edition having been held in England in 2009. For the first three tournaments, there were eight participants, but this number has been raised
The ICC Champions Trophy is a currently-discontinued One-Day International (ODI) cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council or ICC. Inaugrated in 1998, and held till 2017, it remains as one of those ICC events that had the same format as that of another big cricketing event, like the Cricket World Cup, with the format being ODI’s. In 2018, the ICC decided to replace the tournament with the ICC
Hooliganism is disruptive or unlawful behavior such as rioting, bullying and vandalism, usually in connection with crowds at sporting events. Etymology There are several theories regarding the origin of the word hooliganism, which is a derivative of the word hooligan. The Compact Oxford English Dictionary states that the word may have originated from the surname of a rowdy Irish family in a music hall song of the 1890s. Clarence Rook, in his 1899 book, Hooligan
Cricket diplomacy consists of using the game of cricket as a political tool to enhance or worsen the diplomatic relations between two cricket playing nations. Cricket is the second-most widely played game in the world after football, and is thus used as a political tool to bridge gaps in diplomacy between competing countries. Australia and England Main article: The Ashes The Bodyline controversy
El Clásico (in Spanish, also in lowercase letters; Spanish pronunciation: ) or El Clàssic (in Catalan, pronounced ), both meaning “The Classic”, is the name given to any football match between rival clubs FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. Originally referring to competitions held in the Spanish championship, the term now includes every match between the clubs, such as those in the UEFA Champions League, Supercopa de España and Copa del Rey. It is considered
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated at 9:30 a.m. on 31 October 1984 at her residence in Safdarjung Road, New Delhi. She was killed by her bodyguards Satwant Singh and Beant Singh in the aftermath of Operation Blue Star, an Indian military action carried out between 1 and 8 June 1984 ordered by Indira Gandhi to remove Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his followers from the Golden Temple of Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar, Punjab.
The ACC Asian Test Championship was a professional Test cricket tournament contested between the Test playing nations of Asia: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. It is not a regular event in the cricketing calendar and has so far been held only twice; in 1998–99 when Pakistan won and in 2001–02 with Sri Lanka as champions. It was originally planned that the tournament would be held every two years,
The Asia Cup, officially known as the ACC Men’s Asia Cup is a men’s international cricket tournament contested between Asian countries in either One Day International format (50 overs) and Twenty20 International cricket format (20 overs). It was established in 1983 when the Asian Cricket Council was founded as a measure to promote goodwill between Asian countries. It was originally scheduled to be held every two years. The Asia Cup