History of cricket goes back to 1550 (appox) and it is evident from guildford survey record. In 1676 cricket was being played abroad by british residents. In 1697 first cricket match with 11 players happened in sussex. The original and traditional home of cricket is in south eastern england . Cricket was first played in England more than 300 years ago. Today's bat was invented around 1853. Cricket was brought to india by britishers.By the beginning of the 19th century the game was being played in the cities of Mumbai, calcutta, and Chennai. India played its first official test against England in 1932. The main countries which took part in this game are India, England, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Australia, West Indies, South Africa. There are more than total of 32 countries which are member of ICC.
Infact Cricket is not officially national sport of india but it has a volumnious fan following. The popularity of this game is really amazing. You can judge the impact of cricket in india from the fact that people in india work out thier social plans and travel plans by tallying it with the Indian cricket team's schedule.
Cricket is a Team Game.This game is played between teams of 11 players. This game is played over large, grassy circular shaped ground. In the center of the ground is the Pitch. At each end of Pitch, Wickets are placed. A chalkline is drawn on the Pitch and it is called Crease. Each Cricket team has one captain. When one team bats, other team fields.
The list of the famous stadiums in india is Barabati Stadium, Cuttack Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Madras Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Eden Gardens, Calcutta Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Green Park (Modi Stadium), Kanpur Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Vishakhapatnam Lal Bahadur Stadium, Hyderabad Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna Moti Bagh Stadium, Baroda Nehru Stadium, Pune Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Vidarbha C.A. Ground, Nagpur Wankhede Stadium, Bombay.