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Rohan Kanhai was the first West Indian batting icon of East Indian descent. The Guyanese right-hander was known for his stroke play and innovation at the crease and had a colourful career in the maroon cap of the West Indies for nearly two decades.

Born in Berbice, Guyana on December 26, 1935, Kanhai made his debut for Guyana as a 19-year old in the 1954/ 1955 First Class season. It was not long until the middle order batsman caught the eye of West Indies selectors – after only three seasons. Kanhai’s Test debut came on the West Indies’ 1957 tour of England. In that drawn game, the Guyanese batsman opened the batting – scoring 42 and 1.

Rohan went on to play 79 Tests for the W.I., tallying 6,227 runs at a good average of 47.53. Of those 6227 runs, 15 were centuries and 28 were fifties. His highest score in Tests was also his highest score in First Class cricket – 256 against India at Eden Gardens in January 1959. Kanhai scored another Test double hundred – 217 against Pakistan at Lahore – and had the distinction of scoring a century at Lord’s, the home of cricket.

Although the Guyanese icon scored the majority of his Test runs against England (2267), he averaged the highest against India (62.70). Kanhai enjoyed batting on the subcontinent, as he averaged 63.75 in India and 54.80 in Pakistan. However, he was no flat-track bully, as he managed to average 40.32 in the difficult batting conditions of England.

Kanhai played with and against some illustrious names in cricket in his era. He played with Sonny Ramadhin, Garry Sobers, Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes and Sir Frank Worrell in his debut match. Later in his Test career, he shared the field with Roy Fredericks, Clive Lloyd and Andy Roberts. Rohan Kanhai also had the distinction of captaining the West Indies in 13 Test matches, scoring 738 runs and averaging 41 as captain.

Kanhai’s batting exploits took him all over the world. Apart from the West Indies and Guyana (formerly British Guiana), the attacking stroke-maker also played for North of South Africa, Tasmania, Transvaal, Trinidad, Warwickshire and Western Australia. For those teams, he played 421 First Class matches, scoring 29,250 runs at an average of 49.40. His best score was 256, while 86 hundreds and 120 fifties formed part of his massive tally.

Towards the end of his career, Kanhai played one-day matches as well, scoring 4,769 runs from 159 matches at an average of 39.09 – demonstrating his versatility. After he retired from First Class cricket in 1977, the Guyanese legend was involved in administration.

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The cricket world cup is an international event. These WC matches are based on men’s One Day International (ODI) cricket matches. WC matches are organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). This tournament is being held after every four years since held the first time in England in 1975. The number of matches and teams are increased than first cricket wc match.

CRICKET WC HISTORY: 9 wc matches have been played till now. There history is as followed.

The FIRST match was played in 1975, hosted by England. West Indies won the first world cup by defeating Australia by 17 runs.

The SECOND match was played in 1979. hosted by England. Again West Indies won the world cup by defeating England by 92 runs.

The THIRD match was held in 1983, hosted by England third time. India won this world cup by defeating West Indies by 43 runs.

The FOURTH was played in 1987, hosted by Pakistan and India. This world cup was won by Australia by defeating England by 7 runs, the closest margin in world cup history.

The FIFTH matches were held in Australia and New Zealand in 1992. Pakistan won by defeating England by 22 runs.

The SIXTH was played in1996, hosted by India and Sri Lenka. And Australia defeated West Indies by 29 runs.

The SEVENTH was played in 1999, hosted by England, Ireland, Scotland, and Netherlands. Australia defeated Pakistan and reached the target in 20 overs.

The EIGHTH was hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya in 2003. Australia won this world cup by defeating India by 125 runs.

The last NINETH was played in 2007, and hosted by West Indies. And Australia defeated sri Lanka by 53 runs.

THE WC 2011:

The TENTH ICC cricket wc is going to held in 2011. This will be played during the months of February and March 2011. The first match will be played on 19th February 2011, and fourteen countries are going to participate this cricket world cup. India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are going to host this world cup tournament. It is first time for Bangladesh to co-host a cricket world cup.

Pakistan was also included in the co-hosting countries, but after the attack on Sri Lanka’s national cricket team in Lahore in 2009, the International Cricket Council (ICC) forced the Pakistan to strip its hosting rights. So Pakistan is not hosting the world cup matches now.

Fourteen matches included one semi final, were supposed to host by Pakistan, are now shifted to other countries. Eight matches of them are shifted to India, four are given to Sri Lanka and two are awarded to Bangladesh. The headquarters of the organizing committee were also in Lahore, which are shifted to Mumbai now.

HOW CRICKET AFFECTS HUMAN LIFE:

Cricket match is most exciting entertainment for the people of almost all over the world, and cricket WC has more significance in human life than a cricket match. These cricket matches are very popular among the people of every age children, youngsters, old and even women also show interest in cricket matches.

For most of the people cricket matches have become the matter of life and death. They can’t bear the defeat of their beloved country. Defeat disturbs them not only mentally but also physically. They use to become the patients of high blood pressure and depression.

No doubt both countries want victory, but its impossible. Anyone has to face defeat in every game, and these ups and downs are part of life. If today you have to face defeat then tomorrow you also can prove yourself as winner. And it is one of the best rules of happy life to face the hard realities of life courageously and open heartedly.

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Cricket in India comes very naturally to everyone as if it is ingrained in our DNA. The evolution of Cricket in India dates back to the times of English Rule when Britishers ruled the country for over two centuries. Indian learned the game from its rulers and later when India got independent, Cricket lured the Indians and gradually generated a massive fan following.

Today, no other Sports command such an extreme level of attention, commerce and passion as Cricket. It has become a way of people to vent out their feelings and show their emotions unabashedly. Truly, it is remarkable to see how one game can bind the entire nation and evokes the feeling of nationalism.

Winning the World Cup in 1983 was the momentous event in the Indian history and Cricket was firmly rooted in the minds of Indian and its popularity sky rocketed among the Indian audience. Kapil Dev, Gavaskar and Amarnath were become living legends by making the entire nation proud. It had been long that Indians were suppressed and dominated by the powers of the world and this win gave them the rare moment of glory and achievement.

The spark ignited by the Kapil Dev’s team spread like a wild fire and soon there was a plethora of cricketing talent all over the country. Indian were blessed that the Cricketing God of this country Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar has made the phenomenal contribution to the game and made the entire world to respect and admire the Indian talent and calibre for the game.

Tendulkar has been creating milestones since past 19 glorious and shining years of playing Cricket. Today, he is a proud owner of most of the batting records including highest number of centuries and runs in both the Test and One day version of the game.

With the time, Indian Cricket has become associated with the commerce and got completely commercialized. The Cricket has become the highly paid Sports in the country where a Cricket player earns on par with a Bollywood celebrity.

Not only the money, this game generates immense popularity and names like Sachin, Ganguly, Dhoni etc are very common in each house. Discussion about Cricket is a favourite pastime for people in India and every other person seems to have an expert advice of its own.

Overall, this game captivates the Indian psyche and evokes extreme level of fervour among the audience. It is in true sense, a Sports religion of India.

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