Essay on Cricket
Preface -
In our India country, almost all types of sports are played, but the most popular of these is cricket, which is liked from young children to old men. Whenever there is a big cricket match, the match is seen by thousands of people on big TV screens.
This is the only game that has so much fan following. Cricket games are played predominantly in India, Sri Lanka, Australia, South Africa, England, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Ireland, Pakistan and West Indies countries.
History of cricket game -
The cricket game started in the country of Great Britain, the first cricket match was played between Kent and London on 18 June 1744. With the expansion of the British Empire, the game began to be played in foreign countries, then in the 19th century, the first international match was organized by the ICC Cricket Club between two teams of 10 members each.
The name of India's first cricket institution was the "Calcutta Cricket Club". In 1797, this game was started being played in Mumbai.
And in 1878, a professor founded the Indian Cricket Club under the name of "Presidency College Cricket Club". Our India country has won the World Cup in 1983 and 2011.
Process of playing cricket -
The game of cricket is played between a team of two 11-11 players. One or two extra players are also placed in each team so that if a player gets hurt then the extra player can be fed in his place.
There are two judges to decide the game, also known as the umpire, and another third umpire who decides to watch videos in special circumstances.
The toss (coin tossing) is done by an umpire to start the game. Whichever team wins the toss decides on its own whether to bat or bowling. After this, the match starts.
Two members of the batting team stand on either side of the pitch and all the members of the bowling team stand to stop the ball in the field, then one of the bowling team throws the ball towards the batsman.
The batsman strikes the ball with the bat and takes a run or hits a four or a six. This is a turn by turn for both teams. A team plays until all-overs are over or all the batsmen in the team are dismissed, whichever team scores more run is declared victorious.
Types of cricket games -
There are many types of cricket games. These games are very popular at the international level. Test matches are one-day matches but they started in T20 a few years ago.
With this, various types of trophies are organized in our country throughout the year. Many cricket competitions are held in India in the name of Ranji Trophy, Rani Jhansi Trophy, Baji Trophy, Irani Trophy, Dilip Trophy, Sheesh Mahal Trophy and Abdullah Gold Cup.
Main rules of cricket game -
(1) Each team is required to have 11–11 players.
(2) The game should be played in an open and dry field, which is 130–150 m in diameter.
(3) There is a pitch for playing the middle of the field with three wickets taken at either end, the distance between the wickets on both sides is 22 yards.
(4) The weight of the ball is five and a half ounces.
(5) The width of the bat is 4.25 inches and the length is 38 inches.
(6) 3 stumps are placed on either side of it, each stump has a width of 1 inch.
(7) Only 6 balls can be thrown in an over, but if the ball bounces and goes wide, the batting team gets 1 run and gets an extra ball to play.
(8) In an international match, two deciders are on the field and one decider is outside the ground, their decision is the final decision.
(9) While playing the game one umpire stands near the wicket where the bowlers are from and the other umpire stands from where the batting takes place, after each over, both keep changing their positions.
(10) Catch - If the batsman hits the ball with the bat and that ball is caught in the air by a member of the fielding team, it is called a catch, it is considered as batsman out.
(11) Run out - If the batsman is not in his crease, if the ball is hit on the stump by the bowling team, the batsman is considered run out.
(12) Time out - If a batsman is out, if the other batsman does not come in the field within 2 minutes, then time out is given.
(13) Bold - Bold is considered if the bowler hits the wicket with the ball and the wicket falls or if the bell placed on the wicket falls.
(14) Hit wicket - If the batsman falls a stump or a bell from the bat or from any part of his body while batting, then he is hit by the wicket and the batsman is out.
(15) Stumped - When a ball is missed (fired blank) by the batsman and he is outside the crease, the batsman is out when the ball is hit on the stump by the wicketkeeper.
(16) Catching the ball - A batsman cannot hold the ball with his hand to secure his wicket.
Benefits of playing cricket -
(1) Playing cricket brings both physical and mental development.
(2) Playing cricket awakens a sense of discipline and mutual harmony among children.
(3) Playing this game makes the body strong.
(4) By playing this game, there is development in the ability of concentration in children.
(5) Playing cricket increases the immunity of the body, which is very important for children.
Famous Cricket Players -
Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin, Kapil Dev, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Virender Sehwag, Anil Kumble, Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, Vijay Hazare, Ashish Nehra, Irfan Pathan, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid etc. famous cricket of our country Is the player.
Epilogue -
If cricket is called the life of sports world then there will be no exaggeration because this game is so popular all over the world that people leave their business to watch this game.
This is such an exciting game that one who sees it once comes to see this game again and again. Going to the cricket stadium and watching the cricket match is a different joy because everyone shouts loud slogans for their favorite team there and there is a different enthusiasm.
We have to make other sports popular like cricket because the real rise of life comes from sports itself.