History Of Cricket
Cricket was introduced to North America via the English colonies in the 17th century, probably before it had even reached the north of England. In the 18th century it arrived in other parts of the globe. It was introduced to the West Indies by colonists and to India by British East India Company mariners in the first half of the century. It arrived in Australia almost as soon as colonisation began in 1788. New Zealand and South Africa followed in the early years of the 19th century.
Cricket never caught on in Canada, despite efforts by an imperial-minded elite to promote the game as a way of identifying with the British Empire. Canada, unlike Australia and the West Indies, witnessed a continual decline in the popularity of the game during 1860–1960. Linked to upper class British-Canadian elites, the game never became popular with the general public. In the summer season it had to compete with baseball. During the First World War, Canadian units stationed in Britain played baseball, not cricket.
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Different Cricket Teams
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| Zimbabwe World Cup
The ICC Cricket World Cup is the international championship of One Day International (ODI) cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament held every four years. The tournament is one of the world's most viewed sporting events and is considered the "flagship event of the international cricket calendar" by the ICC.
The first World Cup was organised in England in June 1975, with the first ODI cricket match having been played only four years prior. However, a separate Women's Cricket World Cup had been held two years before the first men's tournament, and a tournament involving multiple international teams had been held as early as 1912, when a triangular tournament of Test matches was played between Australia, England and South Africa. Each of the first three World Cups were held in England. From the 1987 tournamentonwards, hosting has been shared between countries under an unofficial rotation system, with fourteen ICC members having hosted at least one match in the tournament.
The finals of the World Cup are contested by the ten full members of the ICC (all of which are Test-playing teams) and a number of teams made up from associate and affiliate members of the ICC, selected via the World Cricket League and a later qualifying tournament. A total of 19 teams have competed in the ten editions of the tournament, with 14 competing in the 2011 tournament. Australia has won the tournament four times, with the West Indies, India (twice each), Pakistan and Sri Lanka (once each) also having won the tournament. The best performance by a non-full-member team came when Kenya made the semi-finals of the 2003 tournament.
 First World Cup Winner (West Indies)           |
IPL (Indian Priemier League)
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a Twenty20 cricket tournament where different franchise teams compete for the Indian Premier League title. The tournament started in 2008 and takes place every year usually during the months of April–June. The most recent edition was the IPL-7 held in 2014. It is currently supervised by BCCI Vice-President Ranjib Biswal, who serves as the League's chairman and Commissioner.[1] Sundar Raman has been the IPL chief operating officer (COO) since its first season, after he was appointed by the former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi in 2008.[2]
The IPL is the most-watched Twenty20 cricket league in the world and is also known for its commercial success. During the seventh IPL season (2014), the Indian Premier League's brand value was estimated to be around US$3.2 billion.
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Winners Team
| Runners-up Team | Season | Total Teams |
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| 1. | Kolkata Knight Riders | King XI Punjab | 2014(IPL7) | 8 |
| 2. | Mumabi Indian | Chennai Super Kings | 2013(IPL6) | 9 |
| 3 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Chennai Super Kings; | 2012(IPL5) | 9 |
| 4 | Chennai Super Kings; | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 2011(IPL4) | 10 |
| 5 | Chennai Super Kings; | Mumbai Indians | 2010(IPL3) | 8 |
| 6 | Deccan Chargers | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 2009(IPL2) | 8 |
| 7 | Rajasthan Royals | Chennai Super Kings | 2008(IPL2) | 8 |
