History of cricket in India from 1970–71 to 1985

This article describes the history of cricket in India from the 1970–71 season until 1985.

Events edit

Bombay continued its dominance of Indian domestic cricket with only Karnataka and Delhi able to mount any kind of challenge during this period.

India enjoyed two international highlights. In 1971, under Ajit Wadekar's captaincy they won a Test series in England for the first time ever, surprisingly defeating Ray Illingworth's Ashes winners and won series in West Indies.[1] In 1983, again in England, India were surprise winners of the 1983 Cricket World Cup.[2]

Domestic cricket edit

Ranji Trophy winners edit

International tours of India edit

England 1972–73 edit

Sri Lanka 1972–73 edit

West Indies 1974–75 edit

Sri Lanka 1975–76 edit

New Zealand 1976–77 edit

England 1976–77 edit

West Indies 1978–79 edit

Australia 1979–80 edit

Pakistan 1979–80 edit

England 1979–80 edit

England 1981–82 edit

Sri Lanka 1982–83 edit

Pakistan 1983–84 edit

West Indies 1983–84 edit

England 1984–85 edit

For details of this tour see : English cricket team in India in 1984-85

References edit

  1. ^ "Reforming two things in India is impossible: cricket and politics, writes Anil Singh". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Team India on the brink of ODI record at Vizag, remain torchbearers of 50-over format". 23 October 2018.

External sources edit

Further reading edit

  • Mihir Bose, A History of Indian Cricket, Andre-Deutsch, 1990
  • Ramachandra Guha, A Corner of a Foreign Field – An Indian History of a British Sport, Picador, 2001