18.1 Important International Cricket Tournament

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Important International Cricket Tournament

Important International Cricket Tournament


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It’s played once in every 4 years. It has 4 stages, Super 8,


1 ICC World Cup ODI 6, semifinals and finals. Next Tournament - 2019 1975 Australia
(England, wales), 2023 (India)

It was inaugurated as the ICC Knock Out Tournament in


ICC Champions 1998 and has been played approximately every four years
2 ODI 1998 Pakistan
Trophy since. Its name was changed to the Champions Trophy in
2002. Next Tournament - 2021 (India)

ICC T20 World The event has generally been held every two years. Next
3 T20 2007 West Indies
cup Tournament - 2020 (Australia)

It was played between England and Australia. The term


originated in a satirical obituary published in a British
newspaper, The Sporting Times, immediately after
Australia's 1882 victory at The Oval, their first Test win on
English soil. The obituary stated that English cricket had
4 Ashes Trophy TEST 1882 Australia
died, and "the body will be cremated and the ashes taken to
Australia". The mythical ashes immediately became
associated with the 1882–83 series played in Australia,
before which the English captain Ivo Bligh had vowed to
"regain those ashes".

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Important International Cricket Tournament

It was played between India and Australia. The series is


named after Australia's Allan Border and India's Sunil
Border Gavaskar Gavaskar, who both scored over 10,000 Test runs in their
5 Test 1990 India
Trophy career and captained their respective teams and were the
original world record holders for most runs scored in Test
match cricket.
ODI
Earlier at the beginning stage it was known as Benson and
Commonwealth (1979-
Hedges World Series. Later Carlton and United then VB
Bank series 2015) /
6 series and now it is known as CB series. It is an official 1979
(Australian Tri T20
Australian series held during the months of Dec and Jan-
series) (From
Feb. The event has generally been held every two years.
2018)
The Asian Cricket Council was founded as a measure to
ODI and 1984 ,
7 Asia Cup promote goodwill between Asian countries. It was India
T20 2016
originally scheduled to be held every two years.

The original format of the NatWest Series was a three-


team triangular tournament, involving England and two
visiting international sides. Each of the three teams would
8 NatWest series ODI 2000
play the other two three times each, after which the two top
teams would face each other in a final at Lord's in London.
The triangular format was abandoned in 2006

The Indian Premier League (IPL), officially Vivo Indian


Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is a
Indian Premier professional Twenty20 cricket league in India contested Mumbai
9 T20 2008
League during April and May of every year by teams representing Indians
Indian cities. The IPL is the most-attended cricket league
in the world

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It was played between the top domestic teams from major


cricketing nations. It was jointly owned by the BCCI,
Champions
10 T20 Cricket Australia and Cricket South Africa. The 2014 2009
League Twenty20
Champions League Twenty20 was the last series of the
tournament.

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