Governed by the Board of Cricket Council of India, The Indian Cricket Team is a full member of the International Cricket Council and plays both One Day International as well as Test matches.

The Indian Cricket Team is ranked third by the International Cricket Council in Tests, thirs in One Day Internationals and sixth in Twenty20. 2^nd of April marked a very important day in the history of Indian Cricket Team as India won the 2011 Cricket World  Cup. This was the second time India won the world cup after 1983. Twenty eight years has been a really long time.

The players of the Indian Cricket Team have been divided into three grades. The three grades are Grade A, Grade B and Grade C. The Grade A players are paid 1 crore, Grade B players are paid 50 lakhs while Grade C players are paid 25 lakhs. The head coach of the Indian Cricket Team is Duncan Fletcher.

The Indian Cricket Team has played 462 Test matches, 804 One Day International and 33 Twenty20 Internationals. On an overall basis it has won 112 test matches, 397 one day internationals and 17 Twenty 20 which is way above average.

On the latest front India took part in a Tri Series along with Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. During this tri series Sachin Tendulkar made his record of 100^th 100. This was the most awaited record by not only Indians but everyone in the world. Finally the wait was over and Sachin made the Indian Cricket Team proud. AginVirat Kohli a new entry into the Indian cricket team performed superbly scoring around 178 runs in the match against Bangladesh. In spite of all these superb records India somehow failed to come in the finals

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