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Cricket

Cricket was first played in Southern England in 16th century. The game is most popular in West Indies, England, Southern Africa.There is 22 yards long pitch in the game of Cricket. Each team takes its turn to bat, attempting to score runs, while the other team fields. Each turn is known as an innings.In the game of cricket there are 11 players in each team. Before the game, toss is done so that the toss winning team can choose whether they have to field or bat. There is a Wicket keeper, a Batsman, a Bowler, fielders and the most important an Umpire in the game of cricket. Wicket Keeper stands behind of the stumps so that he can catch the ball when the batsman hits it towards him or when the batsman leaves the ball. Batman stands ahead of the stumps to hit the ball for a four, six, twoes or threes. Bowler bowls the ball to the batsman in order to get him out. There are various types of bowlers some bowlers bowl spin and some fast. Fielders catch the ball when the batsman hits it and saves it from going for a four. Umpire takes decisions whether the batsman is out or not out, whether the bowler is bowling a wide or a no ball. When the ball directly goes over the rope it is said to be a six. And when the ball bounces and then goes over the rope it is said to be a four. There are many formats of cricket such as ' twenty over format, one day, test match.' There are tournaments such as IPL, Champions league. There are various teams in IPL and Champions League such as Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders, Kings X11 Punjab, Royal Challengers Banglore, Sun Risers Hyderabad, Delhi Dare Devils, Rajasthan Royals.