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Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, also colloquially known as Dehradun Cricket Stadium is a cricket stadium in Dehradun, Uttarakhand in India. It is the home ground of Uttarakhand cricket team. It is the first international standard stadium in the Uttarakhand state and was constructed in amount of 234 cr. In 2018 this arena hosted its first ICC cricket match. Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium is India's 21st venue to host T20 internationals, and the 51st Indian international cricket venue. It is named after former prime minister of India Rajiv Gandhi. History left, Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Harish Rawat with Sports Minister of Uttarakhand Dinesh Agrawal (left) and IPL Chairman Rajeev Shukla (right) at the inauguration of Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Dehradun. With the formation of the state in the year 2000, the state suffered a blow to its sport facilities as Uttar Pradesh had the entire infrastructure for sports and Uttarakhand had ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dehradun
Dehradun (), also known as Dehra Doon, is the winter capital and the List of cities in Uttarakhand by population, most populous city of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous Dehradun district, district and is governed by the Dehradun Municipal Corporation, with the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly holding its winter sessions in the city as its winter capital. Part of the Garhwal division, Garhwal region, and housing the headquarters of its Divisional Commissioner, Dehradun is one of the "National Capital Region (India)#Counter magnets, Counter Magnets" of the National Capital Region (India), National Capital Region (NCR) being developed as an alternative centre of growth to help ease the migration and population explosion in the Delhi metropolitan area and to establish a smart city in the Himalayas. Dehradun is located in the Doon Valley on the foothills of the Himalayas nestled between Song River (India), Song River, a tributary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Premier League
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional Twenty20 (T20) cricket league in India, organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Founded in 2007, it features ten city-based Professional sports league organization, franchise teams. The IPL is the List of sports attendance figures#Sports leagues, most popular and List of professional sports leagues by revenue, richest cricket league, and the second-richest sports league in the world. It is held annually between March and May. It has an exclusive window in the ICC Future Tours Programme, Future Tours Programme of the International Cricket Council, resulting in fewer international tours occurring during the seasons. It is also the most viewed Indian sports event, per the Broadcast Audience Research Council. In 2014, it ranked sixth in attendance among all sports leagues. Inspired by the success of the IPL, other Sport in India#Major sporting leagues or competitions, Indian sports leagues have been establi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gautam Gambhir
Gautam Gambhir (born 14 October 1981) is the Head coach of the Indian cricket team. He is also a former international cricketer, former politician, and philanthropist. He played for India in all formats of the game between 2003 and 2016. He was a member of the 17th Lok Sabha from 2019 to 2024 representing East Delhi constituency from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He received the Padma Shri from the Government of India in 2019, the fourth highest civilian award in India. As a cricketer, Gambhir was a left-handed opening batsman who played domestic cricket for Delhi, and captained Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He made his One Day International (ODI) debut against Bangladesh in 2003, and played his first Test the following year against Australia. He captained the Indian team in six ODIs from late 2010 to late 2011 with India winning all six matches. He played an integral part in India's wins in the finals of both the 2007 World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irfan Pathan
Irfan Pathan (; born 27 October 1984) is an Indian cricket commentator, analyst and former player. He was a bowling all-rounder and member of the Indian cricket team that won the inaugural 2007 ICC Twenty20 World Cup and 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. Beginning his career as a fast-medium swing and seam bowler, Pathan broke into the national team soon after turning 19, and evoked comparisons with Pakistan's Wasim Akram with his promising performances and prodigious swing. In early 2006, Pathan became the only bowler to take a Test hat-trick in the first over of the match (vs Pakistan at Karachi). However, the productive run did not last and after the start of 2006, Pathan began to steadily lose pace and swing, and his wicket-taking dwindled. Although Pathan's batting continued to be productive, he was not regarded as a specialist and was dropped from the team in both Tests and ODIs by the end of 2006, and by 2007 was no longer in the squad until his return in the 2007 World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suresh Raina
Suresh Raina (; born 27 November 1986) is an Indian former international cricketer. He occasionally served as stand-in captain for the Indian men's national cricket team as well as in IPL for Chennai Super Kings during the absence of the main captain, MS Dhoni. He played for Uttar Pradesh (UP) in domestic cricket circuit. He is an aggressive left-handed middle-order batsman and occasional off-spin bowler. He is the second-youngest player ever to captain India. He was the captain of Gujarat Lions in the Indian Premier League (IPL), and he also served as vice-captain of the Chennai Super Kings. He is the first Indian batsman to hit a century in all three formats of international cricket. During his time with India, he won the 2011 Cricket World Cup and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. Raina made history being the first Indian to score a century in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, which he did with his 101 runs against South Africa at the 2010 Tournament. On 15 August 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Lara
Brian Charles Lara, (born 2 May 1969) is a Trinidadian former international cricketer, widely renowned as one of the greatest Batting (cricket), batsmen of all time. He holds several cricketing records, including the record for the highest individual score in first-class cricket, with 501 not out for Warwickshire County Cricket Club, Warwickshire against Durham County Cricket Club, Durham at Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Edgbaston in 1994, and the record for the highest individual score in an international Test innings, after scoring 400 not out at Antigua during the English cricket team in the West Indies in 2003–04, 4th test against England in 2004. Lara also held, for 18 years, the record of scoring the highest number of runs in a single over of a Test match when he scored 28 runs off an over of Robin Peterson of South Africa national cricket team, South Africa in 2003, until his record was overtaken by Jasprit Bumrah in 2022. As captain, Lara led the West Indies team to win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (; ; born 24 April 1973) is an Indian former international cricketer who List of India national cricket captains#Men's cricket, captained the Indian national team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest cricketers of all time, and is the holder of several world records, including being the all-time highest Run (cricket), run-scorer in both One Day International, ODI and Test cricket, Test cricket, receiving the most player of the match awards in international cricket, and being the only batsman to score 100 international centuries. Tendulkar was a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha by President of India#Appointment powers, presidential nomination from 2012 to 2018. Tendulkar took up cricket at the age of eleven, made his Test match debut on 15 November 1989 against Pakistan national cricket team, Pakistan in Karachi at the age of sixteen, and went on to represent Mumbai cricket team, Mumbai domestically and Indian cricket team, India international ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumaoni People
Kumaonis, also known as Kumaiye and Kumain (in Nepal), are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who speak Kumaoni as their first-language and live mostly in Kumaon division in the state of Uttarakhand in India. Kumaoni is also used as a term for people who have their origin in Kumaon. The word ''Kumain'' is a direct derivative of Kumaoni. History Worshipping Vishnu and Shiva is predominant in this region. According to ''Skanda Purana''. Kumaon is believed to be the birth place of Kurma avatar of Hindu god Vishnu. Kurmanchal Kingdom The Kurmanchal kingdom was a medieval kingdom of Kumaon. it was established by Vasudeo Katyuri. Its capital was Baijnath. It was one of the oldest Himalayan kingdoms, unified most of the Himalayas, and extended from Sikkim in the east to Kumaon in the west at its peak. After the fall of the kingdom, it was divided into eight princely states. The next ruling clan of Kumaon were the Chands. The dynasty at its peak controlled the Tons to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aipan Art
Aipan (Kumaoni language, Kumaoni: ''Ēpaṇ'') is an established-ritualistic folk art originating from Kumaon division, Kumaon in the Indian Himalayas. The art is done mainly during special occasions, household ceremonies and rituals. Practitioners believe that it invokes a divine power which brings about good fortune and deters evil. The art is special as it is done on empty walls, which are brick-red in color, called ''Geru''. The actual art is done with a white paste made of rice flour. The art is frequent to floors and walls of Puja (Hinduism), Puja rooms and entrances of homes. It is also practiced mostly by Kumaoni people, Kumaoni women. The art form has great social, cultural and religious importance. Practices Aipan art is native to many different festivals, some of them are- * Ganesh Chaturthi * Makar Sankranti * Kark Sankranti * Maha Shivaratri * Lakshmi Pujan The art form is practised in different parts of India and known by different terms too. The art native to Kum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raipur, Uttarakhand
Raipur is a census town in Dehradun district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Situated in the municipal area of Uttarakhand, it's one among the 7 blocks of Dehradun district. Government institutions The Institutions established by the government in Raipur are Maharana Pratap Sports College, INDIA OPTEL LIMITED (earlier known as Ordnance Factory), Instruments Research & Development Establishment (IRDE), and many more. Geography Raipur is located at . It has an average elevation of 663 metres (2,175 feet). Demographics As of the 2001 India census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ..., Raipur had a population of 24,887. Males constitute 52% of the population, and females constitute 48%. Raipur has an average literacy rate of 81%, higher than the natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Cricket Team Against Afghanistan In India In 2018–19
The Ireland cricket team toured India in February and March 2019 to play three Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is), five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and a Test match against the Afghanistan cricket team. It was Ireland's first Test played overseas and the first Test match between the two sides. All of the fixtures took place at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Dehradun. The ODI fixtures were part of Afghanistan's preparation for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. In January 2019, the fixtures were brought forward by two days, to avoid clashing with the Indian Premier League. In the second T20I match, the Afghanistan team set several records. They made the highest team total, with 278 for 3, which included the highest partnership for any wicket, with Hazratullah Zazai and Usman Ghani putting on 236 runs for the first wicket. Hazratullah Zazai scored 162 not out, the highest score for an Afghan batsman in a T20I fixture. Afghanistan went on to win the T20I series 3� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afghanistan National Cricket Team
The Afghanistan men's national cricket team (, ) represents Afghanistan in international cricket. It is a full Member of the International Cricket Council with Test, One-Day International and T20 International status. Cricket has been played in Afghanistan since the mid-19th century, but it was only in the early 21st century that the national team began to enjoy success. The Afghanistan Cricket Board was formed in 1995, becoming an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2001 and a member of the cricket confederation, Asian Cricket Council (ACC) in 2003. After nearly a decade of playing international cricket, on 22 June 2017 full ICC membership (and therefore Test status) was granted to Afghanistan. Alongside Ireland, this took the number of Test cricket playing nations to twelve. In view of the persistent conflict and insecurity in Afghanistan, following this status, the team moved to a new home ground in Dehradun, in India. The current home groun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
