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How Cricket in India started and how it took over the whole Country and made indians crazy for it.. History of Indian Cricket team and cricket as a whole in India.

Team India is the strong contender to win the ICC Cricket World Cup which is going be played in Australia and New Zealand . Selection of a good team is critically important. Selectors see a lot of factors like past record , current form , fitness of players and a lot more while choosing the team. Indian selectors have shortlisted the 30 probables that would play in the World Cup 2015.

Each team wants its opening pair of batsmen to click and take on the fast bowlers . In next year ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 opening batsmen pairs will play a crucial role on the super fast pitches. Indian opening pair Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma are to watch out for as both the batsmen are capable of scoring 200 each. Another team opening pair that could cause an upset to other teams is the host New Zealand , where the big guns BB McCullum, JD Ryder would have an advantage of playing in their own country.

Confident about defending the World Cup, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said the upcoming tour of Australia would be a great opportunity for his already well-prepared side to hone its skills further ahead of the mega-event to be played Down Under next year. India will launch their title defence against traditional rivals Pakistan in Adelaide on February 15 and Dhoni said his side was capable of adapting and performing in any condition.

Virat Kohli is the future of Indian cricket and is going to be a good ODI captain which Sachin couldn't achieve.