Cricket

 Cricket is a popular bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 11 players each. It is especially popular in countries like India, Australia, England, Pakistan, and New Zealand.The game is played on a circular field with a 22-yard pitch in the center..One team bats to score runs, while the other team bowls and fields to stop them...A run is scored when batters run between the two wickets or hit the ball to the boundary .4 runs – ball reaches the boundary after touching the ground. 6 runs – ball crosses the boundary without touching the ground.The bowling team tries to dismiss (get out) the batter in ways like bowled, caught, LBW, run-out, etc. formats of cricket are - Test Cricket – Played up to 5 days (traditional format).One Day International (ODI) – 50 overs per team.T20 (Twenty20) – 20 overs per team; fast and very popular.Major Cricket Events -  ICC Cricket World Cup (ODI) ICC Men's T20 World Cup..Indian Premier League (IPL) – famous franchise T20 league.Famous Playera are in India -  Sachin Tendulkar ,Virat Kohli & MS Dhoni