Cricket is the most popular sport in India; it is played by many people in open spaces throughout the country. The India national cricket team won the 1983 Cricket World Cup, the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, and the 2011 Cricket World Cup, and shared the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy with Sri Lanka. Domestic competitions include the Ranji Trophy, the Duleep Trophy, the Deodhar Trophy, the Irani Trophy and the Challenger Series. In addition, BCCI conducts the Indian Premier League, a Twenty20 competition.
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“All cries are thin and terse;
The field has droned the summer’s final mass;
A cricket like a dwindled hearse
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