One day Cricket in its current form came into being in the early 1970,s and it was internationally accepted with the holding of the first ever World cup Cricket way back in 1975 in England . But instant cricket as opposed to the longer version of the game such as Test Cricket became immensely popular particularly in Australia , thanks largely to Kerry Packers World Cup series in 1977-79. In India cricket is the most favorite game with the people ever since India's winning the Prudential World Cup at Lords on 25th June , 1983 under the captaincy of Kapil dev , the greatest all -rounder the country has ever produced . Not only in India but also in Pakistan and Sri Lanka One day Cricket is equally extremely popular especially after their winning the world cup in 1992 and. 1996 respectively . The cause for the popularity of One day Cricket can be attributed to the tremendous excitement every One day Cricket can be attributed to the tremendous excitement every One day game generates among its spectators . unlike Test cricket , One day Cricket invariably produces the most important results . So far nine World Cups in cricket have been played and Australia have demonstrated their supremacy by becoming champions on four occasions . India performance in the World Cup is not bad . It became champions and runners once each and made it to the semi-finals twice . Great cricketers like Richards , Imran Khan , Kapil dev , Kintu Rhodes, Martin Crowe, Michael Bevan , Tendulkar , Ganguly , Jayseury and hosts of others have made One day Cricket so popular as it is today. At presult it is increasing day by day .
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