Kunemidlalo ethile edinga isibindi esikhulu nokungabi nasibindi, eminye yamandla nobuqili kanjalo nekhono nokugxila; kodwa-ke kukhona umdlalo obhekwa njengokuzilibazisa ongancintisana kuwo uma ushesha futhi uphikelela ngokwanele. Sikhuluma ngakho Cricket umdlalo ongaziwa kahle e-Australia futhi onamaphesenti amakhulu ku India.
Ikhilikithi imayelana nokuba ngumkhuba wokuzijabulisa kusukela ngo-1876 e-Australia lapho bekuqhutshelwa khona umdlalo wokuqala wamazwe omhlaba neNgilandi ukubona ukuthi ngubani onekhono kakhulu. Umdlalo weCricket uqukethe okuncane kune-baseball embozwe isikhumba kanye nelulwane elenziwe ngokhuni elibunjiwe cishe ngama-96 cm ubude ngo-10 cm ububanzi. Kudingeka amaqembu amabili abadlali abayishumi nanye ngamunye nenkambu yotshani emise okweqanda.
Kuyo yonke le minyaka ukugembula kwaba uthando olukhulu eNdiya, izigidi zamaHindu ezikhetha ukuzijabulisa futhi ziphumule ukudlala lo mdlalo omuhle osuvele waba yingxenye yamaligi ahambisanayo emincintiswaneni ehlukahlukene nokufaneleka kwawo.
ENdiya ikhilikithi imnandi futhi iyazijabulisa kwabancane nabadala ngoba inokufana ne-baseball; noma kunjalo, azifani ngenxa yemithetho. Inhloso yakho enkulu kukhilikithi ukusebenzisa ama-run nokuqeda abashayayo ekuvimbela ekutholeni amaphuzu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kunabashayi magoli ababili abanakekela amaphuzu akhombisa izibalo zomdlalo kanye nonompempe ababili abaxazulula ukungabaza okuvela kuwo, be-oda uchungechunge lokuphonsa olunabayisithupha ngokuqhubeka.
Yize kuyiqiniso, ikhilikithi ngumdlalo osuthole udumo olukhulu kubantu abangamaHindu kwazise i-India yiyona eyanqoba iNdebe Yomhlaba yeCricket ngo-1975 nango-1979, kwathi ngo-2003 kwaqhamuka indlela entsha yokudlala lo mdlalo ebizwa ngeThe Twenty. Indebe lapho i-India bekuyizwe lokuqala ukuwina.
Kukhulu ukuzilibazisa ukuthi amanethiwekhi wethelevishini afinyelela iphesenti Izibukeli ezishiseka ngokweqile zekhilikithi ezingama-150 lapho imidlalo inweba izinsuku ezinhlanu ngamahora amahlanu ngosuku wokuncintisana namanye amazwe namaqembu ahlukene.
Njengamanje kunabalandeli bakaputeni weqembu lekhilikithi laseNdiya okuthiwa UMahendra Singh Dhoni uthathwe njengomholi wekhilikithi yamaHindu, Le nsizwa eneminyaka engama-27 kuphela ikwazile ukuba ngumpetha nomsubathi ovelele walo mdlalo lapho abalandeli bayo banqume ukwakha ithempeli ngokuhlonipha ikhono lakhe ukuze bamkhonze ngokuthola ukunqoba okuningi eqenjini labo.
Ungakhohlwa ukuthi yonke imidlalo iphilile futhi ukuyinqoba ukuthola umvuzo womzimba futhi ohloniphekile ngokufanele, uma ufuna ukwazi i-India futhi ungazi ukuthi ungayidlala kanjani ikhilikithi, eNew Delhi (capital) uyijwayeze, uzobona ukuthi ngesikhathi esifushane uzoba umpetha omusha obheja ama-rupee ambalwa ase-India.