NAME – ROKON RAHAMAN SHAIKH

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SEMESTER- 1ST
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GP COURSE - CRICKET MASTERCLASSES
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SUBMITTED TO- MR. SHYAMKISHORE SIR

SUBMITTED BY-ROKON RAHAMAN SHAIKH

 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I Rokon Rahaman Shaikh ,would want to convey my
heartfelt gratitude to Shyam Sir, my mentor, for his
invaluable advice and assistance in completing my
project. He was there to assist me every step of the way,
and his motivation is what enabled me to accomplish my
task effectively. I would also like to thank all of the other
supporting personnel who assisted me by supplying the
equipment that was essential and vital, without which I
would not have been able to perform efficiently on this
project. I would also want to thank the Chandigarh
University my project in my desired field of expertise. I'd
also like to thank my friends and parents for their
support and encouragement as I worked on this
assignment.
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MASTERCLASS. This project is submitted by ROKON
RAHAMAN SHAIKH to CHANDIGARH UNIVERSITY in
fulfillment of the requirements for BACHELOR OF
ENGINEERING. This project was an authentic work done
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Date:
SHYAMKISHORE SIR
 CONTENTS
SL.NO TOPIC
1. INTRODUCTION
2. FIRST PLAYED
3. A LITTLE INFORMATION OF CRICKET
4. HISTORY
5. CRICKET PLAYING FIELD AND RULES
6. CRICKET PITCH AND CREASES
7. CRICKET GRIP,STANCE AND BACKLIFT
8. MATCH STRUCTURE AND CLOSURE
9. FRONTFOOT STROKES(DEFENSE AND
DRIVES)
10. BACKFOOT STROKES(DEFENSE AND
DRIVES)
11. PACE BOWLING
12. SPIN BOWLING
13. CATCHING AND FIELDING
14. CONCLUSION
15. REFERNCES
 INTRODUCTION
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two
teams of eleven players on field at the centre of which is a
20-metre (22-yard) pitch with a wicket at each end, each
comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting
side scores runs

by striking the ball bowled at the wicket with the bat, while the
bowling and fielding side tries to prevent this and dismiss each
player (so they are "out"). Means of dismissal include being
bowled, when the ball hits the stumps and dislodges the bails,
and by the fielding side catching the ball after it is hit by the
bat, but before it hits the ground. When ten players have been
dismissed, the innings ends and the teams swap roles. The
game is adjudicated by two umpires, aided by a third umpire
and match referee in international matches. They communicate
with two off-field scorers who record the match's statistical
information.Eden Gardens, India under floodlights during 2016
ICC World Twenty20 Final Highest governing bodyInternational
Cricket Council
First played :-16th century; South East England Characteristics
and (1900 Summer Olympics only)

A LITTLE INFORMATION OF CRICKET :-

There are various formats ranging from Twenty20, played over
a few hours with each team batting for a single innings of 20
overs, to Test matches, played over five days with unlimited
overs and the teams each batting for two innings of unlimited
length. Traditionally cricketers play in all white kit, but in
limited overs cricket they wear club or team colours. In addition
to the basic kit, some players wear protective gear to prevent
injury caused by the ball, which is a hard, solid spheroid made
of compressed leather with a slightly raised sewn seam
enclosing a cork core which is layered with tightly wound string.
Historically, cricket's origins are uncertain and the earliest
definite reference is in south-east England in the middle of the
16th century. It spread globally with the expansion of the
British Empire, leading to the first international matches in the
second half of the 19th century. The game's governing body is
the International Cricket Council (ICC), which has over 100
members, twelve of which are full members who play Test
matches. The game's rules are held in a code called the Laws of
Cricket which is owned and maintained by Marylebone Cricket
Club (MCC) in London. The sport is followed primarily in the
Indian subcontinent, Australasia, the United Kingdom, southern
Africa and the West Indies, its globalisation occurring during
the expansion of the British Empire and remaining popular into
the 21st century. Women's cricket, which is organised and
played separately, has also achieved international standard.
The most successful side playing international cricket is
Australia, which has won seven One Day International trophies,
including five World Cups, more than any other country and has
been the top-rated Test side more than any other country.
History:-

Origins Cricket is one of many games in the "club ball" sphere

that basically involve hitting a ball with a hand-held implement;
others include baseball, golf, hockey, tennis, squash, badminton
and table tennis. In cricket's case, a key difference is the
existence of a solid target structure, the wicket (originally, it is
thought, a "wicket gate" through which sheep were herded),
that the batsman must defend. The cricket historian Harry
Altham identified three "groups" of "club ball" games: the
"hockey group", in which the ball is driven to and fro between
two targets (the goals); the "golf group", in which the ball is
driven towards an undefended target (the hole); and the
"cricket group", in which "the ball is aimed at a mark (the
wicket) and driven away from it". It is generally believed that
cricket originated as a children's game in the south-eastern
counties of England, sometime during the medieval period.
CRICKET PLAYING FIELD AND RULES:-

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played on a cricket field between

two teams of eleven players each The field is usually circular or
oval in shape and the edge of the playing area is marked by a
boundary, which may be a fence, part of the stands, a rope, a
painted line or a combination of these; the boundary must if
possible be marked along its entire length. In the approximate
centre of the field is a rectangular pitch (see image, below) on

which a wooden target called a wicket is sited at each end; the

wickets are placed 22 yards (20 m) apart.The pitch is a flat
surface 3 metres (9.8 ft) wide, with very short grass that tends
to be worn away as the game progresses (cricket can also be
played on artificial surfaces, notably matting). Each wicket is
made of three wooden stumps topped by two bails.
CRICKET PITCH AND CREASES:-

As illustrated above, the pitch is marked at each end with four

white painted lines: a bowling crease, a popping crease and two
return creases. The three stumps are aligned centrally on the
bowling crease, which is eight feet eight inches long. The
popping crease is drawn four feet in front

of the bowling crease and parallel to it; although it is drawn as a

twelve-foot line (six feet either side of the wicket), it is, in fact,
unlimited in length. The return creases are drawn at right
angles to the popping crease so that they intersect the ends of
the bowling crease; each return crease is drawn as an eight-
foot line, so that it extends four feet behind the bowling crease,
but is also, in fact, unlimited in length.

MATCH STRUCTURE AND CLOSURE:-

Before a match begins, the team captains (who are also

players) toss a coin to decide which team will bat first and so
take the first innings. Innings is the term

used for each phase of play in the match. In each innings, one
team bats, attempting to score runs, while the other team
bowls and fields the ball, attempting to restrict the scoring and
dismiss the batsmen When the first innings ends, the teams
change roles; there can be two to four innings depending upon
the type of match. A match with four scheduled innings is
played over three to five days; a match with two scheduled
innings is usually completed in a single day.During an innings,
all eleven members of the fielding team take the field, but
usually only two members of the batting team are on the field
at any given time. The exception to this is if a batsman has any
type of illness or injury restricting his or her ability to run, in
this case the batsman is allowed "A Runner" who can run
between the wickets when the batsman hits a scoring run or
runs, though this does not apply in international cricket.
The order of batsmen is usually announced just before the
match, but it can be varied.

The main objective of each team is to score more runs than

their opponents but, in some forms of cricket, it is also
necessary to dismiss all of the opposition batsmen in their final
innings in order to win the match, which would otherwise be
drawn. If the team batting last is all out having scored fewer
runs than their opponents, they are said to have "lost by n
runs" (where n is the difference between the aggregate number
of runs scored by the teams). If the team that bats last scores
enough runs to win, it is said to have "won by n wickets", where
n is the number of wickets left to fall. For example, a team that
passes its opponents' total having lost six wickets (i.e., six of
their batsmen have been dismissed) have won the match "by
four wickets".[68] In a two-innings-a-side match, one team's
combined first and second innings total may be less than the
other side's first innings total. The team with the greater score
is then said to have "won by an innings and n runs", and does
not need to bat again: n is the difference between the two
teams' aggregate scores. If the team batting last is all out, and
both sides have scored the same number of runs, then the
match is a tie; this result is quite rare in matches of two innings
a side with only 62 happening in first-class matches from the
earliest known instance in 1741 until January 2017. In the
traditional form of the game, if the time allotted for the match
expires before either side can win, then the game is declared a
draw.

If the match has only a single innings per side, then a maximum
number of overs applies to each innings. Such a match is called
a "limited overs" or "one-day" match, and the side scoring
more runs wins regardless of the number of wickets lost, so
that a draw cannot occur. If this kind of match is temporarily
interrupted by bad weather, then a complex mathematical
formula, known as the Duckworth-Lewis method after its
developers, is often used to recalculate a new target score.
Grip, Stance, Back-Lift:-
The three basic skills, which come of use prior to the actual devoir of a batsman to
hit the coming delivery to feasible parts of the ground to score as many runs as
possible, are (i) Grip, (ii) Stance and (iii) Back-lift. The minute details of these skills
may vary as per the personal preference of the batsman, but the nitty-gritty is
pretty much the same for all.
Grip:
The term “grip” is used for how a batsman holds his bat with his hands. It’s
actually one of the most important factors in being a good batsman, as a correct
and more importantly comfortably viable grip can help him exploit a wide range
of shots, with full flair.
There are essentially two types of grips: (i) ‘V’ shaped grip and (ii) ‘O’ shaped grip,
the former being the more widely used. For the ‘V’ shaped grip, both hands are
placed close together, with the left hand on the top for a right-hander, and vice
versa. Ideally, the top hand should be held tighter than the bottom hand, whose
back of the palm should face the stumps or the wicket-keeper. Both the palms
should create a ‘V’ shape in the straight line running down the centre line of the
back of the bat. This grip gives an easier opportunity of pouncing on straight and
vertical-batted strokes. The ‘O’ shaped grip on the other hand helps in fluency of
cross-batted shots, but as mentioned before isn’t used as proficiently as the ‘V’
shaped grip.
The positioning of the hands on the handle of the bat depends largely on
batsman’s choice, however, leaving too much of the handle on the top, may
hamper playing certain drives, or cause wrist injuries in the long run.
Stance:-
An ideal stance is one in which the entire weight of the batsman is distributed
evenly on the two legs. Often batsmen develop foot, knees and back injuries
because of a faulty stance, because of excessive load on either of those.
Starting with the leg position, the feet should be comfortably apart, neither too
far nor too close, with the weight distributed evenly on each, and no pressure on
the heels or the toes. The knees should be slightly bent, such that the weight is
distributed uniformly throughout the legs.
Moving up, the back position of critical importance, since bending it too much
might cause the weight to shift to it, and cause injurious troubles in the long run.
The back position thus should be such that it doesn’t have to carry unnecessary
load. The front shoulder should be pointing straight down the pitch in the line of
the stumps at the opposite end, or Mid On, and the elbow not too stiff. The head
should be still, and not tilt on either side, with the eyes focusing straight and
leveled.
The top hand should be resting on the front thigh, while the bat should be
grounded around the toes of the back foot. Alternatively though, modern-day
Australian batsmen ground their bats around the center of the space between the
two feet, and from the looks of how they have performed, it c an be said that that
method is definitely viable.
Back-Lift:
Like the grip and the stance, the back-lift has a few basics that need to be
followed, but minute adjustments should be made by the batsman, as per
what suits him the best. A major mistake that beginners especially make is
lifting the bat either too late or with the wrong orientation.
The bat should be lifted when the bowler is in action. A little delay and it
become too late to judge with what speed to bring it down to play the ball
as per its speed. The bat shouldn’t be lifted either too straight, or pointing
as far as the gully. It should slant towards between the first and third slips,
to get the best resultant balance. However, when the bat is brought down
to impact with the ball, it should come in a straight line.
The position of the hands is also of utmost importance. The bat should be
lifted with the top hand, while the elbow should bend, and not be positioned
too far from the body. Even while lifting the bat, the position of the eyes and
head shouldn’t alter, and should be maintained in the straight line with the
incoming bowler’s hand.
Front Foot Strokes
Back-foot strokes are often underestimated in comparison to front-foot ones,
purely because to the naked eye they may not seem as attractive. Make no
mistake though, the former take as much skill and finesse to execute perfectly, as
the latter.
Front-foot strokes are a treat to the eye. It is important to have a good sense of
recognition of the length and pace of the incoming delivery, to execute them
perfectly, apart from possessing an excellent timing.
Defense and Drive:
While the back-foot defense is applied to counter a ball pitched just short of good
length, the front-foot defense needs to be adopted when the ball is pitched on
good length, in a straight line with the stumps. The purpose of this shot is to block
out a potentially dangerous delivery, rather than to try and score off it.
The head and front shoulder should shift in the line of the ball, with the front leg
coming right up to the pitch of the ball. Failing to do this could easily result into
missing the shot altogether, with the ball going in between the bat and pad. The
back leg should remain straight.
As the ball approaches, bend the front knee, as it will help in getting on top of the
ball, and thus reduce the chances of edging. The arms and palms should be kept
relaxed too, without trying to force on the ball. The purpose is to just block out.
The face of the bat, when brought down to make contact with the ball, should be
straight. The point of contact between the bat and the ball should be beneath the
eyes. The bat should be just in front of the pads, with minimal distance between
the in a straight line. The heel of the back-foot should be raised, and the position
should be stilled, rather than following through.
Back Foot Strokes
Back-foot strokes are often underestimated in comparison to front-foot
ones, purely because to the naked eye they may not seem as attractive.
Make no mistake though, the former take as much skill and finesse to
execute perfectly, as the latter.
Defense and Drive:
It probably isn’t the most glamorous of shots, but is a definite must in
the armor of international batsmen, especially the openers, what with
fast bowlers running in to deliver soaring-paced on a bouncy first day
track.
The best way to deal with a ball pitched just short of good length early
on in the innings, when taking is risk is not worth, is to play the back-
foot defensive. It is essential to meet the ball at the top of its bounce is
such cases, which could be done by going back on one’s crease. It is
also requisite, so as to prevent losing one’s wicket, to play the back-
foot defense with a relaxed grip, thus reducing the chances of edging to
fielders close-by.
The back-foot should be well in the crease, with the line of the off-
stump. The front elbow should rise up in line with the ball, while the
bottom hand should rest loose on the handle. It is also necessary that
the entire weight of the body is concentrated on the front.
PACE BOWLING:-

Fast bowling (also referred to as pace bowling) is one of two main approaches to bowling in the sport
of cricket, the other being spin bowling. Practitioners of pace bowling are usually known
as fast bowlers, quicks, or pacemen. They can also be referred to as a seam bowler, a swing bowler or
a fast bowler who can swing it to reflect the predominant characteristic of their deliveries. Strictly
speaking, a pure swing bowler does not need to have a high degree of pace, though dedicated medium-
pace swing bowlers are rarely seen at Test level in modern times.

The aim of pace bowling is to deliver the ball in such a fashion as to cause the batsman to make a
mistake. The bowler achieves this by making the hard cricket ball deviate from a predictable, linear
trajectory at a sufficiently high speed that limits the time the batsman has to compensate for it. For
deviation caused by the ball's stitching (the seam), the ball bounces off the pitch and deflects either
away from the batsman's body, or inwards towards them. Swing bowlers on the other hand also use the
seam of the ball but in a different way. To 'bowl swing' is to induce a curved trajectory of the cricket ball
through the air. Swing bowlers use a combination of seam orientation, body position at the point of
release, asymmetric ball polishing, and variations in delivery speed to effect an aerodynamic influence
on the ball. The ability of a bowler to induce lateral deviation or 'sideways movement' can make it
difficult for the batsman to address the flight of the ball accurately. Beyond this ability to create an
unpredictable path of ball trajectory, the fastest bowlers can be equally potent by simply delivering a
ball at such a rate that a batsman simply fails to react either correctly, or at all, while spin bowlers also
seek to deceive batters they do so in a rather different manner. Effective spin bowlers compensate for a
much lower speed of delivery with ability to make the ball deviate in a considerably more extreme
fashion than typical fast bowling.
 SPIN BOWLING

Types of Spin Bowling techniques in Cricket Explained

Cricket is popularly known for its batters but bowlers also play a crucial
role in winning games for any team. Today, we will discuss different
types of spin bowling in cricket, leg-spin vs off-spin, and much more.

Spinners have always been a crucial part of any playing XI. Some
captains try to use them as an attacking option while others aim to
keep the flow of runs in check. Spinners have a bonafide art of
deceiving the batter in the air using the drift on the ball, the speed, and
variations. However, not all spinners are of the same kind. There are
different types of spin bowling in cricket as we discuss each one of
them in detail.

Types of Spin bowling in Cricket

There are majorly four types of spinners in cricket namely

 Right-arm off-break spinner

 Right-arm leg-break spinner
 Left-arm orthodox spinner
 Left-arm Chinaman spinner
 CATCHING AND FIELDING:-

Fielding and Catching in the sport of cricket is the action of

fielders in collecting the ball after it is struck by the striking batter,
to limit the number of runs that the striker scores and/or to get a
batter out by either catching a hit ball before it bounces, or
by running out either batter before they can complete the run they
are currently attempting. There are a number of recognised
fielding positions, and they can be categorised into
the offside and leg side of the field. Fielding also involves
preventing the ball from going to or over the edge of the field
(which would result in runs being scored by the batting team in
the form of a boundary).
 Conclusion
The cricket has been winning millions of hearts with its fame and
popularity. People of age group are fond of this game. children
especially find it extremely loving and interesting to play or
watch cricket.
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1. Wikipedia

2. Google

3. OpenAi

4. Chat GPT3

5. The Cricket Field by Santosh Martinez

6. A Century isn’t enough by Goku Jain