Sports Stamp Of The Month For April Is A Tribute To The Indian Cricket Team Which Won The Cricket World Cup 2011
The Indian cricket team toured England in the year 1971 and played a total of 19 first-class fixtures, winning 7 matches,losing only one match and drawing 11 matches.
India played 3 Test Cricket matches and surprisingly won the series against England 1-0 with two Tests drawn. This win marked India's first ever series win in England.
The First Test was played at historic ground of Lord's and the Second Test played was played at Old Trafford .The First two matches were drawn. India pulled off a surprising historic win in the Third Test at The Oval by 4 wickets after being 71 runs behind on first innings. They bowled England out for only 101 in the second innings with Bhagwat Chandrasekhar claiming 6-38.
The Indian team was captained by Ajit Wadekar. Besides Wadekar and Chandrasekhar,the team included other notable players in Dilip Sardesai,Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan,Gundappa Viswanath,Bishan Singh Bedi, Farokh Engineer and the master batsman Sunil Gavaskar.
India Post Released This 20p stamp to mark this historic victory of Indian Cricket Team
Cricket Victories First Day Cover Released On 30th December.1971
Number | NYA |
Stamp Name | Cricket Victories |
Stamp Denomination | 20 |
Stamp Size | 4.06 x 2.7 |
Stamp Issue Date | 03/09/2009 |
Stamp Currency | Paise |
Stamp Type | Green |
Stamp Perforation | 14 1/2 x 14 |
Stamp Paper Used | Un-watermarked Adhesive Coated Stamp Paper |
Stamp Printed At | ISP |
Number Printed | 3 Million |
Number In Sheet | 50 |
Printing Process | Photogravure |
- Indian Cricket Series Of 1971 : Click Here
- World Cup Cricket And Tendulkar Stamps : Click Here
1 comments:
Thanks for such a good description. Meant a lot.
You're blessed to have such a good collection of stamps. I could just manage to have Muralitharan's stamp
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