The Brazilian cricket team is the team that represents the country of Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

 in international cricket matches.

The Indian

Indian cricket team

The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status....

 Test cricketer Ashok Gandotra

Ashok Gandotra

Ashok Gandotra is a former Indian cricketer who played in 2 Tests in 1969.-References:...

 was born in Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

.

History

Brazil became an ICC

International Cricket Council

The International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...

 member in 2002. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Countries/42.html Their international debut came in 2006, when they took part in Division Three of the ICC Americas Championship

ICC Americas Championship

The ICC Americas Championship is a one-day cricket tournament organised by the Americas Cricket Association for non-Test national cricket teams in the Americas...

 in Suriname

Suriname

Suriname , officially the Republic of Suriname , is a country in northern South America. It borders French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south, and on the north by the Atlantic Ocean. Suriname was a former colony of the British and of the Dutch, and was previously known as...

. They lost all three games in the tournament however.

Brazil won the 2009 ICC Americas Championship Division Three, winning all of its matches against Belize, Chile and Peru

Peru national cricket team

The Peru national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Peru in international cricket matches.-History:Peru gained affiliate membership of the International Cricket Council on 29 June 2007. They have played in every edition of the South American Championships from 1997 onwards,...

. This victory enabled Brazil to qualify for the 2010 ICC Americas Championship Division Two. However, they struggled in this higher grade. They lost all of their four matches and were relegated back to Division Three.

ICC Americas Championship

ICC Americas Championship

The ICC Americas Championship is a one-day cricket tournament organised by the Americas Cricket Association for non-Test national cricket teams in the Americas...

• 2000-04: Did not participate
• 2006: Division Three fourth place
• 2008
  2008 ICC Americas Championship
  The ICC Americas Championship is the continental cricket championship for the Americas region, for Affiliate and Associate members of the International Cricket Council in North, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. Since 2006, the tournament is organized in three divisions.The division...
  
  : Division Three fifth place
• 2009: Division Three won
• 2010: Division Two fifth place

Players

• Norman Baldwin
• Daniel Miziara
• Greigor Caisley
• Vincent Bastick
• Ian Webster
• Viki Chaudhry
• Rudy Hartmann
• Alexandre Miziara
• Henrique Dolabella
• Guilherme Lefévre
• Sunny Randolph
• Matt Featherstone
• Rubabul Islam
• Ravi Chanchlani

External links

• Brazil at Cricinfo
  Cricinfo
  ESPNcricinfo is believed to be the largest cricket-related website on the World Wide Web. Content includes news,articles, live scorecards,live text commentary and a comprehensive and searchable database called 'StatsGuru', of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present...