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The earliest known record of cricket in India dates from 1721 and the first club had been founded by 1792. In the 1886 and 1888 summer seasons, the Parsees cricket team toured England. In the winter of 1889–90, a team of English players was the first to tour India, followed by another in the 1892–93 season.
A Social History of English Cricket. Aurum. Bowen, Rowland (1970). Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development. Eyre & Spottiswoode. Box, Charles (1868). The Theory and Practice of Cricket, from its origin to the present time. Frederick Warne. Harte, Chris (1993). A History of Australian Cricket. London: Andre Deutsch. ISBN 0-233-98825-4 ...
Cricket was introduced to the Indian subcontinent by European merchant sailors in the 18th century, and the first cricket club was established in 1792. India's national cricket team did not play its first Test match until 25 June 1932 at Lord's, becoming the sixth team to be granted Test cricket status. From 1932 India had to wait until 1952 ...
Test International- C. K. Nayudu, India's first Test cricket captain India was invited to the International Cricket Council in 1926, and made their debut as a Test playing nation in England in 1932, led by CK Nayudu, who was considered the best Indian batsman at the time. [46] The one-off Test match between the two sides was played at Lord's in ...
Meanwhile, English colonists had introduced cricket to North America and the West Indies, and the sailors and traders of the East India Company had taken it to the Indian subcontinent. In the first quarter of the 18th century, more information about cricket became available as the growing newspaper industry took an interest.
India and Pakistan have a very heated cricket rivalry, with India-Pakistan cricket matches (particularly at global events) being some of the highest-viewed matches in global sport. [22] Cricket has been suggested by a number of commentators as a possible way to create peace between the two countries. [23] [24] [8]
The major and defining event in the history of Indian cricket during this period was the Partition of India following full independence from the British Raj in 1947.. An early casualty of change was the Bombay Quadrangular tournament which had been a focal point of Indian cricket for over 50 years.
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played on a cricket field (see image of cricket pitch and creases) between two teams of eleven players each. [74] 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 ...