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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 ...
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. The new India had no place for teams based on ...
The formation of Twenty20 leagues in India – the unofficial Indian Cricket League, which started in 2007, and the official Indian Premier League, starting in 2008 – raised much speculation in the cricketing press about their effect on the future of cricket.
The India men's national cricket team, colloquially Team India, represents India in men's international cricket.It is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), and is a Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) status.
History of cricket to 1725; History of cricket in India to 1918; History of cricket in India from 1918–19 to 1945; History of cricket in India from 1945–46 to 1960; History of cricket in India from 1960–61 to 1970; History of cricket in India from 1970–71 to 1985; History of cricket in India from 1985–86 to 2000
The sport of cricket was introduced to the Indian subcontinent by sailors and traders of the English East India Company in the 17th and 18th centuries. [1] 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 ...
Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 1967–68: Eknath Solkar: Australian cricket team in India in 1969–70: Mohammad Azharuddin: 3 6 Sri Lankan cricket team in India in 1993-94: Rahul Dravid: 4 7 Indian cricket team in England in 2002: Ajinkya Rahane: 3 6 Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2015: 4 7 South African cricket team in India in ...
On 25 June 1932, India became the sixth nation to play test cricket and the men's cricket team was led by C. K. Nayudu against England at Lord's. [7] Nayudu led India in the first international cricket match held in India on 15 December 1933 when Gymkhana Ground in Bombay hosted the only match during England's tour of India.