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Oct 22, 2011 · England were scheduled to tour India in 1939-40 and the squad had been named. Then other events took over. Manny Martindale and Derek Sealy leave the field at the end of the Oval Test © Getty...
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, almost 20 years for its first Test victory.
England was the visiting team that played two Tests in Bombay (now Mumbai) and Calcutta (now Kolkata). The visitors won the series 2–0. The Indian team continued to improve throughout the 1930s and 1940s but did not achieve an international victory during this period. In the early 1940s, India did not play any men's Test cricket due to World ...
Some players refused to play any form of Sunday cricket, including Jack Hobbs on his Indian trip of 1930-31, and Peter Harvey, who played 175 matches for Nottinghamshire in the 1940s and '50s and...
Due to the Second World War in early 1940’s, India could not play any Test matches. A lot of domestic matches were played during this period. The two Vijays: Merchant and Hazare hogged much of the limelight in the domestic arena.
Dec 20, 2013 · Only in India did first class cricket continue. The Ranji trophy was named after the great KS Ranjitisinhji, who played cricket for England and represented India at the League of Nations. It took place every year except 1942-1943, the season following Japan’s invasion of neighbouring Burma, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
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Apr 29, 2006 · It was no surprise, therefore, when Bombay was chosen to host the first Test between England and India, in 1933. The venue, the Bombay Gymkhana, was fitting too, with its cool, white colonial...
