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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.
In the early 1940s, India did not play any men's Test cricket due to World War II. The team's first series as an independent country was in late 1947 against Don Bradman 's Australian cricket team in England in 1948 (a name given to the Australia national cricket team of that time).
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.
The British sent a team to India in 1889-90 under the captaincy of G.F. Vernon. The main aim of the team was to play against Englishmen living in India.
Apr 2, 2023 · The first Indian-run cricket club in India was established in 1848 by the Parsees, a Mumbai-based Zoroastrian community. In 1877, the club played its first European match. Cricket was played in Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai, among other cities, by the middle of the 18th century, and it had become popular with the British elite in India.
This video explores the timeline of cricket's introduction to India, tracing back to its early days during the British colonial era. #cricket #crickethighlig...
India started playing Cricket way back in 1721 unofficially but was granted the official test status in 1932. They played their first test cricket match from 25th June to 28th June in the year 1932 against England at Lords' in London. India was lead by C.K. Nayudu at that time.
May 17, 2008 · Thus the range and richness of Guha's longest and most satisfying excursion into cricket, A Corner of a Foreign Field. It began as a biography of Palwankar Baloo, a Dalit who emancipated...
Jun 29, 2019 · The Indian team in May 1911 on the eve of their departure to London. Cricket, it has famously been said, is an Indian game accidentally invented by the English. By a curious historical irony,...
Oct 11, 2023 · India made its official Test cricket debut on June 25, 1932, at Lord's Cricket Ground, becoming the sixth team to be granted Test cricket status. Led by CK Nayudu, the Indian team put up a spirited performance, with Mohammad Nissar making a mark by taking 5-93 in the match against England.
