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- The British army took on the English settlers in what was the first recorded cricket match in India in 1751.
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The sport of cricket has a known history beginning in the late 16th century England. It became an established sport in the country in the 18th century and developed globally in the 19th and 20th centuries. International matches have been played since the 19th-century and formal Test cricket matches are considered to date from 1877.
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.
The first ever match of first-class cricket played in India was in 1864 between Calcutta and Madras. Not many records exist from the match. The entire history of cricket in India and the sub-continent as a whole is based on the existence and development of the British Raj via the East India Company.
May 15, 2024 · According to the history books, cricket was played for the first time in India in 1721 when British sailors played local Indian merchants near Kutch in Western India. The ruling British introduced it as a means of integrating the local Indian population with the cultural norms of Great Britain.
First representative match between Hindus and Parsis at Bombay: Hindus won. 1907: Bombay Tournament became triangular with admission of Hindus. 1908: First Presidency match in Madras --...
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.
