What is the History of the Indian cricket?

In 1911 and All-India side toured England under the Maharajah of Patiala - with moderate success - and by the late 1920s the performance of the side against an MCC XI led by Arthur Gilligan persuaded the ICC that they might be ready.

Tudor times cricket had evolved far enough from club-bal

The one stumbling block was that India did not have a central body running the game, and so in 1928 the Board of Control for Cricket in India came into being

game played today; that it was well established in many parts of Kent, Sussex and Surrey

The one stumbling block was that India did not have a central body running the game, and so in 1928 the Board of Control for Cricket in India came into being

The one stumbling block was that India did not have a central body running the game, and so in 1928 the Board of Control for Cricket in India came into being

india were due to make their Test debut in 1930-31 but extreme nationalist sentiment and activity at the time led to the trip being cancelled and so it was at Lord's 18 months later that India joined the Test ranks.

within a few years it had become a feature of leisure time at a significant number of schools; and - a sure sign of the wide acceptance of any game

In 1934 the BCCI launched a national competition between "the princes and the princely states" and it was named after the greatest Indian player to that time, KS Ranjitsinhji.

In 1934 the BCCI launched a national competition between "the princes and the princely states" and it was named after the greatest Indian player to that time, KS Ranjitsinhji.

The board also set up and inter-varsity tournament. In 1936 the first major stadium - the Brabourne in Bombay, the Lord's of India - was opened, the first of many giant arenas.

Dates in cricket history

1550 (approx) Evidence of cricket being played in Guildford, Surrey.

1598 Cricket mentioned in Florio's Italian-English dictionary

1624 Jasper Vinall becomes first man known to be killed playing cricket: hit by a bat while trying to catch the ball - at Horsted Green, Sussex.

1676 First reference to cricket being played abroad, by British residents in Aleppo, Syria.

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1694 Two shillings and sixpence paid for a "wagger" (wager) about a cricket match at Lewes.

Cricket is recorded as having been played in India as early as 1721

1697 First reference to "a great match" with 11 players a side for fifty guineas, in Sussex.

1700 Cricket match announced on Clapham Common.

1727 Articles of Agreement written governing the conduct of matches between the teams of the Duke of Richmond and Mr Brodrick of Peperharow, Surrey.

1792 with the establishment of the Calcutta Cricket Club ....

1729 Date of earliest surviving bat, belonging to John Chitty, now in the pavilion at The Oval.

At the end of the 18th century the Parsees took on the Eton Ramblers