AROUND 1940’S

In the time period from 1940-1946 India didn’t play any test because of the Second World War. In 1947-1948 India toured to Australia for playing 5 tests. The first test started at Brisbane, Australians batted first and scored 382 runs. India couldn’t chase the score of Australians first innings by playing through the first and second innings. Indians lost the first test. The second test played in Sydney. The second test ends in a draw. The third test held at Melbourne. India lost the third test also by 233 runs. Australia leads the five match test series by 2-0. The fourth test held in Adelaide. India continues to lose again. The Australians were ahead in this series till now. The fifth test match played in Melbourne. India lost the match by an innings and 177 runs. Australia won the five matches test series by 4-0. This series had shown a poor performance for the Indian cricket team.

POOR PERFORMANCES CONTINUES

India went to England again in 1936 to play 3 test matches. The first test held in Lords. India batted first and scored 147 in the first innings. Then England came to bat and lost their 10 wickets for scoring just 134. India scored just 97 runs in second innings. England won the match by 9 wickets. The second test held at Manchester. India batted first and scored 203 in the first innings. Then the England scored 571 runs in the first innings. In the second innings India scored a majestic 390 runs. The second test ends in a draw. The third test starts at Kennington Oval at London. The poor performance of the Indian cricket team continues in the third test also. They set a target of just 64 to the England in the fourth innings. England won the match by playing 13 overs and won the series too.

DEBUT TEST FOR INDIA

India made their test debut against England in 1932.The match was played in the famous ground Lords. England batted first. They lost their early 3 wickets in quick session. Though they lost their early wickets they managed to get a score of 259.Then Indians came to bat. They scored only 189 and lost 10 wickets because of the debut pressure. India played well in the series though they lost the debut match. The next year in 1933 MCC came to India. The first match was held at Bombay. India batted first and scored 219 in the first innings. England scored a huge score of 438 runs. In the second innings, India scored 258. England won the first test match which was held in India. The second test ends in a draw. The second test was held at Calcutta. The third and final test held at Madras but England won the match.

BEFORE 1930

In the middle of the 18th century the game cricket was introduced. In a magazine called ‘sporting intelligence’ clearly mentioned that in India, cricket was played in a city called Sylhet. The place is now called Bangladesh. The people who started playing cricket in India were called as Parsis, a group of educated people. In 1848 oriental cricket club was started by Parsis boys. Then the Hindus took the game and their main aim was not to fall behind the Parsis. Then in 1866 Hindus created a club called ‘Bombay Union’. There were many other clubs in India namely Gowd Saraswat Cricket club, Maratha cricket club etc. At first, matches were played between the clubs. There was no council exists exclusive for cricket at that time. Later on in 1928 BCCI have been formed. The expansion of BCCI is Bharat Cricket Council of India. Later on, matches were played according to the order given by BCCI. The matches include international matches also.