Question

Who started playing cricket in India and how?Explain

Answer 1

The Parsis founded the first Indian cricket club, the Oriental Cricket Club in Bombay in 1848 which were funded and sponsored by Parsi businessmen like the Tatas and the Wadias. 

2) The white cricket elite in India offered no help to the enthusiastic Parsis. 

3) In fact, there was a quarrel between the Bombay Gymkhana, a whites-only club, and Parsi cricketers over the use of a public park. 

4) The Parsis complained that the park was left unfit for cricket because the polo ponies of the Bombay Gymkhana dug up the surface.

5) When it became clear that the colonial authorities were prejudiced in favour of their white compatriots, the Parsis built their own gymkhana to play cricket