England’s India Tour: When did the ‘Indian’ cricket team cross the Atlantic for the first time? , Cricket news

New Delhi: It was in summer of 1911. As the ships were cut through the gray water of the Atlantic, there was a team on one of them, which not only took the cricket gear, but the expectations of a nation were still in chains.It was a campaign that set up an colonized nation in the cricket fields of the empire, the first cricket tour of India in England.The 19 -year -old Maharaja Bhupinder Singh was in the rudge. But the young prince played very rarely, bending early in the tour, citing illness and princely states. Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!The real leader on the field was a remarkable Palwankar Baloo, a left -handed turn spinner, whose turn and Guils had baffled the county batsmen, and whose own life story, abused caste obstacles as a Dalit cricketer, stirred up as any innings.The team was a symbol of India’s diversity, in which Ekta was rare when Parsis, Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs were all playing side-by-side at one time. It was more than politics, which had previously dreamed of Indians together.Tour? A mixed bag. Twenty -three first class matches, six wins, fifteen necklaces, two draws. But the numbers do not tell the whole story.Indians were not only struggling with experienced English professionals, but also wet wickets, cutting cold, and the weight of great popularity being a pioneer in the nation.

The sand shines brightly, earning more than 100 wickets and English scribes.S. Cola and J. Batsmen like Mystery had their moments, but for most parts, the Indian Willow struggled against the moving balls and green color.Nevertheless, every match looked greater than life. In other county grounds across the Lessesterresires, Yorkshire, and all over England, an Indian Xi had a quiet statement to take to the ground that the colonialism could compete with the colonial, at least on the cricket pitch.Critics pointed to his patching fielding, his uneven fitness, his inexperience. But back home, these people were heroes.In the grand story of Indian cricket, 1911 is often a footnote, seen by the latter victory.

But this was the tour that sowed seeds. Two decades later, India will play their first Test in 1932. On a century, India will rule the cricketing world.But all this began with the journey of summer when eleven Indians first wore their white in the land of the empire.