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First Indian Test Cricket Team India ’ s Lagaan Moment : First Indian Test Cricket Team
1932 First Indian Test Cricket team which toured England and played India ’ s First Test Match . Back : Lall Singh , Phiroze Palia , Jahangir Khan , Mohammad Nissar , Amar Singh , Bahadur Kapadia , Shankarrao Godambe , Ghulam Mohammad , Janardan Navle . Seated : Syed Wazir Ali , C . K . Nayudu , Maharaja of Porbandar ( captain ), KS Limbdi ( vice‐captain ), Nazir Ali , Joginder Singh . Front : Naoomal Jaoomal , Sorabji Colah , Nariman Marshall .
Bhuvan was captain CK Naidu ,
Bhura was the paceman Mohammad Nissar , Ishwar was the wicketkeeper Janardhan Navle , Deva the all‐rounder Amar Singh . The dusty grounds of Champaner , in this case was the historic cricket field at Lords , and the Lagaan moment was India ’ s first ever test match against the full strength English national team in the summer of 1932 . While in the film Lagaan the Indian team won , at Lords on the fateful day of 28 June 1932 India lost . However the team had acquitted itself with pride having given the experienced English side some very scary moments . It was not a washout ; it was a match between equals .
The journey of the Indian team to play its first ever test match actually started about more than 200 years back when cricket came to Indian shores imported from England by the British traders and soldiers . The first mention of a cricket match played in India was by British sailors in Cambay in 1721 . The Parsis ’ were the first Indian community to take interest in cricket . They established the Oriental Cricket Club in 1846 and subsequently the Parsi Cricket Club . The Hindus and the Muslims later picked up the game and formed their own clubs . It was the Parsi Cricket Club which sent the first team overseas in 1886 about 125 years ago . A team of 15 enthusiastic Parsis , each player funding his own travel , landed on English shores to play cricket . Much was not expected from the team‐ it played In 28 matches , lost
19 , drew 8 and won only 1 . DH Patel , the Captain of the Parsi Club team on return home said “ It was not with any object of gaining victories that we made the voyage to England , but we decided to pay homage to the centre and home of a noble game , and we desired to learn some useful lessons in its play ,”. A statement which reflects both humility and resolve‐ the necessary ingredients for success . The second Indian cricket team to visit overseas was again the Parsi Cricket Club team in the year 1888 lead by Pestonji D Kanga to England . This team acquitted itself much better‐ 31 matches , 11 losses , 12 draws and 8 wins . The legendary English cricketer W . G . Grace commented “ In one thing they showed excellent promise , their consistent effort in playing an uphill match .” It took