In 1st Test Played In India, "Dogs And Indians" Weren't Allowed To Spectate

On December 15 1932, the team, led by Colonel CK Nayadu, played its first-ever Test Match on Indian soil against Douglas Jardine's England at the Bombay Gymkhana Club.

Ninety-one years ago, an 'All-India' cricket team travelled to England to play its first-ever Test Match on June 25, 1932. The four-day Test match at Lord's marked the beginning of a rich legacy of Indian cricket. A year later on December 15, the team, led by Colonel CK Nayadu, played its first-ever Test Match on Indian soil against Douglas Jardine's England at the Bombay Gymkhana Club. Today marks the 90th anniversary of the first-ever cricket Test match played on Indian soil, India vs England at the historic Bombay Gymkhana ground on 15 December 1933. [pic]Since Indians (& dogs) were not allowed on the Gymkhana premises those days, the Maharaja of Patiala,… pic.twitter.com/1kCJP1M0MR

On 90 years of the historic day, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor today shared a picture on X of the first-ever Test match on Indian soil. "Today marks the 90th anniversary of the first-ever cricket Test match played on Indian soil, India vs England at the historic Bombay Gymkhana ground on 15 December 1933," Mr Tharoor said.

"Since Indians (&dogs) were not allowed on the Gymkhana premises those days, the Maharaja of Patiala, offended by the way his compatriots were treated, then established the Cricket Club of India and the adjoining Brabourne Stadium, in whose pavilion no racist restrictions applied. It was a great venue where I watched many a Test in my childhood," Mr Tharoor said.