The Modern Transformation Of The Game Video Lecture | History for Class 9

from the timeless test matches played in
rural England to one-day internationals
in swanky stadia and the latest twenty20
carnival cricket has come a long way
indeed in India cricket had racial
beginnings in the Gymkhana as formed by
different communities
Mahatma Gandhi criticized games like
cricket and hockey as colonial British
sports which will fast eroding India's
traditional games
he felt that colonial games were good
for making one's body strong but they
contributed little to actual physical
training
Eve you'd that colonial games could only
be played by the privileged therefore he
felt that simple games and the daily
work of agriculturalists were more
suited for physical education despite
the widespread criticism of the
quadrangular and pent angular
tournaments Indian fans still remembers
some cricketing heroes from these
contests
one such name is CK Naidu an exceptional
batsman who is still alive in public
memory
Naidu became India's first Test captain
many talented contemporaries of Naidu
could not make it to Test cricket and
people have forgotten them
since the origin of Test cricket in 1877
it was always organized as a contest
between different parts of the British
Empire and not between sovereign nations
the first test match was played between
England and Australia at a time when
Australia was still a British colony
around the second half of the 20th
century many parts of the european
empire such as India became independent
nations this process of the end of
colonialism and the establishment of
sovereign states came to be known as
decolonization
Dean colonisation led to a decline of
British control in several spheres
including sports however the
organisation of world cricket remains
influenced by Britain for a long time
the regulation of international cricket
was still managed by the ICC or the
imperial cricket conference
even when the ICC became the
international cricket
the regulation of international cricket
was still managed by the ICC or the
Imperial cricket conference
even when the ICC became the
international cricket conference in 1965
it was dominated by Britain and
Australia will retain veto power
the concept of equal membership in ICC
came in 1989
a colonial streak in cricket was evident
during the 1950s and 60s as well
countries such as Britain New Zealand
and Australia continued to play cricket
with a den races state like South Africa
South Africa practiced a policy of
racial segregation not allowed
non-whites to be a part of the National
Test cricket team
many test-playing nations like India
Pakistan and the West Indies boycotted
South Africa however their action did
not have the necessary impact the
combined effort of Asian and African
countries along with some liberals in
Britain forced the authorities to cancel
a tour of South Africa to England in
1970
when cricket emerged as a popular sport
in many new countries the older colonial
aspect of the game began to diminish