Answer:
(i)
The first Indian club, the Calcutta Cricket Club was established in 1792.
(ii) Through the 18th century, cricket in India was almost wholly a sport
played by British military men and civil servants in all-white clubs and
gymkhana.
(iii) Playing cricket in the privacy of these clubs was
more than just fun; it was also an escape from the strangeness, discomfort and
danger of their stay in India.
(iv) Indians were considered to have no talent for the
game and certainly not meant to play it. But they did.
(v) The first Indian community that came to play cricket
was the community of Zoroastrians or the Parsis, and this way cricket entered
India.
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