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2 incidents tagged

Ranji Trophy Discussions Begin — Indian First-Class Structure, 1929

BCCI and Indian provincial cricket associations

1929-08-15

In the first year after its foundation the Board of Control for Cricket in India began discussions on a national first-class competition modelled on the County Championship and Sheffield Shield. The Ranji Trophy was eventually launched in 1934-35, but its founding deliberations began in mid-1929 with the BCCI's first executive meeting.

#ranji-trophy#india#bcci

⭐Mild

MCC Tour of India 1926-27 — Gilligan's Trial of a Test Nation

MCC and Indian XI

1926-11-15

Arthur Gilligan's MCC side toured India in the winter of 1926-27 — the formal trial of Indian cricket for Test status. Across 31 first-class and other matches the tourists played the major Indian XIs, watched the leading players, and on Gilligan's return the recommendation that India be granted Test status went to Lord's.

#arthur-gilligan#india#mcc