: On this day in 1932, India played its first-ever Test match #IndiaNEWS #Cricket London: On this day in 1932, India started its journey in international Cricket as a Test-playing nation, making its

On this day in 1932, India played its first-ever Test match #IndiaNEWS #Cricket
London: On this day in 1932, India started its journey in international Cricket as a Test-playing nation, making its debut against England at Lords.
Indias first-ever International cricket assignment was a tough one against a top-tier English team, boasting of world-class players like Wally Hammond, captain Douglas Jardine, wicketkeeper batter Les Ames, and pacer Bill Bowes etc.
But yet when England came out to the field to bat first after winning the toss, the most unexpected happened. Medium-pacer Mohammad Nissar shocked the Englishmen by dislodging stumps of openers Percy Holmes (6) and Herbert Sutcliffe (3). Batter Frank Woolley was run out for 9. This early attack left England shocked and struggling at 3/19.
Then Wally Hammond and skipper Douglas Jardine stitched an 82-run effort, rescuing England from a disaster. Hammond fell next to medium-pacer Amar Singh for 35. Eddie Paynter fell next, cheaply for just 14. Jardine finally fell for a well-made 79 to Indian captain CK Nayadu, who trapped him with his spin. England was 6/166 at this point.
Keeper-batter Les Ames then stitched another stand of 63 runs with Walter Robins. Ames fell as the ninth man for 65 to Nissar and Bowes was the last one to fall for seven to Amar Singh.
England were dismissed for 259 in 105. 1 overs by India. The medium-pace duo of Nissar (5/93) and Amar Singh (2/75) emerged as the first-ever heroes of Indias lengthy cricketing history with their bowling. Captain Nayadu also took 2/40.
In their first attempt with the bat. India was bundled out for 189 by the English. Naoomal Jeoomal (33), Syed Wazir Ali (31), captain Nayadu (40) and Sorabji Colah (22) made solid contributions for India. India were 4/139 at one point but lost their last six wickets for just 50 runs.
The pace duo of Bill Bowes (4/49) and Bill Voce (3/23) shined for England and helped them get a 70-run lead.
In their second innings, England extended their lead to 345 runs, putting up a solid 275/8 before declaring the innings. Skipper Douglas Jardine (85) once again shined for England after they were once again left struggling at 4/67 by Amar Singh (2/84) and medium-pacer Jahangir Khan (4/60). Eddie Paynter also struck a crucial 54.
Set 346 to win, Indian batters never really looked the part of the match, being bundled out for 187. Except for Jeoomal (25), Wazir Ali (39), Lall Singh (29) and Amar Singh (51), no other Indian batter posed even the slightest challenge to Englishmen.
Hammond shined with the ball, taking 3/9, while Bowes, Voce and spinner Freddie Brown took two each.
India had lost their first-ever Test and international cricket match by 158 runs.
But ever since that day in 1932, India has improved leaps and bounds in the longest format of the game, especially from the 1990s onwards and even more in the 2000s and 2010s.

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