Cricket Between British and Indians
Who would ever think that a game like cricket would play into the politically life? Well in South Asia it played a major role. Cricket gave the people a way out to stop thinking of the hard ships but rise up and play against the upper classes and play them as equals and many cases beat them which bought pride to the people. By them having cricket it was a bit of a stress reliever and a barrier to hold off fighting. This game gave people something to look up to and be happy about.
From cricket players and experts of the game you hear different opinions. In a petition to governor of India by Indian cricket players they show angry and an upset attitude towards the English Polo players who are ruining their fields. Nowhere in this petition is talk about hardships of life and restrictions put on them cricket gave them something else to think about. This was good for the government by not having many riots and wants for change by the people. A English cricketer and historian Cecil Headlam discusses how after all of Britain’s colonization from hunters, and soldiers and politicians now it’s the game of cricket which provides education and moral training for the Indian people this movement is the first positive from the British government to the Indian people. Muhammad Ali Jinnah leader of Muslim cricket league has nothing but positive things to say about the game of cricket. Even though Britain was still controlling India during this time in 1924 cricket gave all of the Indian people a way to socialize and teach those ways of life other than fighting. Shaharyar Khan explains how cricket brings Pakistan and Indian people together without fighting for once. So this game players and fans were somewhat ambassadors for both countries.
Political figures had opinions on the game as well. Ghandi disagreed with religiously based cricket competitions with a deep passion. He understood games between colleges and institutions but not having Hindu, Parsi, Muslim and other
From cricket players and experts of the game you hear different opinions. In a petition to governor of India by Indian cricket players they show angry and an upset attitude towards the English Polo players who are ruining their fields. Nowhere in this petition is talk about hardships of life and restrictions put on them cricket gave them something else to think about. This was good for the government by not having many riots and wants for change by the people. A English cricketer and historian Cecil Headlam discusses how after all of Britain’s colonization from hunters, and soldiers and politicians now it’s the game of cricket which provides education and moral training for the Indian people this movement is the first positive from the British government to the Indian people. Muhammad Ali Jinnah leader of Muslim cricket league has nothing but positive things to say about the game of cricket. Even though Britain was still controlling India during this time in 1924 cricket gave all of the Indian people a way to socialize and teach those ways of life other than fighting. Shaharyar Khan explains how cricket brings Pakistan and Indian people together without fighting for once. So this game players and fans were somewhat ambassadors for both countries.
Political figures had opinions on the game as well. Ghandi disagreed with religiously based cricket competitions with a deep passion. He understood games between colleges and institutions but not having Hindu, Parsi, Muslim and other