Interesting Facts about Sports

• Cricket was invented in England. By the end of 19th century, it had become a game of gentlemen.

• The first Indian community to start playing the game was the small community of Parsis.

• The Parsis founded the first Indian Cricket club, the Oriental Cricket club in Bombay in 1848 sponsored by Parsi businessmen like Tatas and Wadias.

• Parsi team beat the Bombay Gymkhana at Cricket in 1889, just four years after the foundation of the INC in 1885.

• Pentangular tournament was played by five teams the Europeans, the Parsis, the Hindus, the Muslims and the others.

• India entered the world of test cricket in 1932.

• Cricket boards became rich by selling television rights to television companies.

• Continuous television coverage made cricketers celebrities.

• Today, the global market place has made Indian players the best-paid, most famous.

• Hockey is another popular game in India till 1980's, India was able to dominate the International Hockey games.

• Kabaddi is also another traditional popular game in India.