<P> India was invited to The Imperial Cricket Council in 1926 , and made their debut as a Test playing nation in England in 1932 , led by CK Nayudu , who was considered as the best Indian batsman at the time . The one - off Test match between the two sides was played at Lord 's in London . The team was not strong in their batting at this point and went on to lose by 158 runs . In 1933 , the first Test series in India was played between India and England with matches in Bombay , Calcutta ( now Kolkata ) and Madras ( now Chennai ) . England won the series 2 -- 0 . The Indian team continued to improve throughout the 1930s and ' 40s but did not achieve an international victory during this period . In the early 1940s , India did n't play any Test cricket due to the Second World War . The team 's first series as an independent country was in late 1947 against Sir Donald Bradman 's Invincibles ( a name given to the Australia national cricket team of that time ) . It was also the first Test series India played which was not against England . Australia won the five - match series 4 -- 0 , with Bradman tormenting the Indian bowling in his final Australian summer . India subsequently played their first Test series at home not against England against the West Indies in 1948 . West Indies won the 5 - Test series 1 -- 0 . </P>
<P> India was invited to The Imperial Cricket Council in 1926 , and made their debut as a Test playing nation in England in 1932 , led by CK Nayudu , who was considered as the best Indian batsman at the time . The one - off Test match between the two sides was played at Lord 's in London . The team was not strong in their batting at this point and went on to lose by 158 runs . In 1933 , the first Test series in India was played between India and England with matches in Bombay , Calcutta ( now Kolkata ) and Madras ( now Chennai ) . England won the series 2 -- 0 . The Indian team continued to improve throughout the 1930s and ' 40s but did not achieve an international victory during this period . In the early 1940s , India did n't play any Test cricket due to the Second World War . The team 's first series as an independent country was in late 1947 against Sir Donald Bradman 's Invincibles ( a name given to the Australia national cricket team of that time ) . It was also the first Test series India played which was not against England . Australia won the five - match series 4 -- 0 , with Bradman tormenting the Indian bowling in his final Australian summer . India subsequently played their first Test series at home not against England against the West Indies in 1948 . West Indies won the 5 - Test series 1 -- 0 . </P>
where was the first cricket match played in india
where was the first cricket match played in india
Bombay Calcutta Madras
Bombay Calcutta Madras