<P> The first definite reference to cricket being played anywhere in the sub-continent is a report of English sailors of the East India Company written in 1737 . It refers to cricket being played at Cambay , near Baroda in 1721 . The Calcutta Cricket and Football Club was known to be in existence by 1792 , but was possibly founded more than a decade earlier . In 1799 , another club was formed at Seringapatam in south India after the successful British siege and the defeat of Tipu Sultan . </P>
<P> The first definite reference to cricket being played anywhere in the sub-continent is a report of English sailors of the East India Company written in 1737 . It refers to cricket being played at Cambay , near Baroda in 1721 . The Calcutta Cricket and Football Club was known to be in existence by 1792 , but was possibly founded more than a decade earlier . In 1799 , another club was formed at Seringapatam in south India after the successful British siege and the defeat of Tipu Sultan . </P>
when was cricket played first time in india
when was cricket played first time in india
1721
1721