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[[File:1932 Indian Test Cricket team.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The touring Indian team]]<br />
The '''[[India national cricket team|Indian cricket team]]''' toured England in the [[1932 English cricket season|1932 season]] under the title of "All-India".<ref name=WA>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/155211.html The All India team in England 1932]</ref> They were captained by the [[Natwarsinhji Bhavsinhji|Maharaja of Porbandar]]. It was the national team's second tour of England following the [[Indian cricket team in England in 1911|one in 1911]]. India had just been granted the status of [[International Cricket Council|ICC Full Member]] and they played their inaugural [[Test cricket|Test match]] at [[Lord's]] in June. It was the only Test arranged on this tour and [[England cricket team|England]] won by 158 runs after scoring 259 and 275/8[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] in the two innings while India were bowled out for 189 and 187.<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/14/14312.html England v India, Lord's, 1932 – scorecard]</ref><br />
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India played 37 matches on the tour, including 26 [[first-class cricket|first-class]] fixtures. Because of bad weather, two of their minor fixtures were abandoned without a ball being bowled.<ref name=fixtures>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Events/0/India_in_British_Isles_1932.html India in British Isles 1932]</ref> The team won nine first-class matches, drew nine and lost eight. The schedule was heavy with the team rarely out of action from the first match on 29 April to the last on 10 September. ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]]'' (''Wisden'') commented on this factor as something Indian cricketers of the time were simply not used to. As a result, the team suffered badly with muscle and tendon injuries which meant they became less effective as a team in their later matches.<ref name=WA/><br />
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India's outstanding batsman was the right-handed [[C. K. Nayudu]], who played in all the first-class matches, scoring 1,618 runs at an average of 40.45, including five centuries and a highest score of 162.<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Events/0/India_in_British_Isles_1932/f_Indians_Batting.html Indian batting records 1932]</ref> In the 1933 edition of ''Wisden'', Nayudu was selected as one of the five [[Wisden Cricketers of the Year|Cricketers of the Year]] for 1932. India had a fine pair of opening bowlers in [[Amar Singh (cricketer)|Amar Singh]] (111 wickets in first-class matches at 20.37) and [[Mohammad Nissar]] (71 wickets at 18.09). Amar Singh took [[ten wickets in a match]] three times and had a best innings return of 8/90.<ref>[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Events/0/India_in_British_Isles_1932/f_Indians_Bowling.html Indian bowling records 1932]</ref><br />
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==Indian tour squad==<br />
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* [[Natwarsinhji Bhavsinhji|Maharaja of Porbandar]] (captain)<br />
* [[Ghanshyamsinhji Daulatsinhji Jhala|K. S. G. Limbdi]] (vice-captain)<br />
* [[C. K. Nayudu]] (Test captain)<br />
* [[Amar Singh (cricketer)|Amar Singh]]<br />
* [[Sorabji Colah]]<br />
* [[Ghulam Mohammad (cricketer, born 1898)|Ghulam Mohammad]]<br />
* [[Shankarrao Godambe]]<br />
* [[Jahangir Khan (cricketer)|M. Jahangir Khan]]<br />
* [[Joginder Singh (cricketer, born 1904)|Joginder Singh]]<br />
* [[Bahadur Kapadia]] (wk)<br />
* [[Lall Singh]]<br />
* [[Nariman Marshall]]<br />
* [[Mohammad Nissar]]<br />
* [[Naoomal Jeoomal]]<br />
* [[Janardan Navle]] (wk)<br />
* [[Nazir Ali (cricketer)|S. Nazir Ali]]<br />
* [[Phiroze Palia]]<br />
* [[Wazir Ali|S. Wazir Ali]]<br />
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[[Ramachandra Guha]], commenting on the selection, said that it "nicely reflected the balance of communal interests".<ref name=RG194>{{cite book |last=Guha |first=Ramachandra |author-link=Ramachandra Guha |title=A Corner of a Foreign Field – The Indian History of a British Sport |page=194 |year=2002 |publisher=Picador |location=London |isbn=0-330-49117-2}}</ref> There were seven Hindus, four Muslims, four Parsees and two Sikhs. A number of players, including [[Vijay Merchant]], refused to participate because of unrest at home and in support of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] who had been arrested in January 1932.<ref>Guha, p. 193.</ref> Porbandar was the nominal captain but he played little and Nayudu was the ''de facto'' captain.<ref name=RG194/> In the times when only Royals used to be Captains, the Maharja of Porbandar official Captain and the official vice-captain Raja of Limbdi both stood down, in rare gesture of sportsmanship and cause of India for the Test match so that more talented Nayudu could lead the team.<ref name=k/> Thus due to their sacrifice of posts, the 1st Captain to lead India in Test series is recorded as C K Nayudu<ref name=k>Kutch Gurjar Kshatriyas : A brief history & glory: Section: History of Rajput Surnames, their origin and myths : sub-section : History of Jethwas : by Raja Pawan Jethwa (2007). pp 81–82.</ref><br />
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==Test series==<br />
===Only Test===<br />
{{Test match<br />
| date = 25–28 June 1932<br />
| team1 = {{cr-rt|England}}<br />
| team2 = {{cr|British India}}<br />
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| score-team1-inns1 = 259 (105.1 overs)<br />
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Douglas Jardine|D. R. Jardine]] 79<br />
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Mohammad Nissar]] 5/93 (26 overs)<br />
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| score-team2-inns1 = 189 (93 overs)<br />
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[C. K. Nayudu]] 40<br />
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Bill Bowes|W. E. Bowes]] 4/49 (30 overs)<br />
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| score-team1-inns2 = 275/8[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (110 overs)<br />
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Douglas Jardine|D. R. Jardine]] 85<br />
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Jahangir Khan (cricketer)|M. Jahangir Khan]] 4/60 (30 overs)<br />
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| score-team2-inns2 = 187 (59.3 overs)<br />
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Amar Singh (cricketer)|L. Amar Singh]] 51<br />
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Wally Hammond|W. R. Hammond]] 3/9 (5.3 overs)<br />
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| result = England won by 158 runs<br />
| venue = [[Lord's]]<br />
| umpires = [[Frank Chester (umpire)|F. Chester]] (Eng) and [[Joe Hardstaff Sr|J. Hardstaff Sr]] (Eng)<br />
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14312.html Scorecard]<br /><br />
[http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/151765.html ''Wisden'' summary]<br />
| toss = England won the toss and decided to bat<br />
| rain = 3-day Test<br />
}}<br />
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===Teams in batting order===<br />
England: [[Percy Holmes|P. Holmes]], [[Herbert Sutcliffe|H. Sutcliffe]], [[Frank Woolley|F. E. Woolley]], [[Wally Hammond|W. R. Hammond]], [[Douglas Jardine|D. R. Jardine]] (captain), [[Eddie Paynter|E. Paynter]], [[Les Ames|L. E. G. Ames]] (wk), [[Walter Robins|R. W. V. Robins]], [[Freddie Brown (cricketer)|F. R. Brown]], [[Bill Voce|W. Voce]], [[Bill Bowes|W. E. Bowes]].<br />
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India: [[Janardan Navle|J. G. Navle]] (wk), [[Naoomal Jeoomal]], [[Wazir Ali|S. Wazir Ali]], [[C. K. Nayudu]] (captain), [[Sorabji Colah|S. H. M. Colah]], [[Nazir Ali (cricketer)|S. Nazir Ali]], [[Phiroze Palia|P. E. Palia]], [[Lall Singh]], [[Jahangir Khan (cricketer)|M. Jahangir Khan]], [[Amar Singh (cricketer)|L. Amar Singh]], [[Mohammad Nissar]].<br />
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==First-class matches==<br />
In addition to the Lord's Test, India played in 25 first-class matches. They visited all 17 County Championship teams for 19 matches ([[Glamorgan County Cricket Club|Glamorgan]] and [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] twice). Their other six first-class opponents were [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC), [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]], [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]], [[Scotland national cricket team|Scotland]] (at [[Forthill]], [[Dundee]]), [[Non-international England cricket teams|an England XI]] (at [[Cheriton Road]], [[Folkestone]]) and [[H. D. G. Leveson Gower|H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI]] (at [[North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough]] in the [[Scarborough Festival]]).<ref name=fixtures/><br />
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Two Indian players who were unavailable for India played against them. These were [[Duleepsinhji]] and [[Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi]] who were both England players. They represented their counties, [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] and [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]] respectively.<ref name=RG194/> The third and final day of the match against MCC in May was lost to the weather and the result was a draw, but Nayudu had shown his quality with an innings of 118 [[not out]], scoring more than half of his team's runs.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14223.html MCC v Indians – scorecard]</ref> Guha said it was his best innings of the tour and he hit a six which sent the ball so far that it "was last seen leaving the Home of Cricket in an easterly direction".<ref name=RG194/> <br />
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Apart from England, India's strongest opponents were county champions [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]]. The Indians met them at [[St George's Road Cricket Ground, Harrogate|St George's Road, Harrogate]] from 16 to 19 July and were defeated by a six-wicket margin. Yorkshire didn't field their strongest team (for example, Herbert Sutcliffe didn't play) and they were reduced to ten batsmen by a first day injury to [[Maurice Leyland]]. Yorkshire won the toss and decided to field. India, with a top score of 48 by Naoomal Jaoomal, were all out for 160 on the Saturday, [[Hedley Verity]] taking five for 65. Yorkshire were 14 for two at the close and declared at 161 for eight on Monday. India were then taken apart by [[George Macaulay]] and Verity. Macaulay achieved a career-best eight for 21. India's second innings lasted only 25 overs and they were all out for 66. Remarkably, that total included a [[century (cricket)|half-century]] as Nazir Ali scored 52; the next best score was 5 – the number of [[Extra (cricket)|extras]]. Yorkshire with 68 for four rounded things off on the Tuesday morning.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14377.html Yorkshire v Indians – scorecard]</ref><br />
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Far from being demoralised by their experience in Harrogate, the Indians went straight down to Lord's for the match against [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] from 20 to 22 July. It ended in a draw but the Indians opened with 409 for seven declared and forced Middlesex to [[follow on]]. Jaoomal and Nayudu both scored centuries.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14382.html Middlesex v Indians – scorecard]</ref> India's injury problems took their toll as the tour neared completion. At Folkestone in September, they lost to the England XI, which was by no means a Test-standard team, by an innings and 40 runs. Their last match in England was the Scarborough Festival game against Leveson Gower's XI and they were again struggling but this time saved by the weather, the match ending as a draw after the whole of the second day's play was lost.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14488.html Leveson Gower's XI v Indians – scorecard]</ref><br />
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==Other matches==<br />
India played in thirteen minor matches against a variety of opponents, travelling as far north as [[Elgin, Moray|Elgin]] for one match. Fifteen minor matches were scheduled but two, in [[Aldershot]] and [[Sunderland]], were completely lost to bad weather. The latter of those was a match against [[Durham County Cricket Club|Durham]], then a member of the [[Minor Counties Cricket Championship]]. India played against four other minor counties.<ref name=fixtures/><br />
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They lost only one of the minor matches, conceding a surprisingly heavy defeat at [[West Park, West Bridgford]] in a two-day match against [[Julien Cahn|Sir Julien Cahn's XI]] by an innings and 26 runs. Apart from Cahn himself, his team was near enough county strength. It included Walter Robins, [[Denijs Morkel]], [[Len Richmond]] and [[George Heane]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/105/105836.html Sir Julien Cahn's XI v Indians – scorecard]</ref><br />
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==Aftermath==<br />
''Wisden'' summarised the tour as one of "immense value to the Indians themselves who, about the middle of the summer, were fifty per cent better than when they arrived, and the lessons they learned will no doubt be passed on to the Indian cricketers of the future".<ref name=WA/> India's next Test match in December 1933, their first at home, was against England to commence [[English cricket team in India in 1933–34|a three-match series]] which England won 2–0. Nayudu and Jardine were again the team captains.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Annual reviews==<br />
* {{cite book |last=Wisden |title=Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 70th edition |edition=1948 |editor-last=Caine |editor-first=C. Stewart |publisher=John Wisden & Co. Ltd |location=London}}<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* [[Bill Frindall]], ''The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978'', Wisden, 1979<br />
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