The Cambridge Society, Bombay welcomes you to their talk by Prof. Prashant Kidambi.

Topic: “Cricket Country: The Untold History of the First All-India Team”

Cricket Country is the untold story of how the idea of India was fashioned on the cricket pitch in the high noon of empire. Conceived by an unlikely coalition of imperial and Indian elites, it took twelve years and three failed attempts before an ‘Indian’ cricket team made its debut on the playing fields of imperial Britain in the blazing coronation summer of 1911. This is a capacious tale with an improbable cast of characters set against the backdrop of revolutionary protest and princely intrigue. My talk will highlight key episodes in this extraordinary story and illuminate a fascinating and formative period in the history of Indian cricket.