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<p>2409:4064:2413:EAE0:0:0:720:D8A4: British provided no help to the Parsis.</p> <hr /> <div>{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}<br /> The '''Oriental Cricket Club''' was a [[cricket]] club established by the [[Parsi]] community in [[Mumbai]] (formerly Bombay) in 1848. The origins of Indian Cricket, that is, cricket played by Indians are to be found in Bombay and the first Indian community to start playing the game was the small community of Zoroastrians, the Parsi. The Parsi community viewed these clubs as a way of cementing ties with the [[United Kingdom|British]] colonial powers. They were sponsored by Parsi businessmen like the Tatas and the Wadias. Though the club was the first to be organised by Indians, it was closed a few years later. <br /> The Parsis were the first to start the cricket in India because they were in close contacts with the Imperial British, as they were interested in trade.The British offered no help to the enthusiastic Parsis.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> *[http://www.the-south-asian.com/April2001/Parsis-Eminent%20Citizens%20of%20India.htm The South Asian]<br /> *[http://www.ncert.nic.in NCERT]<br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Indian club cricket teams]]<br /> [[Category:Cricket clubs established in 1848]]<br /> [[Category:1848 establishments in British India]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{India-cricket-team-stub}}</div>

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