The first cricket played in India was in ________ in 1721.

Calicut

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Calcutta

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Cochin

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Cambay

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Solution

The correct option is D Cambay

The first record we have of cricket being played in India is from 1721, an account of recreational cricket played by English sailors in Cambay. The first Indian club, the Calcutta Cricket Club, was established in 1792. Through the eighteenth century, cricket in India was almost wholly a sport played by British military men and civil servants in all-white clubs and gymkhanas.

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