1. The teams that play cricket at national and International level today do not represent religions and races but regions and nationalities like in today’s Ranji Trophy the Pentangular in colonial
India was replaced by a rival tournament, the ‘National Cricket Championship’ later named the
2. Ranji Trophy. Cricket fans know that watching a match involves taking sides. In a Ranji Trophy match when Delhi plays Mumbai, the loyalty of spectators watching the match depends on which city they came from or support.
3. Earlier teams were not organised on geographical principles. It was not till 1932 that a national team was given the right to represent India in Test match.