By Larnaton, In India D. R. Jardine's latest band of brothers will not have that strain which the M.C.C. team faced in Australia. Although, owing to various re-Tusals, the side at Mr. Jardine's command is not as strong as was first expected and is certainly below ordinary international form it should have no great difficulty in preserving unbeaten record as did A. E. Gilligan's side in 1926-27. Until 1932" when the Maharaja of Porbandar took an Indian side to England, no indian team had visited "England since the Maharaja of Patiala took a team in 1911. That team was not entirely Indian in composition, Earlier the Parsees had toured in England. Remembering however the cricket eminence of the late Jam Sahib of Nawanagar (K. S, Ranjitsinhji) it may seem remarkable that only in these days has the idea of- an All-Indian team gained ground. Now there is a Cricket Control Board at New Delhi and under its auspices Mr, Jardine's team The|is travelling. The fact India is a country of huge di tances has of course militated against full utilization of the talent available. Moreover there is practically no professionalism.
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