New Delhi: In 1953, a cricket match took place between the Prime Minister's XI and the President's XI teams in Delhi.The spectators saw a thoughtful looking Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, wearing a spotless white cricket kit,
when pandit jawaharlal nehru played a cricket matchImage Source : INDIATV
Cricket was then in its infancy in India, and for the hoi polloi the game was yet to catch up with hockey eulogised as the national game.