Baroda Cricket - History

The history of Baroda Cricket is inseparable from the patronage and involvement it has enjoyed from the Royal Family of Gaekwads.

Cricket in Baroda has a great history which goes back to Maharaja Sayajirao III. As early as 1904, in a letter to J M Framjee Patel (author of 'Stray thoughts on Indian Cricket'), this great visionary king wrote that 'cricket is going to become a national game'. He visualized the importance of this game and believed that it will foster discipline in the younger generation. He made sports a compulsory part of the school curriculum. A Parsi coach, Mr Machiwala, was employed to train his sons in cricket. The Prince Team was founded in 1898 to give impetus to Yuvraj Fatesinghrao's cricketing skills. While all his sons displayed an aptitude for cricket, Maharaja Sayajirao's third born, Prince Shivajirao was outstanding. It was said that as a cricketer he had the stature of Prince Ranji of Jamnagar. He was referred to as Oxford 'blue'. He played for India, All India to England (unofficial) in 1911 (1.6.1911 to 26.8.1911). Read More >>

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