the british used cricket to carry out thier racial policy in thier colonies . explain pls its urgent

England introduced the game of cricket to all of its colonies. A mere game helped to strengthen the hold of colonialism in the alien soil. The game reasserted the control and reaffirmation by distancing the natives from the rulers.

• history of gymkhana cricket led to first-class cricket being organised on communal and racial lines
• The teams that played colonial India’s greatest and most famous first-class cricket tournament represented religious groups