Mahatma Gandhi and cricket sounds a bit odd to start with. The Mahatma, never of any keen athletic disposition, trying his hand at what was a colonial import to keep the empire together wasn’t the most logical thing to do.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/mahatma150-why-gandhi-said-no-to-british-indias-top-cricket-tournament/articleshow/71305041.cms