When Indian cricket team under Lala Amarnath played Australia after Gandhi’s assassination
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Indian skipper Lala Amarnath (144) walks out to continue his first innings with Sarwate (47), their seventh wicket partnership of 176 runs in 136 minutes played a big part in teams fighting recovery during India’s tour cricket match against South Australia at the Adelaide played from October 24 to 28, 1947. PHOTO: THE HINDU ARCHIVES
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It was the Indian cricket team's first tour of Australia and the players, led by Lala Amarnath, looked distraught as they stood in silence in memory of Mahatma Gandhi, who had been assassinated less than a week before in Delhi.The rare photograph of that emotional moment taken before the start of the fifth Test on February 6, 1948...