Glenelg Oval to host Indian cricket team in historic clash Glenelg District Cricket Club president Bob Snewin says the India game will be the biggest event in his 25 years as president of the Seahorses. MILLIONS of cricket fans across the world will be watching as Glenelg Oval hosts the first international side to play at a suburban Adelaide ground in more than a century. The oval will become the first local ground since 1903 to have an international team play a first-class cricket match when India faces a Cricket Australia Invitational XI in a tour match on November 24 and 25. Scores of international media representatives will cover the match featuring the world's biggest cricketing nation. Glenelg District Cricket Club president Bob Snewin tipped 4000 people would attend the game and "millions and millions" of Indians fan would tune in to a live stream. "It's just magnificent and it's a huge opportunity to showcase our club and showcase our oval," Mr Snewin said. They're world renowned players. Indian people are very well informed about cricket and a lot of those people would be fully aware that we've had the Chappells come out of our club and we've had nine Test cricketers. The last international side to play a first-class match in SA outside of Adelaide Oval was the Lord Hawke English team that played SA at Unley Oval in 1903. Mr Snewin said the India game would be the biggest event in his 25 years as president of the Seahorses. "We've had some big days - last year having our first ever Sheffield Shield game was a massive get for our club," Mr Snewin said. This time we now have high-profile Test players from India and probably two or three Test players from Australia and budding Test players from Australia. The Bays are on fire. Former Adelaide Oval curator Les Burdett had helped prepare the ground, Mr Snewin said. Glenelg Football Club chief executive Steve Moore was also excited about the match. "It's a bit of an unknown how big it might be," Mr Moore said. It'll bring a whole lot of different people into Gliderol Stadium who have never been here before. It's a great opportunity for the Glenelg community. Multicultural Sports and Community Club has a large contingent of Indian expats, and club president Faisal Chaudhry said many would head to the Bay to watch their heroes. "I'm quite sure there will be quite of a crowd to have a look at their players in action," Mr Chaudhry said. At the last estimate there were about 25,000 Indians now living in South Australia. Being a tour match the chances of actually talking to the players and getting involved more will be higher than at Adelaide Oval. SACA has yet to release ticket prices for the match but tickets will be sold at the gate. SACA members will be able to buy up to five guest passes. Cricket Australia XI vs India, Glenelg Oval, Monday, November 24-Tuesday, November 25. Play starts: 10.30am. Details: saca.com.au.