User: I want to know about the history of cricket in India.
Assistant: Cricket has been played in India since the 18th century and is one of India’s most popular sports. It is believed that the first definitive reference to cricket in India dates back to a 1721 court case involving a "certaine game of cricket". During the mid-18th century, the East India Company established cricket clubs in Calcutta and Mumbai and the first Indian cricket club was founded in 1792. By the early 19th century, cricket had become the de facto national sport of India. The first Indian cricket team toured abroad in 1868 to play a series of matches in England. The Indian national team were eventually awarded Test status by the International Cricket Council in 1932 and in 1952 took part in the first cricket test match on Indian soil. The Indian Premier League, the most popular cricket league in the world, was founded in 2008 and is watched in more than 140 countries. Today, India produces some of the world’s best cricket players and is a major power in the international cricketing world.