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Give brief explanations for the following: The Parsis were the first Indian community to set up a cricket club in India. Mahatma Gandhi condemned the Pentangular tournament. The name of the ICC was changed from the Imperial Cricket Conference to the International Cricket Conference. The shift of the ICC was changed London to Dubai.

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The Paris set up the first Indian cricket club because of their close contact with the British.  They became the first Indian community to westernise and develop interest in the game. The Pentangular was organised on communal and racial lines. Thus it was condemned by Mahatma Gandhi who felt that such a competition was out of place at a time when nationalists were trying to unite India's diverse population. The decline of the British influence in trade, commerce, international politics and sports due to the process of decolonisation led to the name of the Imperial Cricket Conference (lCC) being changed to the International Cricket Conference. The break-up of the British empire and globalisation changed the balance of power in cricket.  Since India has the largest viewership for the game among cricket-playing nations and the largest market in the cricketing world the games centre of gravity has shifted to South Asia. This shift was symbolised by the shifting of the ICC headquarters from London to Dubai.