(i) The distinguished editor of the Bombay Chronicle and political leaders like Mahatma Gandhi condemned the Pent angular tournament as a communal-based division of the team.
(ii) He felt these types of communal divisions of the team may hinder the nationalist struggle of India.
(iii) This kind of cricket organised on the principle of lace and religion could aggravate the communal divide he perceived and their efforts to unite India would ultimately fail.