When the Bombay Gymkhana and the Parsi players clashed over the use of a public park, the Britishers sided with Bombay. Gymkhana. They saw religious communities as distinct national-irascible entities. That is why they used to approve club applications based on community. Pentangular tournaments were favored because they were based on communities. First-class cricket was also based on racial and communal sanctions. The teams who competed in colonial India's finest and most famous first-class cricket tournament represented religious groupings rather than regions.