The oldest person to make his first-class debut as well as to play first-class cricket was Raja Maharaj Singh at the age of 72.Lots of Maharajas in Cricket doing lots of weird things. Like when BB Nimbalkar was about to break Bradman's record of 452 runs in FC Cricket, the captain (a Maharaja) conceded the game. The article is about how Hockey has since its inception been more representative of India than Cricket, which was controlled by the Maharajas in the early years.