The relationship between cricket and politics is clearly delineated in South Asia from 1880 to 2005 through the alleviation of stress between members of totally different castes, although the alleviated stress is not always of a religious aspect among Pakistanis, Indians and even British. The various issues that emerged in South Asia largely concerned class or caste systems (Docs 2, 3, 4), rivalries (Docs 1, 6, 10) and religious tensions (Docs 5, 7, 8, 9) against the various countries and cricket groups. Throughout its interaction with Indian politics from 1880 to 2005, cricket has served both as a unifying force between totally different political groups and as a unifying force between totally different political groups, but it has also divided political groups in periods of struggle for power and political variations, as well as creating strong ties between countries. in a sense it was a unifying force for the various classes in India, as well as for the relationship between Britain and India. As seen in Document 2, an Indian cricketer was invited to "...join the Sussex team", which was a team from a European country. This shows some equality between n...