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{{short description|Indian Test cricketer}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Mohammad Nissar
| image = Mohammad Nissar 1932.jpg
| caption =
| fullname = Mohammad Nissar
| birth_date = {{birth date|1910|08|01|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Hoshiarpur]], [[Punjab, British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1963|03|11|1910|08|01|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab, Pakistan]]
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm fast
| columns = 2
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1 = 6
| runs1 = 55
| bat avg1 = 6.87
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 14
| deliveries1 = 1,211
| wickets1 = 25
| bowl avg1 = 28.28
| fivefor1 = 3
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 5/90
| catches/stumpings1= 2/–
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches2 = 93
| runs2 = 1120
| bat avg2 = 10.98
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 49
| deliveries2 = 15,061
| wickets2 = 396
| bowl avg2 = 17.70
| fivefor2 = 32
| tenfor2 = 3
| best bowling2 = 6/17
| catches/stumpings2= 65/–
| country = India
| international = true
| internationalspan = 1932–1936
| testdebutfor = India
| testcap = 9
| testdebutagainst = England
| testdebutdate = 25 June
| testdebutyear = 1932
| lasttestdate = 15 August
| lasttestfor = India
| lasttestagainst = England
| lasttestyear = 1936
| source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/31791.html ESPNcricinfo
| date = 10 May
| year = 2020
}}
'''Shaikh Mohammad Nissar''' ({{audio|Mohammed_Nissar.ogg|pronunciation}}; 1 August 1910 – 11 March 1963) was a [[cricketer]], who played as a fast bowler for the [[Partition of India|pre-independence]] [[Indian cricket team]] and domestic teams in [[British India|India]] and [[Pakistan]].<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/31791.html |title=Mohammad Nissar|accessdate=10 May 2020 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> He was born in [[Hoshiarpur]], [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]], and is considered the fastest pre-[[Partition of India|independence]] Indian pace bowler. He was arguably one of the fastest bowlers in the world during his time.

Indian batsman [[C.K. Nayudu]] claimed in writings that during his first spell, Nissar was faster than Englishman [[Harold Larwood]],{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} who terrorized [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] in 1932 in the infamous [[Bodyline]] series. Nissar along with [[Amar Singh (cricketer)|Amar Singh]] formed an Indian fast bowling duo that was considered one of the best in the world during the 1930s. He was one of the founders of the [[Pakistan Cricket Board]] (PCB). He immigrated to [[Pakistan]] in 1947 and died in [[Lahore]] in 1963.

==Career==
[[File:1932 Indian Test Cricket team.jpg|thumb|upright=1.22|The 1932 Indian Test Cricket team that toured England. Mohammad Nissar seen standing fourth on this photo of the team captained by [[Maharaja of Porbandar]].]]

Mohammed Nissar was drafted into the Indian team which [[Indian_cricket_team_in_England_in_1932|toured England in 1932]]. He was a part of the side which contained players like [[CK Nayudu]], the brothers Wazir Ali and Nazir Ali, and of course, his famous bowling partner, Amar Singh. Even today, Nissar's main claim to fame was of being the first man to take a wicket for India, and for being the fastest pre-war bowler India have produced. Nissar's career kick-started right in his first match, as he, in the first ball of his second over, dismissed [[Herbert Sutcliffe]] for 3, knocking over Sutcliffe's stumps. Then, with the fifth ball of the very same over, he bowled the other opener, Percy Holmes.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/151765.html Wisden – England v India 1932]. Espncricinfo.com (30 July 2007). Retrieved on 2018-05-11.</ref>

What made this fact extraordinary was that Holmes and Sutcliffe were involved in an opening stand of 555 for Yorkshire just ten days ago.<ref>[http://www.cricketnetwork.co.uk/main/s119/st26334.php Indian Cricket Fever – Fast bowling legacy: Nissar and Amar Singh]. Cricketnetwork.co.uk (10 June 2003). Retrieved on 2018-05-11.</ref> In the course of his 26-over spell, Nissar scalped five wickets for 93 runs,<ref name="espncricinfo">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62605.html |title=Only Test: England v India at Lord's, Jun 25–28, 1932 |accessdate=18 December 2011 |work=espncricinfo}}</ref> as England were skittled for 259, a below-par score for a team that had looked much stronger on paper. In the second innings, Nissar bowled 18 overs and took a wicket, of Walter Robins, who was a victim of his in the first innings as well, for 42 runs. Overall, with a strike rate of 44, and with match figures of 6 for 135, Nissar gave a glimpse of other performances England should have watched out for when he played them.

That was to be the only test match for India that year, but there were many other first-class matches on the tour, where Nissar grabbed 71 wickets at an average of 18.09. In 1935–36, when Jack Ryder's Australian XI toured India to play against Maharaja "Vizzy" Vizianagaram's Indian team, he made a mark there too, taking 32 wickets in 4 unofficial tests.

Nissar's last test was against England in August 1936, at [[The Oval]], where he managed to take six wickets, including a five wicket haul, even though India lost the match.<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/31791.html?class=1;template=results;type=bowling;view=match Statsguru, bowling innings list]. Stats.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved on 11 May 2018.</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of India cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/31791.html Mohammad Nissar] at [[ESPNcricinfo]]
*{{Commonscat-inline|Mohammad Nissar}}
*http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/151765.html
*http://www.cricketnetwork.co.uk/main/s119/st26334.php

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