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{{Short description|International cricket tour}}
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{{Infobox cricket series
|series= Pakistan cricket team in India in 1952-53
|partof=
|image= File:Abdul_Hafeez_Kardar_and_Lala_Amarnath_with_President_of_India_Rajendra_Prasad.jpg
|caption= Captains [[Abdul Hafeez Kardar|Abdul Kardar]] (left) and [[Lala Amarnath]] (right) with Indian President [[Rajendra Prasad]] (center) on the day of the first test, 16 October 1952
|date= 10 October 1952 – 24 December 1952
|place= {{flagicon|IND}} [[India]]
|result=India won the 5-Test series 2-1
|team1={{cr|IND}}
|team2={{cr|PAK}}
|captain1=[[Lala Amarnath]]
|captain2=[[Abdul Kardar]]
|runs1=[[Polly Umrigar]] (258) [[Vijay Hazare]] (223) [[Vinoo Mankad]] (129)
|runs2=[[Waqar Hasan]] (357) [[Hanif Mohammad]] (287) [[Nazar Mohammad]] (277)
|wickets1=[[Vinoo Mankad]] (25) [[Ghulam Ahmed (cricketer)|Ghulam Ahmed]] (12) [[Lala Amarnath]] (9)
|wickets2=[[Fazal Mahmood]] (20) [[Mahmood Hussain (cricketer)|Mahmood Hussain]] (12) [[Amir Elahi]] (7)
}}
The [[Pakistan national cricket team]] toured [[India]] in the 1952–53 season, playing five [[Test cricket|Tests]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Pakistan_in_India,_East_Pakistan_and_Burma_1952-53.html Pakistan in India, East Pakistan and Burma 1952-53]</ref> The First Test was the first-ever Test for Pakistan after [[partition of India|its inception]] and the second match resulted in Pakistan's first Test victory.<ref name="first">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149870.html |title=Pakistan announce themselves |access-date=26 October 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> India won the series 2–1 with two Tests being drawn.

==The Pakistan team==
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
*[[Abdul Kardar]] (captain)
*[[Imtiaz Ahmed (cricketer, born 1928)|Imtiaz Ahmed]]
*[[Khurshid Ahmed (cricketer)|Khurshid Ahmed]]
*[[Maqsood Ahmed]]
*[[Zulfiqar Ahmed (cricketer, born 1926)|Zulfiqar Ahmed]]
*[[Israr Ali]]
*[[Rusi Dinshaw]]
*[[Amir Elahi]]
*[[Waqar Hasan]]
*[[Anwar Hussain (cricketer)|Anwar Hussain]]
*[[Mahmood Hussain (cricketer)|Mahmood Hussain]]
*[[Khalid Ibadulla]]
*[[Fazal Mahmood]]
*[[Hanif Mohammad]]
*[[Khan Mohammad]]
*[[Nazar Mohammad]]
*[[Wazir Mohammad]]
*[[Khalid Qureshi]]
{{div col end}}

== Tour matches ==

=== Three-day: North Zone v Pakistanis ===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 10–12 October 1952
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK|name=Pakistanis}}
| team2 = [[North Zone cricket team|North Zone]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 319 (102 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Hanif Mohammad]] 121
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Prakash Bhandari]] 5/39 (16 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 220 (91.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Chandrasekhar Gadkari]] 59
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Fazal Mahmood]] 4/64 (31 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 241/2 (78 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Hanif Mohammad]] 109[[Not out|*]]
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Chandrasekhar Gadkari]] 1/19 (4 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =
| runs-team2-inns2 =
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| result = Match drawn
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1950S/1952-53/PAK_IN_IND/NORTH_PAK_10-12OCT1952.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Gandhi Sports Complex Ground]], [[Amritsar]]
| umpires = [[Santosh Ganguli]] and I. Ghosh
| toss = Pakistanis won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Prakash Bhandari]] (North Zone) picked his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class matches.<ref>{{cite web |title=North Zone v Pakistanis |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20435.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=18 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315195932/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20435.html |archive-date=15 March 2016}}</ref>
}}

=== Three-day: Central Zone v Pakistanis ===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 31 October–2 November 1952
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK|name=Pakistanis}}
| team2 = [[Central Zone cricket team|Central Zone]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 356 (94.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Imtiaz Ahmed (cricketer)|Imtiaz Ahmed]] 213[[not out|*]]
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Hiralal Gaekwad]] 4/131 (35 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 271 (80.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Syed Mushtaq Ali]] 73
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Mahmood Hussain (cricketer)|Mahmood Hussain]] 5/116 (22.5 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 275/5[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declartion|d]] (88 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Abdul Hafeez Kardar]] 106
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Syed Rahim]] 3/67 (19 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 98/8 (26 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Balbir Khanna]] 43
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Khalid Qureshi]] 5/21 (9 overs)

| result = Match drawn
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1950S/1952-53/PAK_IN_IND/CENTRAL_PAK_31OCT-02NOV1952.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium|Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association Ground]], [[Nagpur]]
| umpires =
| toss = Pakistanis won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Khurshid Ahmed (cricketer)|Khurshid Ahmed]] scored a century on debut in first-class matches.<ref name="CZONE">{{cite web |title=Central Zone v Pakistanis |url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20442.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=18 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705041750/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20442.html |archive-date=5 July 2019}}</ref>
*''[[Mahmood Hussain (cricketer)|Mahmood Hussain]] claimed his first five-wicket haul in first-class matches.''<ref name="CZONE"/>
}}

=== Three-day: West Zone v Pakistanis ===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 4–6 November 1952
| team1 = [[West Zone cricket team|West Zone]]
| team2 = {{cr|PAK|name=Pakistanis}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 332/6[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declartion|d]] (120 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Pananmal Punjabi]] 142
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Maqsood Ahmed]] 2/66 (19 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 292 (95.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Wazir Mohammad]] 104[[not out|*]]
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Shah Nyalchand]] 5/114 (39 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 123/3d (36 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Ebrahim Maka]] 56
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Maqsood Ahmed]] 1/23 (9 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 54/2 (20 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Maqsood Ahmed]] 25
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Shah Nyalchand]] 1/2 (2 overs)

| result = Match drawn
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1950S/1952-53/PAK_IN_IND/WEST_PAK_04-06NOV1952.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Commerce College Ground]], [[Ahmedabad]]
| umpires = [[Dinkar Desai]] and [[Santosh Ganguli]]
| toss = West Zone won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Pananmal Punjabi]] (West Zone) and [[Wazir Mohammad]] (Pakistanis) both made their first centuries in first-class matches.<ref>{{cite web |title=West Zone v Pakistanis |url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20443.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=18 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718011948/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20443.html |archive-date=18 July 2018}}</ref>
}}

=== Three-day: Bombay v Pakistanis ===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 8–10 November 1952
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK|name=Pakistanis}}
| team2 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 517/4[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declartion|d]] (156 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Hanif Mohammad]] 203[[Not out|*]]
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Sadashiv Shinde]] 2/156 (56 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 324/3 (154 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Vijay Manjrekar]] 173
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Israr Ali]] 1/35 (21 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =
| runs-team1-inns2 =
| wickets-team1-inns2 =

| score-team2-inns2 =
| runs-team2-inns2 =
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| result = Match drawn
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1950S/1952-53/PAK_IN_IND/BOM_PAK_08-10NOV1952.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Brabourne Stadium]], [[Bombay]]
| umpires = M. G. Bhave and [[Noshirvan Nagarwala]]
| toss = Pakistanis won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}

=== Three-day: South Zone v Pakistanis ===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 21–23 November 1952
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK|name=Pakistanis}}
| team2 = [[South Zone cricket team|South Zone]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 351/6[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declartion|d]] (119 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Nazar Mohammad]] 156[[not out|*]]
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[N. Kannayiram]] 3/67 (20 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 352/6[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declartion|d]] (160.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[L. T. Adisesh]] 87
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Khalid Qureshi]] 2/117 (55 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 44/2 (11 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Imtiaz Ahmed (cricketer)|Imtiaz Ahmed]] 21
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Edulji Aibara]] 1/11 (3 overs) [[M. Suryanarayan]] 1/11 (2 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =
| runs-team2-inns2 =
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| result = Match drawn
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1950S/1952-53/PAK_IN_IND/SOUTH_PAK_21-23NOV1952.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad|Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium]], [[Hyderabad]]
| umpires = Bapu Joshi and V. S. Natarajan
| toss = Pakistanis won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}

=== Three-day: Indian Universities v Pakistanis ===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 5–7 December 1952
| team1 = [[Indian Universities cricket team|Indian Universities]]
| team2 = {{cr|PAK|name=Pakistanis}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 340/8[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declartion|d]] (137 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Ramnath Kenny]] 99
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Khalid Qureshi]] 4/90 (41 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 92 (38.4 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Hanif Mohammad]] 24
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Jayasinghrao Ghorpade]] 6/19 (7.4 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =
| runs-team1-inns2 =
| wickets-team1-inns2 =

| score-team2-inns2 = 16/0 ([[Follow-on|f/o]] ) (7 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Nazar Mohammad]] 8[[not out|*]]
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| result = Match drawn
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1950S/1952-53/PAK_IN_IND/IND-UNIV_PAK_05-07DEC1952.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Central College Ground, Bangalore|Central College Ground]], [[Bangalore]]
| umpires =
| toss = Indian Universities won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Hanif Mohammad]] (Pakistanis) passed 1,000 runs in first-class matches.<ref>{{cite web |title=Indian Universities v Pakistanis |url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20463.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=22 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718014258/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20463.html |archive-date=18 July 2018}}</ref>
}}

=== Three-day: East Zone v Pakistanis ===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 19–21 December 1952
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK|name=Pakistanis}}
| team2 = [[East Zone cricket team|East Zone]]

| score-team1-inns1 = 345/7[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declartion|d]] (100 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Nazar Mohammad]] 123
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Sudhir Das]] 2/69 (20 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 211 (59 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Benjamin Frank]] 93
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Mahmood Hussain (cricketer)|Mahmood Hussain]] 5/52 (20 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 200/7d (55 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Khurshid Ahmed (cricketer)|Khurshid Ahmed]] 69
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Sudhir Das]] 3/54 (12 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 157/6 (58.5 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[S. Om Prakash]] 50[[not out|*]]
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Amir Elahi]] 3/68 (22 overs)

| result = Match drawn
| report = [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1950S/1952-53/PAK_IN_IND/EAST_PAK_19-21DEC1952.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Keenan Stadium]], [[Jamshedpur]]
| umpires =
| toss = Pakistanis won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Raymond Lewis and B. Moitra (both East Zone) played respectively their debut and only first-class matches, while [[Nazar Mohammad]] (Pakistanis) played his last.<ref>{{cite web |title=East Zone v Pakistanis |url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20476.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=22 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718011135/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20476.html |archive-date=18 July 2018}}</ref>
}}

==Test matches==

===1st Test===
{{Test match
| date =16–18 October 1952 (4-day match)
| team1 ={{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 ={{cr|PAK}}

| score-team1-inns1 =372 (139.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 =[[Hemu Adhikari]] 81
| wickets-team1-inns1 =[[Amir Elahi]] 4/134 (39.4 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 =150 (104.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 =[[Hanif Mohammad]] 51
| wickets-team2-inns1 =[[Vinoo Mankad]] 8/52 (47 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =152 (58.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 =[[Abdul Kardar]] 43
| wickets-team2-inns2 =[[Vinoo Mankad]] 5/79 (24.2 overs)

| result =India won by an innings and 70 runs
| venue =[[Arun Jaitley Stadium|Feroz Shah Kotla]], [[Delhi]]
| umpires =[[Balkrishna Mohoni]] (Ind) and [[Mysore Vijayasarathi]] (Ind)
| report =[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62741.html Scorecard]
| toss =India won the toss and elected to bat.
| notes = This was the first Test match for Pakistan. For all the Pakistani players except [[Abdul Kardar]] and [[Amir Elahi]] this was the debut Test. Kardar and Elahi had earlier played Test cricket for India.
*''[[Hemu Adhikari]] and [[Ghulam Ahmed (cricketer)|Ghulam Ahmed]] broke the record for highest tenth wicket partnership for India, before [[Sachin Tendulkar]] and [[Zaheer Khan]] surpassed it [[Indian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2004–05|in 2004]] (133).''<ref>{{cite web |title=Tendulkar and Pathan put India on the brink |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/tendulkar-and-pathan-put-india-on-the-brink-135841 |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=18 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*''[[Vinoo Mankad]]'s 8/52 in Pakistan's first innings and 13/131 in the match were the best bowling figures recorded by an India bowler.''<ref>{{cite web |title=India v Pakistan 1952-53 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/india-v-pakistan-1952-53-153881 |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=18 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
}}

===2nd Test===
{{Test match
| date =23–26 October 1952 (4-day match)
| team1 ={{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 ={{cr|PAK}}

| score-team1-inns1 =106 (55.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 =[[Pankaj Roy]] 30
| wickets-team1-inns1 =[[Fazal Mahmood]] 5/52 (24.1 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 =331 (194.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 =[[Nazar Mohammad]] 124
| wickets-team2-inns1 =[[Ghulam Ahmed (cricketer)|Ghulam Ahmed]] 3/83 (45 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =182 (76.3 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 =[[Lala Amarnath]] 61
| wickets-team1-inns2 =[[Fazal Mahmood]] 7/42 (27.3 overs)

| result =Pakistan won by an innings and 43 runs
| venue =[[Lucknow University Ground|University Ground]], [[Lucknow]]
| umpires =[[Balkrishna Mohoni]] (Ind) and [[Jamshed Patel]] (Ind)
| report =[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62742.html Scorecard]
| toss =India won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Hiralal Gaekwad]] and [[Shah Nyalchand]] (both Ind), and [[Mahmood Hussain (cricketer)|Mahmood Hussain]] and [[Zulfiqar Ahmed (Pakistani cricketer)|Zulfiqar Ahmed]] (both Pak) made their debut in Tests.
}}

===3rd Test===
{{Test match
| date =13–16 November 1952 (4-day match)
| team1 ={{cr-rt|PAK}}
| team2 ={{cr|IND}}

| score-team1-inns1 =186 (73 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 =[[Waqar Hasan]] 81
| wickets-team1-inns1 =[[Lala Amarnath]] 4/40 (21 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 =387/4[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (112 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 =[[Vijay Hazare]] 146
| wickets-team2-inns1 =[[Mahmood Hussain (cricketer)|Mahmood Hussain]] 3/121 (35 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =242 (149.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 =[[Hanif Mohammad]] 96
| wickets-team1-inns2 =[[Vinoo Mankad]] 5/72 (65 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =45/0 (15.2 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 =[[Vinoo Mankad]] 35
| wickets-team2-inns2 =[[Abdul Kardar]] 0/2 (2 overs)

| result =India won by 10 wickets
| venue =[[Brabourne Stadium]], [[Bombay]]
| umpires =[[Jamshed Patel]] (Ind) and [[Mysore Vijayasarathi]] (Ind)
| report =[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62743.html Scorecard]
| toss =Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Bal Dani]], [[Madhav Apte]] and [[Vijay Rajindernath]] (all Ind), and [[Wazir Mohammad]] (Pak) made their debut in Tests.
}}

===4th Test===
{{Test match
| date =28 November–1 December 1952 (4-day match)
| team1 ={{cr-rt|PAK}}
| team2 ={{cr|IND}}

| score-team1-inns1 =344 (110.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 =[[Abdul Kardar]] 79
| wickets-team1-inns1 =[[Ramesh Divecha]] 2/36 (19 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 =175/6 (74 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 =[[Polly Umrigar]] 62
| wickets-team2-inns1 =[[Abdul Kardar]] 2/37 (21 overs)

| result =Match drawn
| venue =[[Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk]], [[Madras]]
| umpires =[[Noshirvan Nagarwala]] (Ind) and [[Prasad Sinha]] (Ind)
| report =[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62744.html Scorecard]
| toss =Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =No play was possible on the last two days because of rain.
| notes = [[Ebrahim Maka]] (Ind) made his debut in Tests.
}}

===5th Test===
{{Test match
| date =12–15 Dec 1952 (4-day match)
| team1 ={{cr-rt|PAK}}
| team2 ={{cr|IND}}

| score-team1-inns1 =257 (116 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 =[[Imtiaz Ahmed (cricketer, born 1928)|Imtiaz Ahmed]] 57
| wickets-team1-inns1 =[[Dattu Phadkar]] 5/72 (32 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 =397 (144 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 =[[Deepak Shodhan]] 110
| wickets-team2-inns1 =[[Fazal Mahmood]] 4/141 (64 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =236/7[[Declaration and forfeiture#Declaration|d]] (120 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 =[[Waqar Hasan]] 97
| wickets-team1-inns2 =[[Ghulam Ahmed (cricketer)|Ghulam Ahmed]] 3/56 (33 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =28/0 (6 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 =[[Datta Gaekwad]] 20
| wickets-team2-inns2 =[[Nazar Mohammad]] 0/4 (2 overs)

| result =Match drawn
| venue =[[Eden Gardens]], [[Calcutta]]
| umpires =[[Jamshed Patel]] (Ind) and [[Mysore Vijayasarathi]] (Ind)
| report =[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62745.html Scorecard]
| toss =India won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = [[Deepak Shodhan]] (Ind) made his debut in Tests.
}}

==Aftermath==
In 2003, to mark the 50th anniversary of the tour, the surviving members of the Pakistani team were awarded a commemorative medallion, a cash prize of 250,000 rupees, and a current green Pakistan blazer.<ref>{{cite web |date=29 August 2003|title=Pakistan's pioneers to be honoured by president |url=https://www.espn.com/cricket/story/_/id/22966208/pakistan-pioneers-honoured-president |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=13 July 2019}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/61529.html Tour page] on [[ESPNcricinfo]]
* {{CricketArchive|ref=Archive/Events/1/Pakistan_in_India,_East_Pakistan_and_Burma_1952-53.html|name=Pakistan in India, East Pakistan and Burma 1952-53}}

==Further reading==
*"Pakistan in India, 1952", ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' 1953, pp. 872–83
* [[Abdul Kardar]], ''Inaugural Test Matches'', 1954

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Pakistani cricket team in India in 1952–53 - Revision history

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