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{{Infobox cricket series
|series= Pakistani cricket team in India in 1960-61
|partof=
|image=
|caption=
|date= 2 December 1960 – 13 February 1961
|place= {{flagicon|IND}} [[India]]
|result= 5-Test series drawn
|team1={{cr|IND}}
|team2={{cr|PAK}}
|captain1=[[Nari Contractor]]
|captain2=[[Fazal Mahmood]]
|runs1=[[Polly Umrigar]] (380) [[Chandu Borde]] (330) [[Nari Contractor]] (319)
|runs2=[[Saeed Ahmed (cricketer, born 1937)|Saeed Ahmed]] (460) [[Hanif Mohammad]] (410) [[Imtiaz Ahmed (cricketer, born 1928)|Imtiaz Ahmed]] (375)
|wickets1=[[Ramakant Desai]] (21) [[Bapu Nadkarni]] (9) [[Subhash Gupte]] (8)
|wickets2=[[Haseeb Ahsan]] (15) [[Mahmood Hussain (cricketer)|Mahmood Hussain]] (13) [[Fazal Mahmood]] (9)
}}
The [[Pakistan national cricket team]] toured [[India]] in the winter of 1960–61. They played five [[Test cricket|Test]] matches against the [[India national cricket team]], and also played against several local Indian squads.

== Background ==
Writing for ''[[The Indian Express]]'' cricketer [[Abdul Hafeez Kardar]] who played for both India and Pakistan maintained that if Pakistan "does well in the first two test matches", they would go on to win the series. He felt that the visiting side had the "strongest batting power house ever to be sent out" by Pakistan and that [[Hanif Mohammad]], "the most matured opener of the game", would the main "hurdle" for India.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kardar|first1=A. H.|author-link1=Abdul Hafeez Kardar|title=India - Pakistan Test Series 1960-61|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iYxlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pp4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=2589%2C2688362|publisher=The Indian Express|access-date=26 January 2018|date=1 December 1960}}</ref>

==Squads==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin:auto"
|-
!{{cr|IND}}<ref name="IndiaSquad"/>
!{{cr|PAK}}<ref name="IE11"/>
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|
* [[Nari Contractor]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Pankaj Roy]]
* [[Abbas Ali Baig]]
* [[Polly Umrigar]]
* [[Bapu Nadkarni]]
* [[Vijay Manjrekar]]
* [[Chandu Borde]]
* [[Subhash Gupte]]
* [[Nana Joshi]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Rusi Surti]]
* [[Ramakant Desai]]
* [[M. L. Jaisimha]]
* [[A. G. Milkha Singh]]
* [[Indrajitsinhji]]
* [[Ajit Wadekar]]
* [[Naren Tamhane]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[V. M. Muddiah]]
* [[Salim Durani]]
* [[Surendranath (cricketer)|Surendranath]]
* [[Datta Gaekwad]]
* [[Baloo Gupte]]
* [[Budhi Kunderan]]
* [[Vijay Mehra (Indian cricketer)|Vijay Mehra]]
* [[Prakash Poddar]]
* [[Vaman Kumar]]
|
* [[Fazal Mahmood]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Imtiaz Ahmed (cricketer, born 1928)|Imtiaz Ahmed]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Hanif Mohammad]]
* [[Wallis Mathias]]
* [[Saeed Ahmed (cricketer, born 1937)|Saeed Ahmed]]
* [[Javed Burki]]
* [[Mushtaq Mohammad]]
* [[Mahmood Hussain (cricketer)|Mahmood Hussain]]
* [[Mohammad Farooq (cricketer, born 1938)|Mohammad Farooq]]
* [[Nasim-ul-Ghani]]
* [[Haseeb Ahsan]]
* [[Zafar Altaf]]
* [[Ijaz Butt]]
* [[Shujauddin Butt]]
* [[Mohammad Munaf (cricketer)|Mohammad Munaf]]
* [[Intikhab Alam]]
* [[Alimuddin (cricketer)|Alimuddin]]
|}

The Indian squad for the series was announced on 30 November 1960. [[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]'s all-rounder [[Rusi Surti]] was the only new inclusion in the squad.<ref name="IndiaSquad">{{cite news|title=Suri To Make Debut In Test Cricket|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19601201&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|publisher=The Indian Express|access-date=26 January 2018|page=10|date=10 December 1960}}</ref> [[Vijay Manjrekar]] and [[Subhash Gupte]] made their comeback to the squad after a year. It was reported that the Pakistan squad would be announced only an hour before commencement of the First Test.<ref name="IE01">{{cite web|last1=Mantri|first1=M. K.|title=India - Pakistan Test Begins Today|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19601202&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|publisher=The Indian Express|access-date=26 January 2018|date=2 December 1960}}</ref> To their squad announced before the First test, [[Ijaz Butt]], [[Shujauddin Butt]], [[Mohammad Munaf (cricketer)|Mohammad Munaf]] and [[Intikhab Alam]] were added for the first-class game against [[Central Zone cricket team|Central Zone]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Alam, Ghani Rescue Visitors From Rout|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19601210&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|access-date=26 January 2018|work=The Indian Express|date=10 December 1960|page=10}}</ref>

==Test series==

===1st Test===
{{Test match|
date = 2–7 December |
team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}} |
team2 = {{cr|IND}} |

score-team1-inns1 = 350 (137.4 overs) |
runs-team1-inns1 = [[Hanif Mohammad]] 160 |
wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Subhash Gupte]] 4/43 (31.0 overs) |

score-team2-inns1 = 449/9[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (176.4 overs) |
runs-team2-inns1 = [[Ramakant Desai]] 85 |
wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Mahmood Hussain (cricketer)|Mahmood Hussain]] 5/129 (51.4 overs) |

score-team1-inns2 = 166/4 (80 overs) |
runs-team1-inns2 = [[Imtiaz Ahmed (cricketer, born 1928)|Imtiaz Ahmed]] 69 |
wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Bapu Nadkarni]] 2/9 (15 overs) |

result = Match drawn |
venue = [[Brabourne Stadium]], [[Bombay]] |
umpires = [[Santosh Ganguli]] (Ind) and [[Bapu Joshi]] (Ind) |
motm = |
report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17372/scorecard/62883 Scorecard] |
toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.|
rain = |
notes = [[Rusi Surti]] (Ind), and [[Javed Burki]] and [[Mohammad Farooq (cricketer, born 1938)|Mohammad Farooq]] (Pak) made their Test debuts.
*''[[Hanif Mohammad]] (Pak) passed 2,000 runs in Tests.<ref name="1TCA">{{cite web|title=Pakistan in India 1960/61 (1st Test)|url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/24/24523.html|publisher=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription|access-date=26 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709183322/http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/24/24523.html|archive-date=9 July 2011}}</ref> His partnership of 246 runs for the second wicket with [[Saeed Ahmed (cricketer, born 1937)|Saeed Ahmed]] was a [[List of Pakistan Test cricket records#Partnership records|record for Pakistan in Tests]].<ref>{{cite web|title=First Test Match, India v Pakistan|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/152756.html|work=Wisden|publisher=ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref>
*''[[Mahmood Hussain (cricketer)|Mahmood Hussain]] (Pak) claimed his 50th wicket in Tests.<ref name="1TCA"/>
*''5 December was a [[Glossary of cricket terms#R|rest day]].|
}}

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first on what was described as a [[Cricket pitch|pitch]] without the "usual grass" on it<ref name="IE01"/> while staying "firm" and with "little dew".<ref name="IE11">{{cite web|title=Pakistan Off To Good Start In Test|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19601203&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|publisher=The Indian Express|access-date=26 January 2018|date=3 December 1960}}</ref>

===2nd Test===

{{Test match|
date = 16–21 December |
team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}} |
team2 = {{cr|IND}} |

score-team1-inns1 = 335 (188.4 overs) |
runs-team1-inns1 = [[Javed Burki]] 79 |
wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Polly Umrigar]] 4/71 (55 overs) |

score-team2-inns1 = 404 (193.5 overs) |
runs-team2-inns1 = [[Polly Umrigar]] 115 |
wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Haseeb Ahsan]] 5/121 (56 overs) |

score-team1-inns2 = 140/3 (64 overs) |
runs-team1-inns2 = [[Javed Burki]] 48 |
wickets-team1-inns2 = [[V. M. Muddiah]] 2/40 (18 overs) |

result = Match drawn |
venue = [[Green Park Stadium|Modi Stadium]], [[Kanpur]] |
umpires = [[Santosh Ganguli]] and [[Bapu Joshi]] |
motm = |
report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17372/scorecard/62884 Scorecard] |
toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.|
rain = |
notes = 19 December was a [[Glossary of cricket terms#R|rest day]].|
}}

The [[India national cricket team selectors|Indian team selectors]] made changes to the squad following the First Test; [[wicket-keeper]] [[Naren Tamhane]], [[V. M. Muddiah]], [[Salim Durani]] were included in place of [[Pankaj Roy]], [[Nana Joshi]] and [[Ajit Wadekar]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Roy, Joshi Dropped For Second Test|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19601208&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|publisher=The Indian Express|access-date=26 January 2018|page=10|date=8 December 1960}}</ref> The Pakistani side included [[Alimuddin (cricketer)|Alimuddin]].

===3rd Test===

{{Test match|
date = 30 December–4 January |
team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}} |
team2 = {{cr|IND}} |

score-team1-inns1 = 301 (127.2 overs) |
runs-team1-inns1 = [[Mushtaq Mohammad]] 61 |
wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Chandu Borde]] 4/21 (16 overs) |

score-team2-inns1 = 180 (99.3 overs) |
runs-team2-inns1 = [[Chandu Borde]] 44 |
wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Fazal Mahmood]] 5/26 (25.3 overs) |

score-team1-inns2 = 146/3[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (49 overs) |
runs-team1-inns2 = [[Hanif Mohammad]] 63 |
wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Ramakant Desai]] 1/37 (16.0 overs) |

score-team2-inns2 = 127/4 (57.0 overs) |
runs-team2-inns2 = [[Vijay Manjrekar]] 45 |
wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Haseeb Ahsan]] 2/25 (14 overs) |

result = Match drawn |
venue = [[Eden Gardens]], [[Calcutta]] |
umpires = [[Santosh Ganguli]] and [[Badami Satyaji Rao]] |
motm = |
report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17372/scorecard/62885 Scorecard] |
toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.|
rain = |
notes = 2 January was a [[Glossary of cricket terms#R|rest day]].
*''[[Naren Tamhane]] (Ind) played his final Test.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pakistan in India 1960/61 (3rd Test)|url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/24/24579.html|publisher=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription|access-date=26 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213001358/http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/24/24579.html|archive-date=13 February 2017}}</ref>|
}}

Leading up to the Third Test, pacer [[Surendranath (cricketer)|Surendranath]] was included in the Indian squad while [[Pankaj Roy]] was dropped.<ref>{{cite web|title=Selection for Calcutta Test|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19601222&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|publisher=The Indian Express|access-date=26 January 2018|page=10|date=22 December 1960}}</ref> Pakistan made one change in the team that played the Second Test; [[Intikhab Alam]] replaced [[Alimuddin (cricketer)|Alimuddin]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Pakistan Pile Up 201 For 6|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19601231&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|access-date=26 January 2018|work=The Indian Express|date=31 December 1960|page=10}}</ref> A "grassy wicket" aiding bowlers, both seamers and spinners, was expected before the game.<ref>{{cite news|title=Calcutta Test Prospects|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19601230&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|access-date=26 January 2018|work=The Indian Express|date=30 December 1960|page=10}}</ref>

===4th Test===

{{Test match|
date = 13–18 January |
team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}} |
team2 = {{cr|IND}} |

score-team1-inns1 = 448/8[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (182.5 overs) |
runs-team1-inns1 = [[Imtiaz Ahmed (cricketer, born 1928)|Imtiaz Ahmed]] 135 |
wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Ramakant Desai]] 4/66 (28.5 overs) |

score-team2-inns1 = 539/9[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (227 overs) |
runs-team2-inns1 = [[Chandu Borde]] 177 |
wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Haseeb Ahsan]] 6/202 (84 overs) |

score-team1-inns2 = 59/0 (18 overs) |
runs-team1-inns2 = [[Saeed Ahmed (cricketer, born 1937)|Saeed Ahmed]] 38 |
wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Nari Contractor]] 0/1 (1 over) |

result = Match drawn |
venue = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai)|Corporation Stadium]], [[Madras]] |
umpires = [[Sambhu Pan]] and [[S. K. Raghunatha Rao]] |
motm = |
report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17372/scorecard/62886 Scorecard] |
toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.|
rain = |
notes = [[Baloo Gupte]] (Ind) made his Test debut.
*''Pakistan's first innings total of 448 was their highest against India.<ref>{{cite news|title=Highest Ever Pakistan Total Against India|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19610115&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|access-date=26 January 2018|work=The Indian Express|date=15 January 1961|page=1}}</ref> India's total of 539 was their highest and the highest for an India-Pakistan Test.<ref name="4TD5">{{cite news|title=Borde Sets Record In Indo-Pak Series|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19610119&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|publisher=The Indian Express|access-date=26 January 2018|page=1|date=19 January 1961}}</ref>
*''[[Polly Umrigar]] and [[Chandu Borde]] (Ind) broke the record for [[List of India Test cricket records#Highest partnerships (by wicket)|highest fifth partnership for India]] (177), surpassing Umrigar and [[Dattu Phadkar]]'s 131-run stand in [[Indian cricket team in the West Indies in 1952–53#1st Test|1952–53]].<ref name="day4"/>
*''[[Chandu Borde]] (Ind) set a record for the highest individual score for a player in any India-Pakistan Test.<ref name="4TD5"/>
*''Play was abandoned 20 minutes before scheduled time on day 4 after a section of the stands caught fire.<ref name="day4">{{cite news|last1=Mantri|first1=M. K.|title=Umrigar, Borde Bat With Purpose|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19610118&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|publisher=The Indian Express|access-date=26 January 2018|date=18 January 1961}}</ref>|
*''16 January was a [[Glossary of cricket terms#R|rest day]].|
}}

The Indian selectors included [[Datta Gaekwad]] and [[Baloo Gupte]] in place of [[Abbas Ali Baig]], [[Bapu Nadkarni]] and [[Subhash Gupte]] after the Third Test.<ref>{{cite news|title=Milkha In The List For Madras Test|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19610105&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|access-date=26 January 2018|work=The Indian Express|date=5 January 1961|page=10}}</ref> Further, following the first-class game between Pakistan and [[Board President's XI (India)|Indian Board President's XI]], wicket-keeper [[Budhi Kunderan]] and [[Vijay Mehra (Indian cricketer)|Vijay Mehra]] were added to the squad.<ref>{{cite news|title=Crucial Madras Test From Today|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19610113&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|access-date=26 January 2018|work=The Indian Express|date=13 January 1961|page=10}}</ref> Showers were predicted on the day one of the Test following intermittent rains on the day preceding the game.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rain May Delay Start of Test|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19610112&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|publisher=The Indian Express|access-date=26 January 2018|page=10|date=12 January 1961}}</ref>

===5th Test===
{{Test match|
date = 8–13 February |
team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}} |
team2 = {{cr|PAK}} |

score-team1-inns1 = 463 (158 overs) |
runs-team1-inns1 = [[Polly Umrigar]] 112 |
wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Fazal Mahmood]] 3/86 (38 overs) |

score-team2-inns1 = 286 (125.5 overs) |
runs-team2-inns1 = [[Mushtaq Mohammad]] 101 |
wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Vaman Kumar]] 5/64 (37.5 overs) |

score-team2-inns2 = 250 (127.4 overs) |
runs-team2-inns2 = [[Imtiaz Ahmed (cricketer, born 1928)|Imtiaz Ahmed]] 53 |
wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Bapu Nadkarni]] 4/43 (52.4 overs) |

score-team1-inns2 = 16/0 (2.0 overs) |
runs-team1-inns2 = [[M. L. Jaisimha]] 14 |
wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Mahmood Hussain (cricketer)|Mahmood Hussain]] 0/7 (1 over) |

result = Match drawn |
venue = [[Feroz Shah Kotla]], [[Delhi]] |
umpires = [[I. Gopalakrishnan]] and [[S. K. Raghunatha Rao]] |
motm = |
report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17372/scorecard/62887 Scorecard] |
toss = India won the toss and elected to bat. |
rain = |
notes = [[Vaman Kumar]] (Ind) made his Test debut.
*''10 February was a [[Glossary of cricket terms#R|rest day]].|
}}

In the Indian side that played the Fourth Test and the squad, [[Datta Gaekwad]], [[Surendranath (cricketer)|Surendranath]], [[Baloo Gupte]] and [[Naren Tamhane]] were replaced with [[Indrajitsinhji]], [[Prakash Poddar]], [[Bapu Nadkarni]] and [[Vaman Kumar]] for the Fifth.<ref>{{cite news|title=Milkha And Kumar Among 15 Named For The Delhi Test|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=notlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gp4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1598%2C1573848|access-date=26 January 2018|work=The Indian Epress|date=20 January 1961|page=10}}</ref>

==Broadcast==
The series was aired on [[All India Radio]] for Indian listeners. For the Second Test the [[Maharajkumar of Vizianagram]], Devraj Puri and V. K. Chakrapani served as [[Sports commentator|commentators]],<ref>{{cite web|title=AIR Commentary On Kanpur Test|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19601215&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|publisher=The Indian Express|access-date=26 January 2018|date=15 December 1960}}</ref> while for the Fourth Test, the Maharaja was accompanied by Pearson Surita and P. Ananda Rau, and Pakistan's [[Omar Kureishi]] as the guest commentator.<ref>{{cite web|title=A.I.R. Commentary|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19610112&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|publisher=The Indian Express|access-date=26 January 2018|page=10|date=12 January 1961}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1960S/1960-61/PAK_IN_IND/ Tour homepage] at [[ESPN Cricinfo]] archives
* {{Cricketarchive|ref=Archive/Seasons/IND/1960-61_IND_Pakistan_in_India_1960-61|name=Pakistan in India 1960/61}}

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