Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 1954–55

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Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 1954–55
 
  India Pakistan
Dates 28 December 1954 – 1 March 1955
Captains Vinoo Mankad Abdul Kardar
Test series
Result 5-match series drawn 0–0
Most runs Pankaj Roy (273) Alimuddin (332)
Most wickets Subhash Gupte (21) Khan Mohammad (22)

The India national cricket team toured Pakistan during the 1954–55 cricket season, from late December to early March. They played five Test matches against the Pakistan cricket team, with the series drawn 0–0.[1] It was the first Test series to be played in Pakistan. Overall, the Indian team played 14 first-class matches on the tour, winning five and drawing nine.[2]

Indian touring team[edit | edit source]

Test matches[edit | edit source]

1st Test[edit | edit source]

1–4 January 1955 (4-day match)
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257 (136.2 overs)
Imtiaz Ahmed 54
Ghulam Ahmed 5/109 (45 overs)
148 (82.5 overs)
Gulabrai Ramchand 37
Mahmood Hussain 6/67 (27 overs)
158 (86.2 overs)
Alimuddin 51
Subhash Gupte 5/18 (6 overs)
147/2 (82 overs)
Vijay Manjrekar 74
Khan Mohammad 2/18 (12 overs)

2nd Test[edit | edit source]

15–18 January 1955 (4-day match)
scorecard
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235 (119.5 overs)
Naren Tamhane 54
Khan Mohammad 5/74 (33 overs)
312/9d (164 overs)
Hanif Mohammad 142
Polly Umrigar 6/74 (58 overs)
209/5 (89 overs)
Pankaj Roy 78
Khan Mohammad 2/50 (22 overs)

3rd Test[edit | edit source]

29 Jan-1 Feb 1955 (4-day match)
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328 (187.5 overs)
Maqsood Ahmed 99
Subhash Gupte 5/133 (73.5 overs)
251 (128.1 overs)
Polly Umrigar 78
Mahmood Hussain 4/70 (26.1 overs)
136/5 d. (84.3 overs)
Alimuddin 58
Vinoo Mankad 3/33 (28 overs)
74/2 (32 overs)
Chandrasekhar Gadkari 27
Abdul Kardar 2/20 (12 overs)
  • Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat
  • Miran Bakhsh (Pak) made his Test debut.

4th Test[edit | edit source]

12–15 February 1955 (4-day match)
Scorecard
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188 (146.3 overs)
Waqar Hasan 43
Subhash Gupte 5/63 (41.3 overs)
245 (108 overs)
Polly Umrigar 108
Khan Mohammad 4/79 (36 overs)
182 (122 overs)
Imtiaz Ahmed 69
Vinoo Mankad 5/64 (54 overs)
23/1 (19 overs)
Pankaj Roy 13
Hanif Mohammad 1/1 (4 overs)
  • Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat.

5th Test[edit | edit source]

26 Feb-1 Mar 1955 (4-day match)
Scorecard
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162 (96 overs)
Imtiaz Ahmed 37
Gulabrai Ramchand 6/49 (28 overs)
145 (63.3 overs)
Pankaj Roy 37
Fazal Mahmood 5/48 (28.3 overs)
241/5 d. (86 overs)
Alimuddin 103
Polly Umrigar 2/64 (27 overs)
69/2 (32 overs)
Pananmal Punjabi 22
Maqsood Ahmed 1/5 (5 overs)

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "365 not out". ESPNcricinfo. March 2006. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "India in Pakistan, 1954–55". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Second Test Match, Pakistan v India 1954-55". Wisden. Retrieved 24 July 2018 – via ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ↑ "India in Pakistan 1954/55 (2nd Test)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2018.

Further reading[edit | edit source]

  • Butt, Qamaruddin (1955). Cricket Without Challenge. Sialkot and Lahore: Maliksons.

External links[edit | edit source]

Template:International cricket tours of Pakistan

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