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Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 1954–55

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The India national cricket team toured Pakistan during the 1954–55 cricket season. 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.[2]

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)

Test matches

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1st Test

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1–4 January 1955 (4-day match)
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  India
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

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15–18 January 1955 (4-day match)
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India  
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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)
Match drawn
Bahawal Stadium, Bahawalpur
Umpires: Idrees Baig (Pak) and Shujauddin (Pak)

3rd Test

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29 Jan-1 Feb 1955 (4-day match)
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  India
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

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12–15 February 1955 (4-day match)
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  India
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

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26 Feb-1 Mar 1955 (4-day match)
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  India
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

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  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

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