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India in Pakistan (1954-55)
Rajneesh Gupta |
March 08, 2004 21:15 IST
This was India's second series against Pakistan, the first one being in 1952-53 when they hosted their neighbours in India. This was the first ocassion when they were visiting Pakistan, after winning the first series. And thus began the trend of captains losing their jobs after touring Pakistan. Vinoo Mankad was replaced by Ghulam Ahmed after the tour. Squad: MH Mankad (Captain) Ghulam Ahmed P.Bhandari CG Borde HT Dani CV Gadkari CD Gopinath SP Gupte VL Manjrekar MK Mantri DG Phadkar JM Patel Pankaj Roy PH Punjabi GS Ramchand NS Tamhane PR Umrigar Debutant: PH Punjabi, NS Tamhane (1), P Bhandari, JM Patel (5) Passengers: CG Borde, HT Dani. Summary of Matches: | Opponents | Venue | Dates | Result (for India) | | East Pakistan | Chittagong | 28-29 Dec 1954 | won by an inns & 15 runs | | Pakistan (1st Test) | Dhaka | 1-4 Jan 1955 | drawn | | Karachi | Karachi | 7-9 Jan 1955 | drawn | | Sind | Sind | 11-13 Jan 1955 | won by an inns & 70 runs | | Pakistan (2nd Test) | Bahawalpur | 15-18 Jan 1955 | drawn | | Central Zone | Sahiwal | 21-23 Jan 1955 | drawn | | Pakistan Universities | Lahore | 25-27 Jan 1955 | won by an inns & 10 runs | | Pakistan (3rd Test) | Lahore | 29 Jan - 1 Feb 1955 | drawn | | Punjab | Sialkot | 3-6 Feb 1955 | won by an inns & 162 runs | | Pakistan Combined Services | Rawalpindi | 8-10 Feb 1955 | won by an inns & 20 runs | | Pakistan (4th Test) | Peshawar | 12-15 Feb 1955 | drawn | | North Zone | Faisalabad | 18-20 Feb 1955 | drawn | | Pakistan Combined Schools | Karachi | 22-24 Feb 1955 | drawn | | Pakistan (5th Test) | Karachi | 26 Feb-1 Mar 1955 | drawn |
Summary:
First Class Matches - played 14, won - 5, lost - 0, drawn 9
Tests - played 5, all drawn. Batting & Fielding Performances: | Batsman | M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 | Ct | St | | Pankaj Roy | 5 | 10 | 2 | 273 | 78 | 34.13 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | | PR Umrigar | 5 | 7 | 2 | 271 | 108 | 54.20 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | - | | VL Manjrekar | 5 | 8 | 2 | 269 | 74* | 44.83 | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | | PH Punjabi | 5 | 10 | 0 | 164 | 33 | 16.40 | - | - | - | 5 | - | | GS Ramchand | 5 | 6 | 1 | 147 | 53 | 29.40 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | | NS Tamhane | 5 | 6 | 2 | 80 | 54* | 20.00 | - | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | | CV Gadkari | 3 | 5 | 2 | 61 | 27* | 20.33 | - | - | - | 3 | - | | MH Mankad | 5 | 6 | 1 | 51 | 33 | 10.20 | - | - | - | 6 | - | | CD Gopinath | 2 | 3 | 0 | 49 | 41 | 16.33 | - | - | 1 | - | - | | DG Phadkar | 3 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 13 | 15.00 | - | - | - | 5 | - | | P Bhandari | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 19.00 | - | - | - | 1 | - | | SP Gupte | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 6.33 | - | - | - | 2 | - | | Ghulam Ahmed | 4 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 4.50 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | | MK Mantri | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | | JM Patel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
Bowling Performances: | Bowler | Balls | Md | R | W | Ave | Best | 5WI | 10WM | SR | ER | | SP Gupte | 1661 | 118 | 476 | 21 | 22.67 | 5/18 | 3 | - | 79.10 | 28.66 | | MH Mankad | 1580 | 130 | 399 | 12 | 33.25 | 5/64 | 1 | - | 131.67 | 25.25 | | GS Ramchand | 666 | 45 | 199 | 10 | 19.90 | 6/49 | 1 | - | 66.60 | 29.88 | | Ghulam Ahmed | 1002 | 41 | 335 | 9 | 37.22 | 5/109 | 1 | - | 111.33 | 33.43 | | DG Phadkar | 794 | 50 | 244 | 8 | 30.50 | 2/19 | - | - | 99.25 | 30.73 | | PR Umrigar | 714 | 46 | 182 | 8 | 22.75 | 6/74 | 1 | - | 89.25 | 25.49 | | JM Patel | 240 | 13 | 72 | 3 | 24.00 | 3/49 | - | - | 80.00 | 30.00 |
Aftermath of the tour: MH Mankad - lost captaincy to Ghulam AhmedCV Gadkari - did not play any more Test for India after this tourCD Gopinath - was dropped and made a comeback into side only after five yearsMK Mantri - did not play any more Test for India after this tourPH Punjabi - his Test career started and ended in this series only
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