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| Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 1954–55 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| 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. 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]
Test matches[edit]
1st Test[edit]
1–4 January 1955 (4-day match) scorecard |
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- Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat
- Pananmal Punjabi and Naren Tamhane (Ind) both made their Test debuts.
2nd Test[edit]
15–18 January 1955 (4-day match) scorecard |
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Hanif Mohammad (Pak) scored his maiden century in Tests.[3]
- Pankaj Roy (Ind) passed 1,000 runs in Tests.[4]
3rd Test[edit]
29 Jan-1 Feb 1955 (4-day match) Scorecard |
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- Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat
- Miran Bakhsh (Pak) made his Test debut.
4th Test[edit]
5th Test[edit]
26 Feb-1 Mar 1955 (4-day match) Scorecard |
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- Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat
- Prakash Bhandari and Jasubhai Patel (Ind) both made their Test debuts.
References[edit]
- ^ "365 not out". ESPNcricinfo. March 2006. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "India in Pakistan, 1954–55". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "Second Test Match, Pakistan v India 1954-55". Wisden. Retrieved 24 July 2018 – via ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "India in Pakistan 1954/55 (2nd Test)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
Further reading[edit]
- Butt, Qamaruddin (1955). Cricket Without Challenge. Sialkot and Lahore: Maliksons.
External links[edit]
- Tour home at ESPNcricinfo
- India in Pakistan 1954/55 at CricketArchive (subscription required)