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India in Pakistan (1954-55)

By Rajneesh Gupta
March 08, 2004 21:15 IST
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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 Ahmed
  • CV Gadkari - did not play any more Test for India after this tour
  • CD Gopinath - was dropped and made a comeback into side only after five years
  • MK Mantri - did not play any more Test for India after this tour
  • PH Punjabi - his Test career started and ended in this series only
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