Indian national cricket team in Pakistan in the 1954/55 season

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The tour of India's national cricket team to Pakistan in the 1954/55 season took place from January 1 to March 1, 1955. The international cricket tour was part of the 1954/55 international cricket season and comprised five tests . The series ended in a 0–0 draw.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1952/53 season in India .

Stages

Tour venues
Indian national cricket team in Pakistan in the 1954/55 season (Bangladesh)
Dhaka (BNS)
Dhaka (BNS)
Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion city capacity Games
Bahawal Stadium Bahawalpur 15,000 2nd test
Bangabandhu National Stadium Dhaka 36,000 1st test
National Stadium Karachi 34,228 5th test
Lahore Stadium Lahore 60,000 3rd test
Peshawar Club Ground Peshawar 4th test

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

test
Pakistan Pakistan India India
  • Abdul Kardar
  • Alimuddin
  • Fazal Mahmood
  • Hanif Mohammad
  • Imtiaz Ahmed
  • Khan Mohammad
  • Mahmood Hussain
  • Maqsood Ahmed
  • Miran Bakhsh
  • Shujauddin
  • Waqar Younis
  • Wazir Mohammad
  • Ghulam Ahmed
  • Prakash Bhandari
  • Chandrasekhar Gadkari
  • Coimbatarao Gopinath
  • Subhash Gupte
  • Sanjay Manjrekar
  • Ashok Mankad
  • MK mantri
  • Parthiv Patel
  • Dattu Phadkar
  • Pananmal Punjabi
  • Gulabrai Ramchand
  • Pranab Roy
  • Naren Tamhane
  • Polly Umrigar

Testing

First test in Dhaka

January 1st - 4th
scorecard
Dhaka Pakistan Pakistan
257 (136.2) & 158 (86.2)
- India India
148 (82.5) & 147-2 (82)
draw

Second test in Bahawalpur

January
15-18 Scorecard
Bahawalpur India India
235 (119.5) & 209-5 (89)
- Pakistan Pakistan
312-9 (164)
draw

This was the only test that has been held in Bahawalpur to date.

Third test in Lahore

January 29th - February 1st
scorecard
Lahore Pakistan Pakistan
328 (187.5) & 136-5d (84.3)
- India India
251 (128.1) & 74-2 (32)
draw

Fourth test in Peshawar

February
12-15 scorecard
Peshawar Pakistan Pakistan
188 (146.2) & 182 (122)
- India India
245 (108) & 23-1 (19)
draw

It was the first and only test that was held in the Peshawar Club Ground . It was not until 1995 that a test was played again in the newly built Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar.

Fifth test in Karachi

February 26th - March 1st
scorecard
Karachi Pakistan Pakistan
162 (96) & 241-5d (86)
- India India
145 (63.3) & 69-2 (32)
draw

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