Pakistani national cricket team in India in the 1960/61 season

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The tour of the Pakistani national cricket team to India in the 1960/61 season took place from December 2 to February 13, 1960. The international cricket tour was part of the 1960/61 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 1954/55 season in Pakistan .

Stages

Tour venues

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

Stadion city capacity Games
Brabourne Stadium Bombay 25,000 1st test
Feroz Shah Kotla Delhi 48,000 5th test
Eden Gardens Calcutta 82,000 3rd test
Green Park Stadium Kanpur 33,000 2nd test
MA Chidambaram Stadium Madras 46,000 4th test

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

test
India India Pakistan Pakistan
  • Abbas Ali Baig
  • Chandu Borde
  • Nari Contractor
  • Ramakant Desai
  • Anshuman Gaekwad
  • Baloo Gupte
  • Subhash Gupte
  • Motganhalli Jaisimha
  • Sunil Joshi
  • Vaman Kumar
  • Budhi Kunderan
  • Sanjay Manjrekar
  • Venatappa Muddiah
  • Bapu Nadkarni
  • Pranab Roy
  • AG Milkha Singh
  • Rusi Surti
  • Naren Tamhane
  • Polly Umrigar
  • Surendranath
  • Alimuddin
  • Fazal Mahmood
  • Hanif Mohammad
  • Haseeb Ahsan
  • Imtiaz Ahmed
  • Intikhab Alam
  • Javed Burki
  • Mahmood Hussain
  • Mohammad Farooq
  • Mushtaq Mohammad
  • Nasim-ul-Ghani
  • Saeed Anwar
  • Mathias Wallis

Testing

First test in Bombay

December
2-7 scorecard
Bombay Pakistan Pakistan
350 (137.4) & 166-4 (80)
- India India
449-9d (176.4)
draw

Second test in Kanpur

December
16-21 Scorecard
Kanpur Pakistan Pakistan
335 (188.4) & 140-3 (64)
- India India
404 (193.5)
draw

Third test in Calcutta

December 30th - January 4th
scorecard
Calcutta Pakistan Pakistan
301 (127.2) & 146-3d (49)
- India India
180 (99.3) & 127-4 (57)
draw

Fourth test in Madras

June
22-26 scorecard
Madras Pakistan Pakistan
448-8d (182.5) & 59-0 (18)
- India India
539-9d (227)
draw

Fifth test in Delhi

February
8-13 Scorecard
Delhi India India
463 (158) & 250
- Pakistan Pakistan
286 (125.5) & 16-0 (2)
draw

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