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. It was the first Test series to be played in Pakistan.
Test matches
1st Test
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1–4 January 1955 (4-day match)
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Pakistan
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257 (136.2 overs)
Imtiaz Ahmed 54 Ghulam Ahmed 5/109 (45 overs) |
148 (82.5 overs)
Gulabrai Ramchand 37 Mahmood Hussain 6/67 (27 overs) |
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158 (86.2 overs)
Alimuddin 51 Subhash Gupte 5/18 (6 overs) |
147/2 (82 overs)
Vijay Manjrekar 74 Khan Mohammad 2/18 (12 overs) |
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Match drawn
Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh Umpires: Daud Khan, Idrees Baig |
- Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat
- Pananmal Punjabi and Naren Tamhane (Ind) both made their Test debuts.
2nd Test[edit]
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15–18 January 1955 (4-day match)
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India
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235 (119.5 overs)
Naren Tamhane 54 Khan Mohammad 5/74 (33 overs) |
312/9d (164 overs)
Hanif Mohammad 142 Polly Umrigar 6/74 (58 overs) |
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209/5 (89 overs)
Pankaj Roy 78 Khan Mohammad 2/50 (22 overs) |
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Match drawn
Bahawal Stadium, Bahawalpur Umpires: Idrees Baig (Pak) and Shujauddin (Pak) |
- 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]
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29 Jan-1 Feb 1955 (4-day match)
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Pakistan
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328 (187.5 overs)
Maqsood Ahmed 99 Subhash Gupte 5/133 (73.5 overs) |
251 (128.1 overs)
Polly Umrigar 78 Mahmood Hussain 4/70 (26.1 overs) |
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136/5 d. (84.3 overs)
Alimuddin 58 Vinoo Mankad 3/33 (28 overs) |
74/2 (32 overs)
Chandrasekhar Gadkari 27 Abdul Kardar 2/20 (12 overs) |
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Match drawn
Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore Umpires: Idrees Baig, Shujauddin |
- Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat
- Miran Bakhsh (Pak) made his Test debut.
4th Test[edit]
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12–15 February 1955 (4-day match)
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Pakistan
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188 (146.3 overs)
Waqar Hasan 43 Subhash Gupte 5/63 (41.3 overs) |
245 (108 overs)
Polly Umrigar 108 Khan Mohammad 4/79 (36 overs) |
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182 (122 overs)
Imtiaz Ahmed 69 Vinoo Mankad 5/64 (54 overs) |
23/1 (19 overs)
Pankaj Roy 13 Hanif Mohammad 1/1 (4 overs) |
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Match drawn
Peshawar Club Ground, Peshawar Umpires: Idrees Baig, Shujauddin |
- Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat.
5th Test[edit]
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26 Feb-1 Mar 1955 (4-day match)
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Pakistan
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India |
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162 (96 overs)
Imtiaz Ahmed 37 Gulabrai Ramchand 6/49 (28 overs) |
145 (63.3 overs)
Pankaj Roy 37 Fazal Mahmood 5/48 (28.3 overs) |
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241/5 d. (86 overs)
Alimuddin 103 Polly Umrigar 2/64 (27 overs) |
69/2 (32 overs)
Pananmal Punjabi 22 Maqsood Ahmed 1/5 (5 overs) |
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Match drawn
National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Daud Khan, Masood Salahuddin |
- Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat
- Prakash Bhandari and Jasubhai Patel (Ind) both made their Test debuts.