Gul Mohammad, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Gul Mohammad

Pakistani cricketer

Date of Birth: 15-Oct-1921

Place of Birth: Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Date of Death: 08-May-1992

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Gul Mohammad

  • Gul Mohammad pronunciation , sometimes referred to as Gul Mahomed, (15 October 1921, Lahore – 8 May 1992, Lahore) played Test cricket for India and Pakistan.
  • He was educated at Islamia College, Lahore. Gul Mohammad was a small man who stood only 5' 5, but a brilliant attacking left-handed batsman and fine fielder in the covers.
  • He made his first-class debut at the age of 17 and hit 95 in his first match in the Bombay Pentangular.
  • In 1942/43, he scored 144 for Bijapur Famine XI against Bengal Cyclone XI and added 302 with Vijay Hazare.
  • On a slow, flat wicket, the first innings of the two teams added up to 1376 runs.[1] Gul Mohammad's most famous innings is the 319 that he scored for Baroda against Holkar in the final of the 1946/47 Ranji Trophy [2].
  • Gul joined Vijay Hazare with the score at 91 for 3 and when he was out 533 minutes later, they had added 577 runs, then a world record for any wicket in first-class cricket.
  • Hazare scored 288 in ten and a half hours.
  • During the course of the innings, they bettered the Indian record of 410 between Lala Amarnath and Rusi Modi [3] and the world record of 574* by Frank Worrell and Clyde Walcott.
  • [4] Gul Mohammad toured England in 1946 and Australia in 1947/48 and played Test matches without much success.
  • He highest score was 34 in the second innings at Adelaide while Hazare was scoring his second hundred of the match at the other end.[5] In 1952/53, he played for India in two Tests of Pakistan's first series.
  • For a time, he was a professional with Ramsbottom in the Lancashire League. He continued to play in Ranji Trophy until he took Pakistan citizenship in 1955.
  • [6] He played one Test for Pakistan, against Australia in 1956/57 where he scored 12 and 27 not out and hit the winning runs. He later turned to cricket administration.
  • He was in director board of the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore till 1987 and then a cricket coach in the Punjab Sports Board. Gul Mohammad died of liver cancer.

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