Mohammad Nissar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Indian cricket player.
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Place of Birth: Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India
About Mohammad Nissar
- Shaikh Mohammad Nissar (pronunciation ; 1 August 1910 – 11 March 1963) was a cricketer, who played as a fast bowler for the pre-independence Indian cricket team and domestic teams in India and Pakistan.
- He was born in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, and is considered the fastest pre-independence Indian pace bowler.
- He was arguably one of the fastest bowlers in the world during his time. Indian batsman C.K.
- Nayudu claimed in writings that during his first spell, Nissar was faster than Englishman Harold Larwood, who terrorized Australia in 1932 in the infamous Bodyline series.
- Nissar along with Amar Singh formed an Indian fast bowling duo that was considered one of the best in the world during the 1930s.
- He was one of the founders of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
- He immigrated to Pakistan in 1947 and died in Lahore in 1963.
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