The Pakistan national cricket team toured India in the 1952–53 season, playing five Tests.Pakistan in India, East Pakistan and Burma 1952-53 The First Test was the first-ever Test for Pakistan after its inception and the second match resulted in Pakistan's first Test victory. India won the series 2–1 with two Tests being drawn.

The Pakistan team

Abdul Kardar (captain) Imtiaz Ahmed Khurshid Ahmed Maqsood Ahmed Zulfiqar Ahmed Israr Ali Rusi Dinshaw Amir Elahi Waqar Hasan Anwar Hussain Mahmood Hussain Khalid Ibadulla Fazal Mahmood Hanif Mohammad Khan Mohammad Nazar Mohammad Wazir Mohammad Khalid Qureshi

Tour matches

Three-day: North Zone v Pakistanis

Three-day: Central Zone v Pakistanis

Three-day: West Zone v Pakistanis

Three-day: Bombay v Pakistanis

Three-day: South Zone v Pakistanis

Three-day: Indian Universities v Pakistanis

Three-day: East Zone v Pakistanis

Test matches

1st Test

2nd Test

3rd Test

4th Test

5th Test

Aftermath In 2003, to mark the 50th anniversary of the tour, the surviving members of the Pakistani team were awarded a commemorative medallion, a cash prize of 250,000 rupees, and a current green Pakistan blazer.

References

External links Tour page on ESPNcricinfo

Further reading "Pakistan in India, 1952", Wisden 1953, pp. 872–83 Abdul Kardar, Inaugural Test Matches, 1954