Ghulam Mohammad (12 July 1898 – 21 July 1966) was a

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who played

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from 1924 to 1939. He later lived in Pakistan. Ghulam Mohammad was a left-arm medium-pace bowler and lower-order right-handed batsman. After doing well in the trial matches in 1931-32 he was selected to tour England with India's first Test touring team in 1932. However, he took only three wickets in nine matches, and did not play in the

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. He took his best figures for a Muslims and Parsees team against the touring MCC at

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in 1926-27: 5 for 114 and 2 for 27. His highest score was 74, along with five wickets, to help the Maharaj Kumar of Vizianagram's XI win the final of the inaugural

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in 1930–31.

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