Gul Mohammad , sometimes referred to as Gul Mahomed, (15 October 1921 – 8 May 1992) played

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for

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. He was educated at

Islamia College, Lahore Government Islamia College Civil Lines ( ur, اسلامیہ کالج ), formerly called Dayanand Anglo Vedic College, is a government college in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Founded by Arya Samaj as the school of Dayanand Anglo Vedic on June 1, 1 ...

. 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

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. In 1942/43, he scored 144 for Bijapur Famine XI against Bengal Cyclone XI and added 302 with

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. On a slow, flat wicket, the first innings of the two teams added up to 1376 run

Gul Mohammad's most famous innings is the 319 that he scored for Baroda against Holkar in the final of the 1946/47

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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

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. Hazare scored 288 in ten and a half hours. During the course of the innings, they bettered the Indian record of 410 between

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and the world record of 574* by

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and

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Gul Mohammad toured

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in 1946 and

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in 1947/48 and played Test matches without much success. He highest score was 34 in the second innings at

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while Hazare was scoring his second hundred of the match at the other en

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

citizenship in 1955. He played one Test for Pakistan, against

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 Gaddafi Stadium ( ur, , translit=Qaẕẕāfī Isṭeḍiyam), previously known as Lahore Stadium is a cricket stadium in Lahore, Pakistan and the home ground of Lahore Qalandars. It is owned by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). With a capacit ...

in Lahore till 1987 and then a cricket coach in the Punjab Sports Board. Gul Mohammad died of

liver cancer Liver cancer (also known as hepatic cancer, primary hepatic cancer, or primary hepatic malignancy) is cancer that starts in the liver. Liver cancer can be primary (starts in liver) or secondary (meaning cancer which has spread from elsewhere to th ...

References

* Mihir Bose, ''A History of Indian Cricket'' * Christopher Martin-Jenkins, ''The Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers''
Remembering Gul Mohammad
(Retrieved 10 September 2005)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mohammad, Gul India Test cricketers Pakistan Test cricketers Baroda cricketers Commonwealth XI cricketers Dual international cricketers Deaths from liver cancer 1921 births 1992 deaths Government Islamia College alumni Pakistani cricketers Indian cricketers Lahore cricketers Muslims cricketers Punjab (Pakistan) cricketers Hyderabad cricketers Northern India cricketers West Zone cricketers Cricketers from Lahore Indian emigrants to Pakistan People from Lahore

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