The

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toured England in the 1936 season and played 28 first-class fixtures, winning only four whilst losing 12 and drawing 12. They played three Test matches against

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and lost the series 2–0 with one match drawn. England won the First Test by 9 wickets at Lord's; the Second Test at Old Trafford was drawn; England won the Third Test at

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by 9 wickets. The India team was captained by the Maharajkumar of Vizianagram, who was neither the greatest player nor the greatest captain of all time. But the team did include several top-class players such as

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and

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Touring party

* Maharajkumar of Vizianagram ( c) *

* Syed Wazir Ali * Mohammad Nissar *

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* Baqa Jilani * Khershed Meherhomji ( wk) *

Dattaram Hindlekar Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar (1 January 1909 – 30 March 1949) was a cricketer who kept wicket for India in Test cricket. Cricket career Hindlekar toured England in 1936 and 1946 as India's first-choice wicket-keeper. A right-handed batsm ...

* L. P. Jai * M. J. Gopalan * Cotah Ramaswami *

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* Mohammad Hussain * Amar Singh *

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* Dilawar Hussain The India squad for the tour was suggested by the Selection Committee consisting of the Nawab of Bhopal

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, the Nawab of Pataudi and Maharajkumar of Vizianagram to the Board of Cricket Control on 16 February 1936. The Maharajkumar was named the captain. The Yuvraj of Patiala

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declined to be a part owing to personal reasons. Syed Mohammad Hadi was named the

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of the squad for the tour.

Test Series

First Test

Second Test

Third Test

Controversy

Another top-class player was

but the tour was marred by controversy as recorded i
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with Amarnath being sent home early for spurious "disciplinary" reasons. Ultimately, after a long saga of closed ranks and establishment incompetence, he was completely exonerated.

References

Annual reviews

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1937

External links

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