Vinoo Mankad Birth Anniversary: in Indian cricket history Vinoo Mankad His name is recorded in golden letters as a great all-rounder. He is not only considered the best player of his era, but is also counted among the important pillars that strengthen the foundation of Indian Test cricket.
Vinoo Mankad was born on 12 April 1917 jamnagar Happened in. His full name was Mulvantrai Himmatlal ‘Veenu’ Mankad. He was a reliable right-handed batsman and an excellent left-arm spin bowler. In June 1946 he indian cricket team For England cricket team Made his test debut against.
India played its first Test match in 1932, but the team had to wait for about 20 years to get its first win. This historic moment came in 1952, when India recorded its first Test win by defeating England in Chennai (then Madras). Vinoo Mankad was the hero of this victory.
In this match, England batted first and scored 266 runs, in which Mankad bowled brilliantly and took 8 wickets. In response, India declared the innings after scoring 457 runs for 9 wickets and took a lead of 191 runs. In the second innings, the England team was reduced to 183 runs, where Mankad took 4 more wickets. In this way, he took a total of 12 wickets in the match and gave India a historic victory by an innings and 8 runs.
Vinoo Mankad is the only player from India who has batted from numbers one to eleven. For India, Ravi Shastri and Farooq Engineer have also batted from number 1 to 10, but only Mankad has batted till number 11.
In his Test career (1946–1959), Mankad played 44 matches and scored 2,109 runs, which included 5 centuries and 6 half-centuries. His highest score was 231 runs. In bowling, he took 162 wickets and achieved the feat of taking five wickets in an innings 8 times. His performance in domestic cricket was also excellent. He scored 11,591 runs in 233 first-class matches and took 782 wickets. He is the only player from India to have batted at every position from 1 to 11 in the batting order.
Vinoo Mankad’s name is also associated with a famous rule of cricket, “Mankading”. Australian batsman in 1947 bill brown Was run out after coming out of the crease. Although he had warned earlier, this incident remained a topic of discussion for a long time.
Honoring his contribution, the Government of India honored him in 1973. Padma Bhushan Honored with. as well as, bcci A prestigious under-19 level one-day tournament is organized in his name. Vinoo Mankad died on 21 August 1978 at the age of 61, but his contribution to Indian cricket is still immortal. He is not just a player, but a hero in the history of Indian cricket, who showed the team the path to victory and became an inspiration for the coming generations.
