Abbas Ali Baig the Test Cricketeer Who Received Kisses at the Brabourne Stadium

I must admit that I have seen the Bombay Test against Australia in 1959 by a team led by Richie Benaud. My father, however, saw the test and what I wrote she told him. This is the third test series the Indian team was led by GS Ramchand hard hitting right handed batsman and competent horse.

With the advent of Abbas Ali Baig

Indian team as a young man who made a century on debut against England just before the season in England, when he hit the 112th India has risen from her sick bed and beat the Australians at Kanpur for test bowling effort Jasu Patel. Thus the series 1-1 and the team arrived in Bombay.

Ramchand won the toss and batted India. But Davidson inspired spell clean bowled Pankaj Roy and Polly Umrigar was caught in the slips and score reading 21-2. Abbas Ali Baig stepped in, with a contactor who hit a total of 108 helped India 289th Baig made ​​the 53rd Baig especially the huge impression that manipulate the Aussie attack.

Australia batted and now apply to 387 for8 and India came to bat. At the end of the day (4), Roy and contractor saw India to 92-0. The last day dawned and people thought that India could easily attract the game, but unfortunately the openers were dismissed and India were 109 for4 insecure, confused crowd was silent when they saw India slip to another famous defeat.

Kissing Episode

However, Abbas Ali Baig played stellar changes of 58 and Ramnath Kenny kept him company as India drew the match. Baig negotiated Meckiff tempo, swing Davidson and Richie Benaud spin with ease. It was a big knock was marked by some great drives to the fence.

When Baig returned to the pavilion a young girl in a cloak rushed forward and planted kisses on the number Baig. In fact Vijay trader in the commentators count the kisses on the radio in the excitement of 1, 2, 3 12 ... 13th show the love of Indian masses for the game of cricket. How else could a 20 year old girls do that? Every time it never happened after that Baig will be remembered for it. Inexplicably Baig introduced with the scene, but the kissing episode can never be forgotten.