3 Teams who played their inaugural Test match against India

#1 Pakistan vs India at Delhi, 16-19 October 1952 (India won)

Vinoo Mankad - the difference between the victory and the defeat

Pakistan donned the white clothes for the first time against India at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi on 16th October 1952. All the players except A.H Kardar and Amir Elahi debuted in Test cricket (Test cricket was played as a four-day match at that time).

Clever left-arm slow bowling of Vinoo Mankad proved too much for the debutants on a spin-friendly pitch. In a span of sixteen overs, he took six wickets and a total of eight wickets in the first innings. He returned with the match figures of thirteen wickets for 131 runs.

Ghulam Ahmed had a good Test Match with both bat and ball but it was as a batsman in a record last-wicket partnership of 109 runs with Hemu Adhikari that won him the crowd applause.

Pakistan could only make 150 and 152 runs in reply to India’s 372 runs and lost by an inning and 70 runs. In Pakistan batting line-up, A.H Kardar and Imtiaz Ahmed looked convincing against the Indian bowling attack.

Pakistan came back strongly in the second Test match by winning it by an innings and 43 runs. India won the series 2-1 in the five match series.