5 best all-rounders in Indian cricket team till date

#2 Vinoo Mankad

Vinoo Mankad

Vinoo Mankad was a stylish right-handed batsman who could bat anywhere in the batting order along with opening the innings. He was a superb left-arm orthodox spinner as well and his strong reflexes also made him a good close-in fielder.

He made his Test debut against England in 1946 and went on to play 44 Tests scoring 2109 runs along with claiming 162 wickets. His batting record also included 5 excellent centuries and 7 instances of crucial half-centuries.

His innings of 231 against New Zealand at Madras in 1956 was one of the best seen from an Indian all-rounder. He was also involved in an opening partnership of 413 runs along with Pankaj Roy during the course of that innings which stood as the highest opening partnership in Tests for 52 years until Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie broke it.

Moreover, he is one amongst those rare Indian players to have scored a century and taken 5 wickets in an innings of a Test match. As a bowler, he registered match figures of more than 10 wickets twice and also held the record for the most wickets in a series for a long time with 34 wickets to his name.