A capable right-hand opening batsman who could also keep wicket, Punjabi toured Pakistan in 1954-55 and was Pankaj Roy's opening partner in all five Tests. However he did little of note, scoring 164 runs (16.40) with 33 in the second Test at Bahawalpur as his best. During that innings, he and Roy put on 58 runs, their best opening stand of the series. He and Roy had another good opening stand of 52 runs in the next Test at Lahore. On the tour, Punjabi scored 393 runs (23.11). He was not picked again for his country.
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Pananmal Punjabi Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100s	50s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	5	10	0	164	33	16.40	0	0	0	5	0
FC	32	53	2	1953	224*	38.29	6	5	-	16	0

Bowling

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Tests	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
FC	32	-	132	100	2	1/10	-	50.00	4.54	66.0	-	0	0

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Debut/Last Matches of Pananmal Punjabi

Test Matches

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Debut

Pakistan vs India at Dhaka - January 01 - 04, 1955

Last

Pakistan vs India at Karachi - February 26 - March 01, 1955

FC Matches

Span

1943/44 - 1959/60

Recent Matches of Pananmal Punjabi

Match	Bat	Date	Ground	Format
India vs Pakistan	12 & 22	26-Feb-1955	Karachi	Test # 400
India vs Pakistan	16 & 6	12-Feb-1955	Peshawar	Test # 398
India vs Pakistan	27 & 1	29-Jan-1955	Lahore	Test # 397
India vs Pakistan	18 & 33	15-Jan-1955	Bahawalpur	Test # 395
India vs Pakistan	26 & 3	01-Jan-1955	Dhaka	Test # 394