India vs Australia, 1st Test at Delhi, Dec 12 1959 - Match Result

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1st Test, Delhi, December 12 - 16, 1959, Australia tour of India

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135 & 206

468

Australia won by an innings and 127 runs

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Scorecard summary

India • 135/10(59.4 overs)

1st INNINGS

Nari Contractor

41 ()

3/0 (3.4)

24* ()

3/22 (14)

Australia • 468/10(143 overs)

1st INNINGS

114 ()

4/49 (15.3)

78 ()

2/101 (38)

India • 206/10(111 overs)

2nd INNINGS

99 ()

5/76 (46)

Nari Contractor

34 ()

4/42 (24)

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Match details

Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Toss	India, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of India
Season	1959/60
Series result	Australia led the 5-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 482
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Venatappa Muddiah
Umpires	Mohammad Yunus Santosh Ganguli

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At New Delhi, December 12, 13, 14, 16

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India Innings

Player Name		R	B
P Roy	caught	99
NJ Contractor	caught	34
AA Baig	run out	5
CG Borde	caught	0
PR Umrigar	caught	32
GS Ramchand	caught	6
RG Nadkarni	lbw	7
PG Joshi	caught	8
Surendranath	caught	0
VM Muddiah	not out	0
RB Desai	caught	0
Extras	(b 8, lb 5, nb 2)
Total	206(10 wkts; 111 ovs)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	121	Pankaj Roy	Nari Contractor
2nd	11	Pankaj Roy	Abbas Ali Baig
3rd	0	Pankaj Roy	Chandu Borde
4th	40	Polly Umrigar	Pankaj Roy
5th	15	Polly Umrigar	Gulabrai Ramchand
6th	5	Gulabrai Ramchand	Bapu Nadkarni
7th	10	Nana Joshi	Bapu Nadkarni
8th	4	Nana Joshi	Surendra Nath
9th	0	Surendra Nath	Venatappa Muddiah
10th	0	Ramakant Desai	Venatappa Muddiah

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