Profile details
- Born
- 12 Apr 1917
- Birthplace
- Jamnagar
- State listed
- Gujarat
- Country
- India
- Position
- Batter
- Sport
- Cricket
- Discipline
- Team
- Category
- Men
- Status
- Active
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Honours & Awards
- ▸Padma Bhushan
- ▸Wisden Cricketer of the Year
Statistics
About
Mulvantrai Himmatlal "Vinoo" Mankad (12 April 1917 – 21 August 1978) was a former Captain of Indian cricket team and appeared in 44 Test matches for India between 1946 and 1959. He was best known for his world record setting opening partnership of 413 runs with Pankaj Roy in 1956, a record that stood for 52 years, and for running out a batsman "backing up" at the non-striker's end. Mankading in cricket is named after him.
Biography adapted from Vinoo Mankad on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Snapshot taken — where the text describes a role or a club in the present tense, read it as of that date.
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