S. NYALCHAND


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S. NYALCHAND
(14 Sep 1919 - 4 Jan 1997)

Shah Nyalchand was another cricketer who played just the debut Test for India. A left-arm seamer who excelled on matting surfaces, Nyalchand was an impressive performer in the domestic circuit...

Dhrangadhra (Gujarat) born Nyalchand had a first class career spanning almost a quarter of a century. Beginning from the 1939/40 season representing Western India, Nyalchand went on to play for Gujarat and Saurashtra teams till the end of the  1963/64 season...

None other than Sir Frank Worrell had called Nyalchand “the King of matting wickets.” Despite placid wickets of those days, and Indian fast bowlers being allrounders, the 5'7" Nyalchand excelled with his left-arm seam bowling in 57 games, 29 for Saurashtra. He finished with 235 wickets @22.57 with a five-wicket haul 15 times and a ten-wicket haul 6 times, his best being 7/32...

Nyalchand's only Test was against Pakistan in October 1952, at Lucknow. Though unfortunate that India lost the Test by an innings after an innings win in the previous Test at Delhi, Nyalchand finished with impressive figures of 64-33-97-3. The innings tally of 384 balls remains the fifth-highest in history for any Test debutant and the second-highest for a seamer. However Nyalchand, inexplicably, never found favour with the selectors thereafter...

Nyalchand captained Saurashtra for three seasons. His most successful season was the 1961/62 one, when he took 27 wickets including a split hat-trick against Maharashtra. Apart from the lone Test, he appeared for a few times for zonal sides against visiting teams. He toured East Africa with the Sundar Cricket Club of Bombay in 1957...

Nyalchand worked as a draughtsman with the Public Works Department of Gujarat government at Rajkot, and had a stint as a cricket coach as well...

Nyalchand passed away this day, 1997, after a massive heart attack, at Junagadh. He was 78...

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