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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Baqa Jilani
| image =
| caption =
| batting = Right-hand bat (RHB)
| bowling = Right-arm medium pace

| columns = 2
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Tests]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 16
| bat avg1 = 8.00
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 12
| deliveries1 = 90
| wickets1 = -
| bowl avg1 = -
| fivefor1 = -
| tenfor1 = -
| best bowling1 = -
| catches/stumpings1= 0

| column2 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches2 = 31
| runs2 = 928
| bat avg2 = 18.56
| 100s/50s2 = 1/5
| top score2 = 113
| deliveries2 = 3,603
| wickets2 = 83
| bowl avg2 = 19.93
| fivefor2 = 3
| tenfor2 = 1
| best bowling2 = 7/37
| catches/stumpings2= 12

| international = true
| country = Indian

| testdebutfor =
| testdebutagainst =
| testdebutdate = 15 August
| testdebutyear = 1936
| lasttestdate = 15 August
| lasttestfor =
| lasttestagainst =
| lasttestyear = 1936
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/685/685.html
| date =
| year =
}}

'''Mohammad Baqa Khan Jilani''' {{Audio|Baqa_Jilani.ogg|pronunciation}} (born on 20 July 1911, [[Jalandhar]], [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]] - died on 2 July 1941, Jalandhar, Punjab) was a [[bowler (cricket)|bowler]] who represented [[Indian cricket team|India]] in [[Test cricket]].

Jilani was related by marriage to the family that also produced [[Majid Khan (cricket player)|Majid Khan]], [[Javed Burki]] and [[Imran Khan]], who is the current [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]]). As a right-arm medium-paced bowler and a decent lower-order batsman, he kicked off his career with twelve wickets on [[first class cricket|first-class]] debut. He also took the first [[Hat-trick (cricket)|hat-trick]] in [[Ranji Trophy]], for Northern India against Southern Punjab in the semifinal of the first tournament in [[1934–35 Ranji Trophy|1934-35]].<ref name="Ranji">{{Cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/Series/Ranji_Trophy/Bowling_Records/Hat_Tricks.html |title=Hat-Tricks in Ranji Trophy |accessdate=21 October 2016 |work=Cricket Archive}}</ref> Southern Punjab was dismissed for 22 which was the lowest total in the competition for 76 years.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15292.html Cricket Archive]</ref><ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/Firstclass/Overall/Lowest_Team_Totals.html Lowest teams totals in first class cricket] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111119123753/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/Firstclass/Overall/Lowest_Team_Totals.html |date=19 November 2011 }}</ref>

Jilani played his only Test match in [[England]] in 1936 during a tour wrecked by infighting between two factions supportive of the captain [[Maharajkumar of Vizianagram|Vizzy]] and the former captain [[C. K. Nayudu]]. Jilani belonged to the former group. A few days before the Test Match at [[the Oval]], Jilani publicly insulted Nayudu while coming down to breakfast. It has been alleged that he owed to this incident his subsequent Test debut, a forgettable affair to which he contributed sixteen runs and fifteen wicketless overs. During the tour, according to [[Cota Ramaswami]], Jilani suffered from high blood pressure, insomnia, sleep-walking and violent outbursts of temper. "Nobody could say when he was normal and when he got into uncontrollable temper. He was constantly undergoing treatment during the tour".<ref>C. Ramaswami, Personalities of the 1936 tour of England (My reminiscences - IV), Indian Express, 9 August 1964 (accessed 9 September 2013)</ref>

An Extra Assistant Commissioner in Jalandhar, Jilani died a few days before his thirtieth birthday, thus becoming the second-ever Indian Test cricketer, after [[Amar Singh (cricketer)|Amar Singh]], to die. He suffered an epileptic fit, fell down from the balcony of his house in Jullundur, and died instantly.<ref>[[Indian Express]], 5 July 1941</ref>

==See also==
*[[One Test Wonder]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Notes==
* Mihir Bose, ''A History of Indian Cricket''
* Richard Cashman, ''Patrons, Players and the Crowd''
* [http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/26860.html Cricinfo Profile]
* [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/685/685.html Cricketarchive profile]

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