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{{About|an Indian cricket player|the religious leader|Mirza Ghulam Ahmad}}<br />
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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Ghulam Ahmed<br />
| image = Ghulam Ahmed 1952.jpg<br />
| caption = Ghulam Ahmed in 1952<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|7|4|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Hyderabad]], [[Hyderabad State]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1998|10|28|1922|7|4|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = Hyderabad, [[Andhra Pradesh]], India<br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Right-arm offbreak<br />
| columns = 2<br />
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]<br />
| matches1 = 22<br />
| runs1 = 192<br />
| bat avg1 = 8.72<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 0/1<br />
| top score1 = 50<br />
| deliveries1 = 5,650<br />
| wickets1 = 68<br />
| bowl avg1 = 30.17<br />
| fivefor1 = 4<br />
| tenfor1 = 1<br />
| best bowling1 = 7/49<br />
| catches/stumpings1= 11/–<br />
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches2 = 98<br />
| runs2 = 1,379<br />
| bat avg2 = 14.36<br />
| 100s/50s2 = 0/5<br />
| top score2 = 90<br />
| deliveries2 = 24,263<br />
| wickets2 = 407<br />
| bowl avg2 = 22.57<br />
| fivefor2 = 32<br />
| tenfor2 = 9<br />
| best bowling2 = 9/53<br />
| catches/stumpings2= 57/–<br />
| international = true<br />
| country = India<br />
| testdebutagainst = West Indies<br />
| testdebutdate = 31 December<br />
| testdebutyear = 1948<br />
| lasttestdate = 31 December<br />
| lasttestagainst = West Indies<br />
| lasttestyear = 1958<br />
| source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28821.html CricInfo<br />
| date = 23 November<br />
| year = 2020<br />
}}<br />
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'''Ghulam Ahmed''' {{audio|Ghulam Ahmed.ogg|pronunciation}} (4 July 1922 – 28 October 1998) was an [[off spin]] bowler who captained [[Indian cricket team|India]] in [[Test cricket]]. After his retirement, he served for many years as the secretary of [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]].<ref>''Wisden'' 1999, p. 1478.</ref><br />
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He played first-class cricket for [[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]] from 1939-40 to 1958-59, and 22 Tests for India from 1948-49 to 1958-59. He toured England in 1952 and Pakistan in 1954-55. He captained India in one Test against New Zealand in 1955-56, which was drawn, and two Tests against West Indies in 1958-59, both of which India lost.<br />
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He was the leading bowler on the 1952 tour, taking 80 wickets in first-class matches at 21.92, and 15 in the four Tests at 24.73. ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' said he "had days when he looked in the highest world class, but on other occasions he lacked bite".<ref>''Wisden'' 1953, p. 215.</ref> In the first innings of the First Test he bowled 63 overs and took 5 for 100. In the match against [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]] he took 8 for 84 and 5 for 66.<br />
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In the First Test against Pakistan in 1952-53, the inaugural Test between the two neighbours, he took five wickets, and made 50 at number 11, putting on 109 for the tenth wicket with [[Hemu Adhikari]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/20/20436.html India v Pakistan, Delhi 1952-53]</ref><br />
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In the Third Test against Australia in Calcutta in 1956-57 he took 7 for 49 and 3 for 81, his best Test innings and match figures.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22254.html India v Australia, Calcutta 1956-57]</ref><br />
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His best match and innings first-class figures came in the match against [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Madras]] in the [[Ranji Trophy]] in 1947-48, when he took 5 for 28 and 9 for 53. When [[Holkar cricket team|Holkar]] made 757 against Hyderabad in 1950-51 he had bowling figures of 92.3-21-245-4.<br />
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He managed the Indian team that toured Australia and New Zealand in 1967-68.<ref>''Wisden'' 1969, p. 838.</ref><br />
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He was the uncle of the former Pakistan captain [[Asif Iqbal (cricketer, born 1943)|Asif Iqbal]], and the great-uncle of Indian tennis player [[Sania Mirza]].<ref>[http://www.mid-day.com/sports/2010/apr/030410-Cricket-Pakistan-captain-Shoaib-Malik-Sania-Mirza.htm Sania and the great cricket connection]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29505515/has-anyone-had-longer-test-career-sachin-tendulkar-24-years? |title=Has anyone had a longer Test career than Sachin Tendulkar's 24 years? |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=21 July 2020}}</ref><br />
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