The
Pakistan national cricket team toured the
republic of India in the 1952β53 season, playing five
Tests.[1] The First Test was the first-ever Test for Pakistan after
its inception and the second match resulted in Pakistan's first Test victory.[2] India won the series 2β1 with two Tests being drawn.
Raymond Lewis and B. Moitra (both East Zone) played respectively their debut and only first-class matches, while
Nazar Mohammad (Pakistanis) played his last.[7]
This was the first Test match for Pakistan. For all the Pakistani players except
Abdul Kardar and
Amir Elahi this was the debut Test. Kardar and Elahi had earlier played Test cricket for India.
In 2003, to mark the 50th anniversary of the tour, the surviving members of the Pakistani team were awarded a commemorative medallion, a cash prize of 250,000 rupees, and a current green Pakistan blazer.[10]