The name Mankad must have heard… Vinoo Mankad, the great all -rounder of Team India. His name was added in international cricket for decades for decades. But the relationship between Veenu and his family has also been associated with many historical moments of Indian cricket. Veenu Mankad and his son Ashok Mankad (Ashok Mankad) were one of the many father-son pair playing Test cricket for India.
Veenu was part of India’s first Test victory and his son Ashok in England’s first Test and series win.
The Indian team played the first match of their Test history in June 1932 at Lord’s against England, but had to wait for about 20 years for the first win. India won the first win in Test cricket in February 1952. The hero of this victory was all -rounder Veenu Mankad, who took 8 wickets in the first innings and 4 wickets in the second innings. In that match, India defeated England by an innings and 8 runs.
In their house, the Indian team had tasted defeat to the British, but it took 39 years to defeat England on its own land and the first win came in 1971. When India defeated England by 4 wickets in the match played at Kennington Oval. Ashok Mankad was India’s first Test victory on England’s soil. However, he could not contribute to the team’s victory with the bat. The first 2 matches of this series were drawn, which also won its first series in England.
Now let’s take a look at the figures of both of them. Veenu Mankad played 44 Test matches for India and scored 2109 runs thanks to five centuries and six half -centuries. In which his best score was 231 runs. At the same time, he took 162 wickets in his account in bowling, in which 8 wickets for 52 runs in the innings were his best bowling performance. But Ashok’s career was not like a father and he was able to score 991 runs in 22 Tests.
Apart from Ashoka of Veenu Mankad, there were 2 more sons, Rahul and Atul. Both played cricket but their journey remained reduced to the first class cricket.
