Vinoo Mankad

[zen]

 

 

In 1952 at Lord's Mankad scored 72 & 184 (opening the inning and top scoring for India in both innings) and picked up 5 wkts in an inning. Though Eng won the test, it is referred to as Mankad's test! 

 

Scored 231 v NZ in 1956 (Gavaskar went past it in the 1984 series v WI iirc). Created the record breaking opening p'ship of 431 with Roy. 

 

Additionally, has two 8 wkts hauls - 8/55 v Eng and 8/52 v Pak.  

 

His passion for cricket is displayed through fables of him sleeping outside the stadiums .... Ind's first impact AR

Edited August 21, 2020 by zen

[zen]

Mankad's performances in matches that Ind won. His contributions were huge in making Ind competitive

 

 

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Career averages

	Span	Mat	Runs	HS	Bat Av	100	Wkts	BBI	Bowl Av	5	Ct	St	Ave Diff
unfiltered	1946-1959	44	2109	231	31.47	5	162	8/52	32.32	8	33	0	-0.84	Profile
filtered	1952-1956	5	563	231	112.60	2	41	8/52	13.31	4	8	0	99.28

 

[SK_IH]

Bonafide legend of Indian cricket. 

[Sooda]

Indian great. Does not have the fame he deserves tbh.

Those runs at lords were opening against Truman and Bedser; also scored two in a match vs Lindwall and Miller in Australia. Batted in every position in the lineup, funnily enough. Even though he was such a good opener.

[zen]

20 hours ago, Sooda said:

Indian great. Does not have the fame he deserves tbh.

Those runs at lords were opening against Truman and Bedser; also scored two in a match vs Lindwall and Miller in Australia. Batted in every position in the lineup, funnily enough. Even though he was such a good opener.

Players like him provide a lot of flexibility to a team .... If he had played more on big turning pitches (relatively speaking) like the post 1990 ones in Ind, he could have won India a lot more matches with the ball 

 

Edited August 22, 2020 by zen

[zen]

Bumrah and Mankad have the best bowling avg in wins for Ind among bowlers w/ 40 wkts or more:

 

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Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	5	10
JJ Bumrah	2018-2019	6	12	1279	554	42	6/27	9/86	13.19	2.59	30.4	5	0
MH Mankad	1952-1956	5	10	1945	546	41	8/52	13/131	13.31	1.68	47.4	4	2
EAS Prasanna	1962-1978	15	30	4083	1427	81	8/76	11/140	17.61	2.09	50.4	5	1
BS Bedi	1968-1978	17	34	5241	1713	97	6/42	9/70	17.65	1.96	54.0	6	0
N Kapil Dev	1979-1994	23	46	3973	1606	89	7/56	11/146	18.04	2.42	44.6	3	1
A Kumble	1993-2008	35	70	10690	4516	245	10/74	14/149	18.43	2.53	43.6	18	5
J Srinath	1993-2002	12	24	2176	922	49	6/21	8/68	18.81	2.54	44.4	1	0
BS Chandrasekhar	1964-1978	14	28	4451	1889	98	6/38	12/104	19.27	2.54	45.4	8	1
R Ashwin	2011-2019	38	76	11165	4888	244	7/59	13/140	20.03	2.62	45.7	23	6
RA Jadeja	2013-2019	29	58	7821	3092	146	7/48	10/154	21.17	2.37	53.5	7	1
SLV Raju	1990-2001	12	24	3389	1231	58	6/12	11/125	21.22	2.17	58.4	4	1
Mohammed Shami	2013-2019	23	46	3576	1830	86	5/28	9/118	21.27	3.07	41.5	3	0
Harbhajan Singh	1999-2013	34	68	9838	4184	194	8/84	15/217	21.56	2.55	50.7	13	4
S Venkataraghavan	1965-1979	10	20	2854	965	41	8/72	12/152	23.53	2.02	69.6	2	1
PP Ojha	2009-2013	15	30	4570	2033	83	6/72	10/89	24.49	2.66	55.0	5	1
A Mishra	2008-2016	12	24	2663	1290	50	5/71	7/72	25.80	2.90	53.2	1	0
UT Yadav	2011-2019	26	52	3801	2043	79	6/88	10/133	25.86	3.22	48.1	1	1
I Sharma	2008-2019	37	74	6522	3149	121	7/74	8/74	26.02	2.89	53.9	3	0
Z Khan	2001-2012	27	53	5348	2728	100	5/72	9/134	27.28	3.06	53.4	3	0

 

 

Also Bumrah 5 5-ers in 12 innings, Mankad 4 5-ers in 10 innings .... Among batsmen with 500 or more runs in wins, Mankad also has the highest batting average w/ 2 100s in 6 innings

Edited August 22, 2020 by zen

[zen]

On the 1948 tour to Aus (just after Independence):

 

• 3rd Test Melbourne: Picked up 4 wkts in the first inning, opened the batting to top score with 116
• 5th Test Melbourne: Top scored with 111 opening the batting

 

 

PS if he had got the opportunity to play 3 tests at Melbourne, who knows he could have hit 3 100s in 3 tests there like Vengsarkar did at Lord's

Edited August 26, 2020 by zen

[maniac]

A great player for that era absolutely and a pioneer of Indian cricket.

[zen]

It is good to see GOI issue a stamp in his honor! .... And the Vinoo Mankad Trophy 

[zen]

In Eng in 1952:

 

[zen]

A nice write up - India's rock of ages

[BacktoCricaddict]

On 8/31/2020 at 4:13 PM, zen said:

It is good to see GOI issue a stamp in his honor! .... And the Vinoo Mankad Trophy 

Don't forget the immortal verb - Mankading.  

[BacktoCricaddict]

According to Cricinfo, his full name is Mulvantrai Himmatlal Mankad.  

 

Himmatlal would be a great middle name for some other cricketers:

 

Ravichandran Himmatlaalan Ashwin

Gade Himmatulu Hanuma Vihari

 

 

[zen]

 

[Majestic]

An Indian great, just like Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin. 

 

Neither are ATGs, although Ashwin as overall cricketer can be argued as one.

 

 

 

[zen]

32 minutes ago, Majestic said:

An Indian great, just like Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin. 

 

Neither are ATGs, although Ashwin as overall cricketer can be argued as one.

 

Comparing a couple of modern cricketers to a great like Mankad is not on (esp. if done by looking randomly at some stats without understanding how the stats are made - Axar Patel has great stats too in Ind for e.g.)

 

Mankad has opened for India in over 20 tests, scored 100s in Aus and Eng, picked up wkts on non-rank turners … And made a weak Indian side competitive … Arguably,  Mankad is Ind’s greatest AR!

Edited January 3, 2022 by zen

[Vijy]

Mankad was India's first all-rounder who can be deemed truly of int'l class. He was an ATG for India. And if he had been used more effectively, his record would be even better: (1) he should have opened more (his best position), and (2) been less bowled outside SC. He was a one-army in the rare wins India had. Not only did he have a ridiculously low bowling avg, his batting avg was incredibly high. If someone were to argue that he was greater than Kapil, that is debatable but it is possible/plausible.

[Majestic]

28 minutes ago, zen said:

Comparing a couple of modern cricketers to a great like Mankad is not on (esp. if done by looking randomly at some stats without understanding how the stats are made - Axar Patel has great stats too in Ind for e.g.)

 

Mankad has opened for India in over 20 tests, scored 100s in Aus and Eng, picked up wkts on non-rank turners … And made a weak Indian side competitive … Arguably,  Mankad is Ind’s greatest AR!

The comparison was done just to put in reference of how good Mankad was. Many would get tempted by looking at his stats. But those stats don't tell how good he was.

 

A lot of younger fans would hype Ashwin and Jadeja at the level of Imran and Kapil based on stats while they might be seeing Mankad as Shastri level, which is a complete nonsense.

[Vijy]

1 minute ago, Majestic said:

The comparison was done just to put in reference of how good Mankad was. Many would get tempted by looking at his stats. But those stats don't tell how good he was.

 

A lot of younger fans would hype Ashwin and Jadeja at the level of Imran and Kapil based on stats while they might be seeing Mankad as Shastri level, which is a complete nonsense.

yes, it would be nonsense even statistically - Vinoo has a much better bowling record than shastri, and his batting is not far behind. Both he and shastri were effective openers, and not so good in middle order. And if one looks beyond stats, Vinoo was clearly an impact player

[zen]

If I am forced to seek out a cricketer similar to Mankad in the modern era esp. based on impact for his team, one-man army qualities, and bowling spin, it would probably be Sanath Jayasuriya (esp. in LOIs), a legend in SL, a player known for his impact and looked beyond whatever his stats are. If Jayasuriya played for India, he would probably be in contention to be India's greatest AR too. Jayasuriya though played for a much stronger team than Mankad's India. 

 

Some time ago there was a thread here suggesting that Ross Taylor is as good or better than Viv Richards based on #s. In ODIs, Kohli and Rohit have better averages than Tendulkar. 

 

Edited January 3, 2022 by zen