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The Mohammad Nissar Trophy is an annual first class cricket competition which takes place in September. It is contested over four days between the most recent winner of the Ranji Trophy from India and Quaid-i-Azam Trophy from Pakistan. The trophy is named after former pre-partition Indian Test cricketer Mohammad Nissar.
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Winners
Season Winner Runner up Man of the Match Stadium 2006 Uttar Pradesh by 316 runs Sialkot Rizwan Shamshad HPCA Stadium, Dharamsala, India 2007 Mumbai on their first innings lead (Match drawn) Karachi Urban Khurram Manzoor National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan 2008 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines on their first innings lead (Match drawn) Delhi To be announced Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi, India The Trophy
The yearly clash, which commenced in 2006, is held on a home and away basis. Uttar Pradesh defeated Sialkot in Dharamsala to claim the inaugural title, while Mumbai took on Karachi Urban in Karachi the following season and regained the trophy based on a first-innings lead. In 2008, Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited beat Delhi on a first-innings lead after the match was drawn to become the first Pakistan side to win the trophy.
Records
- Ravikant Shukla from India was the first player to make a half century.
- Imran Nazir from Pakistan was the first player to make a century.
- SO Kareja was the first Indian to make a century.
- Abdur Rehman from Pakistan was the first player to get out on a duck.
- Virender Sehwag was the first Indian to get out on a duck.
- Khurram Manzoor from Pakistan was the first and thus far only player to make a double century.
- Imran Ali from Pakistan was the first and thus far only player to take a hat trick.
- Imran Ali from Pakistan was also the first and thus far only player to get five wickets in an innings.
External links
Categories:- Pakistani domestic cricket competitions
- Indian domestic cricket competitions
- Cricket awards and rankings
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