Career
He led them against West Indies in 1948-1949, when he scored a century in the drawn match, and against Ceylon in 1948-1949 (Pakistan"s first cricket tour) and 1949-1950. In a career that extended from 1930 to 1954, he played for various Indian teams, including Southern Punjab in the Ranji Trophy, in the 1930s and 1940s, and for Punjab cricket teams in Pakistan in the 1940s and 1950s. In all first-class matches he made 2439 runs at an average of 29.74 with three centuries and a highest score of 175 for Northern India against Southern Punjab in 1946-1947.
After retirement he served as a cricket administrator and at one stage was chairman of the Pakistan Test selectors.
