Hanif Mohammad: Cricket ke asal Little Master

Pakistan ne jab 1952 mein Test Cricket ki duniya mein qadam rakha to nayi team ko sab se zyada zaroorat ek aise batsman ki thi jo bade bowlers ke samne dat kar khara reh sake. Yeh zaroorat ek dubley patley, kam qad naujawan ne poori ki jis ka naam Hanif Mohammad (Hanif Mohammad) tha. Apni mazboot technique, ghair mamooli sabr aur lambi innings khelne ki salahiyat ki wajah se unhein "Little Master" kaha gaya, aur baad mein yahi laqab Sunil Gavaskar aur Sachin Tendulkar ke hisse mein bhi aaya. Magar Cricket ki tareekh mein is laqab ke pehle haq dar Hanif Mohammad hi samjhe jate hain. Pakistan ki Test Cricket ke ibtidai barson ki kahani un ke zikr ke baghair mukammal nahin hoti.

Ibtidai zindagi aur Cricket ka aaghaz

Hanif Mohammad 21 December 1934 ko Junagadh (Junagadh) mein paida hue. Un ka gharana Cricket ke liye mashhoor hua: un ke bhai Wazir Mohammad (Wazir Mohammad), Mushtaq Mohammad (Mushtaq Mohammad) aur Sadiq Mohammad (Sadiq Mohammad) bhi Pakistan ke liye Test Cricket khele, aur baad mein un ke bete Shoaib Mohammad (Shoaib Mohammad) ne bhi yahi rasta ikhtiyar kiya. Ek aur bhai Raees Mohammad (Raees Mohammad) ek mauqe par Pakistan team ke barhwen khilari rahe².

Hanif dayen hath se batting karte the. Kam umri hi mein un ki batting mein woh thehrao nazar aane laga jo baad mein un ki pehchan bana. Woh gend ko aakhri lamhe tak dekhte, ghalat gend ka intezar karte aur jaldbazi se bachte the. Zaroorat parne par woh bowling bhi kar lete aur kabhi kabhar wicket keeping bhi sambhalte the.

Pakistan ka pehla Test match 16 October 1952 ko Delhi mein Bharat ke khilaf shuru hua, aur isi match mein Hanif Mohammad ne bhi Test career ka aaghaz kiya. Apni pehli Test innings mein unhon ne 51 runs banaye¹, aur yun naumri hi mein woh qaumi team ki batting ka sutoon ban gaye.

Test Cricket mein urooj

Hanif ki pehli Test century 15 January 1955 ko Bahawalpur mein Bharat ke khilaf aayi, jab unhon ne 142 runs banaye. Isi saal November mein unhon ne Dhaka mein New Zealand ke khilaf 103 runs ki innings kheli¹. Magar jis innings ne unhein Cricket ki tareekh mein amar kar diya woh 1958 mein West Indies ke daure par kheli gayi.

Bridgetown ke 337 runs

17 January 1958 ko Barbados ke shehr Bridgetown mein shuru hone wale Test mein Pakistan pehli innings mein bohat peechhe reh gaya aur use follow on karna para. Match bachana taqriban namumkin dikhai deta tha. Aise mein Hanif Mohammad ne doosri innings mein kai din tak batting ki aur 337 runs banaye, jin mein 24 chauke shamil the. Yeh un ke career ka sab se bara score hai¹. Un ki is innings ki badaulat Pakistan yeh match draw karane mein kamyab raha². Yeh innings apni tawalat aur sabit qadmi ki wajah se aaj bhi misaal ke taur par pesh ki jati hai, aur isi jaisi innings ne "Little Master" ke laqab ko un ke naam ke sath jor diya.

Agle baras 20 February 1959 ko Karachi mein West Indies hi ke khilaf unhon ne 103 runs banaye, aur isi saal December mein Karachi mein Australia ke khilaf 101 not out ki innings kheli. 2 December 1960 ko Bombay ke Brabourne Stadium mein Bharat ke khilaf un ka score 160 raha¹.

1962 ka Dhaka Test bhi un ke career ka ek khas baab hai. 19 January ko shuru hone wale is match mein unhon ne England ke khilaf dono innings mein century banayi: pehli innings mein 111 aur doosri mein 104 runs. 1964 mein Melbourne mein Australia ke khilaf unhon ne 104 runs banaye¹, yun un ki centuries barre saghir se bahar ke maidanon par bhi aayin.

Captaini aur aakhri baras

Hanif Mohammad ne 1964 se 1967 tak 11 Test matchon mein Pakistan ki captaini ki. Captaini ka bojh un ki batting par asar andaz nahin hua, balkeh in matchon mein un ki average 58.73 rahi aur unhon ne 4 centuries banayin. February 1965 mein Christchurch mein New Zealand ke khilaf 100 not out ke baad, 2 April 1965 ko Lahore mein unhon ne isi team ke khilaf 203 not out runs banaye¹.

Bataur captain un ki sab se yadgar innings 1967 mein Lord’s ke tareekhi maidan par aayi. 27 July ko shuru hone wale Test mein unhon ne England ke khilaf 187 not out runs banaye aur is innings mein 556 gendon ka samna kiya¹. Yeh innings un ke difai khel aur aasab ki mazbooti ka behtareen namoona samjhi jati hai. Agle saal Wisden ne unhein saal ke behtareen cricketers mein shamil kiya².

Hanif Mohammad ne apna aakhri Test 24 October 1969 ko Karachi mein New Zealand ke khilaf khela¹. Dilchasp baat yeh hai ke isi match mein Zaheer Abbas (Zaheer Abbas) ne Test career ka aaghaz kiya, goya ek azeem batsman ne rukhsat hote hue agle azeem batsman ko maidan saunp diya.

Aadad o shumar

Makhaz: ESPN Cricinfo Statsguru¹, aadad International career ke hain.

Asar aur yadgar

Hanif Mohammad ne apne satrah sala Test career mein sirf 55 match khele, kyunke is zamane mein Pakistan bohat kam Test Cricket khelta tha. Is ke bawujood un ki 12 centuries aur 43.98 ki average¹ is daur ke mushkil halat, baghair helmet ke khel aur khuli wicketon ko dekhte hue ek bara karnama hain. Unhon ne Pakistani batting ko yeh sabaq diya ke Test match sabr aur irtikaz se jeete ya bachaye jate hain.

Hukumat-e-Pakistan ne 1959 mein unhein Sadarti Tamgha-e-Husn-e-Karkardagi diya. January 2009 mein ICC ne apne Hall of Fame ke pehle group mein un ka naam shamil kiya, aur is group mein un ke sath Imran Khan (Imran Khan) aur Javed Miandad (Javed Miandad) bhi the³. Pakistan Cricket Board ne ek domestic chaar roza muqable ko un ke naam se mansoob kiya, aur Karachi mein un ke naam par ek High Performance Centre bhi qayam kiya gaya².

Hanif Mohammad 11 August 2016 ko Karachi mein intiqal kar gaye². Aaj bhi jab koi Pakistani batsman mushkil waqt mein wicket par dat kar team ko shikast se bachata hai to tabsira nigar be ikhtiyar Bridgetown ke us naujawan ko yaad karte hain jis ne ek hari hui bazi ko apne balle se draw mein badal diya tha.