When the Indian cricket team led by Sunil Gavaskar arrived in Pakistan in December 1982 to play a series of six Test matches, the fans of both the countries were expecting a tough competition due to the presence of world class cricketers in both the teams. Everyone also remembered the traditional wanderlust that was seen in the 1978 series.
Apart from Sunil Gavaskar, the Indian batting line-up consisted of Mahendra Amarnath, Dilip Vengsarkar, Sandeep Patil, Arun Lal, Ravi Shastri and Yashpal Sharma. Were part
Did anyone know then that the storm of runs of Zaheer Abbas, Javed Miandad and Mudassar Nazar will not stop the Indian bowlers and then above all Imran Khan's one man show in bowling will not allow the Indian batsmen to stay on the wicket. ۔
The first Test of the series was drawn in Lahore but then the victory of the Pakistani team in Karachi and Faisalabad showed its dangerous intentions so that the Indian team would be ready for the same in the upcoming matches.
The fourth Test of the series was played at the Niaz Stadium in Hyderabad from January 14 to 19. Imran Khan won the toss and elected to bat first, but Balwinder Singh Sandhu, playing his first Test at an aggregate score of 60, dismissed Mohsin Khan and Haroon Rashid on consecutive balls. The two subsequent events are very important, one is the partnership between Mudassar Nazar and Javed Miandad, and the other is Imran Khan's decision to declare an innings.
Imran Khan did not talk about declaring
Let's talk about declaring innings first. Javed Miandad was unbeaten on 238 at the end of the second day.
On the third day, January 16, fans at the Niaz Stadium and those watching the match on TV wanted to see him score a triple century, but when Pakistan's score was 581 for three, captain Imran Khan declared the innings when Javed Miandad was not out for 280 runs.
Javed Miandad, in his autobiography (Acting Age) published in 2003, has written a whole 13-page chapter on declaring innings.
Miandad writes: I had in mind that I would become the second Pakistani to score a triple century in Test cricket after Hanif Mohammad. I was also thinking beyond 300. Obviously, I had Sergei Sobers' 365 runs in mind. You don't get such an opportunity again and again in your life.
* When the game ended on the second day, Imran Khan did not talk about the declaration and did not give any instructions, even when we started the innings on the third day, Imran Khan did not even mention the declaration
I started the game with an offensive strategy. Boundary was a challenge due to India defensive field placement but by the time there was a water break I had added 42 runs in an hour but I saw Zaheer Abbas looking at the pavilion from where Imran Khan was pointing us. Were.'
Javed Mianda wrote that I did not understand what to do. I wass in a state of grief and anger...
Miandad further writes in his book I guess by batting on the third day the Pakistani team does not have enough time to bowl out the Indian team but the Pakistani team had already taken a two nil lead in the series and the competition in the Indian team She did not have the guts and there was no danger that she would be able to back down in the fifth and sixth Tests.
Should Imran Khan have given me at least a chance to complete a triple century or would he have told me in advance how much time I would have to play..?
I remember walking towards the pavilion says Miandad. I could barely answer that we had declared the innings, to which Gavaskar was taken aback and said, "If an Indian batsman were close to 300, I would never have declared an innings
What does Javed Miandad say now?
It has been 38 years since the Hyderabad Test. After openly criticizing Imran Khan about the declaration in his book, Javed Miandad now has a completely different opinion on the matter
At that time both things were right. If you let go of the record, the match might get out of hand. It was more important for us to win the match and you know very well what it means to win against India.
Javed Miandad says, The Indian team had changed its strategy and its bowlers were taking five to ten minutes to bowl an over and it should be remembered that at that time there were no 90 overs in a day.
Javed Miandad says that no one knows whether the record is made or not. You may be out one run earlier. Your decision is correct in terms of time and at that time you also have to keep the interest of the country in mind. Things move forward with time.
Even after 280, I had a chance when I did 260 against England. I think chances are you keep getting. If you're a good player, you should have runs, not just records, says Miandad. '
Now let's take you back to the first day of the test match ...
The Indian bowlers missed the next wicket
After taking wickets on two consecutive balls, the Indian team was excited for more victories but the confidence with which Javed Miandad and Mudassar Nazar started playing made the smiles disappear from the faces of the Indian players.
At the end of the first day, Mudassar Nazar was playing at 92 and Javed Miandad at 96 and Pakistan was 224 for two.
The next day, the patience of the Indian players increased. Mudassar Nazar and Javed Miandad completed centuries but their partnership was not over and they both completed their double centuries Javed Miandad says, There was a time when the Pakistani team had to bat long and score enough to get India out. What usually happens in a Test match is that the team that wins the toss and bats first tries to score so much that it does not bat in the second innings and the opposing team can be dismissed twice.
Who knew about the world record?
In the third wicket partnership of Javed Miandad and Mudassar Nazar, the number of runs on the scoreboard was increasing so fast that Mudassar Nazar's wicket fell on the total score of 511 and he was dismissed for 231 runs. The Indian team breathed a sigh of relief but by then a new date had been set.
Mudassir Nazar and Javed Miandad added 451 runs for the third wicket.. He thus broke the world record of 370 runs set by England's Bill Edrich and Dennis Compton, which he set for the third wicket against South Africa at Lord's in 1947, but most importantly, Mudassar Nazar and Javed Miandad The 451-run partnership also equaled the world record for the largest wicket partnership in Test cricket set by Australia's Sir Bradman and Bill Ponsford in the 1934 Oval Test against England.
When Javed Miandad and Mudassar Nazar were on the crease, they did not know the world record for the largest partnership in Test cricket, nor were the two batsmen told about the world record from the Pakistani dressing room.
Mudassar Nazar says, When I got out and went to the dressing room Sarfraz Nawaz told me that the bad luck is that you people could not make a world record due to lack of one run and this record has become equal. It was a pity at the time, but then it dawned on us that our names were listed with great batsmen like Sir Bradman and Bill Ponsford, who were happier.
Interestingly the players did not know about this world record, but the commentators on TV were fully aware of it and they were constantly mentioning it in the commentary.
Javed Miandad says no cricketer plays for the record. Happily, if we had scored one more run, we would not have been equal partners in this world record, but only our name would have been written as a world record holder and the world would have remembered us and Pakistan because of this world record.
