Muslims cricket team

{{Short description|Indian cricket team (1912–1946)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} The '''Muslims cricket team''' was an Indian first-class cricket team which took part in the annual Bombay tournament. The team was founded by members of the Muslim community in Bombay.

The Muslims – known as the '''Mohamedans''' at the time – joined the Bombay tournament in 1912, when they accepted an invitation from the Europeans, Hindus and Parsees to expand the competition, which was renamed the Bombay Quadrangular.

The Muslims shared the title after a drawn match with the Hindus in 1913–14,<ref>{{cite web |title=Hindus v Mohamedans 1913-14 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1910S/1913-14/IND_LOCAL/BOM-QUAD/SCORECARDS/HINDUS_MAHOMEDANS_15-17SEP1913.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 June 2023}}</ref> won outright for first time in 1924–25 when they beat the Hindus,<ref>{{cite web |title=Hindus v Mohamedans 1924-25 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1920S/1924-25/IND_LOCAL/BOM-QUAD/HINDUS_MOHAMEDANS_BOM-QUAD_08-11DEC1924.html|work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 June 2023}}</ref> and had a strong team during the last decade or so of the tournament's existence, winning the title six times between 1934–35 and 1944–45.

In the 1934–35 final, when the Muslims beat the Hindus, the Test fast bowler Mohammad Nissar took 10 wickets.<ref>{{cite web |title=Muslims v Hindus 1934-35|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1930S/1934-35/IND_LOCAL/BOM-QUAD/MUSLIMS_HINDUS_BOM-QUAD_01-04DEC1934.html|work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=16 January 2025}}</ref> In the 1940–41 final, when they beat The Rest, the Test leg-spinner Amir Elahi took seven wickets in each innings, for match figures of 57.5–7–192–14.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mohamedans v The Rest 1940-41|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1940S/1940-41/IND_LOCAL/BOM-PENT/MAHOMEDANS_REST_24-27DEC1940.html|work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=16 January 2025}}</ref> In the 1944–45 final they beat the Hindus by one wicket, K. C. Ibrahim scoring 52 and 137 not out, and Amir Elahi taking match figures of 89–22–223–9.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hindus v Muslims 1944-45 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17441.html|website=CricketArchive |access-date=9 June 2023}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/0/966/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Muslims] at CricketArchive

==Sources== * Vasant Raiji, ''India's Hambledon Men'', Tyeby Press, 1986 * Mihir Bose, ''A History of Indian Cricket'', Andre-Deutsch, 1990 * Ramachandra Guha, ''A Corner of a Foreign Field – An Indian History of a British Sport'', Picador, 2001

Category:First-class cricket teams in India Category:Former senior cricket teams in India