Mohammad Nissar

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Shaikh Mohammad Nissar India (IND)
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Right-arm fast
	Tests	First-class
Matches	6	93
Runs scored	55	1120
Batting average	6.87	10.98
100s/50s	-/-	-/-
Top score	14	49
Balls bowled	1211	-
Wickets	25	396
Bowling average	28.28	17.70
5 wickets in innings	3	32
10 wickets in match	-	3
Best bowling	5/90	6/17
Catches/stumpings	2/-	65/-
Test debut: 25 June 1932 Last Test: 15 August 1936 Source: [1]

Shaikh Mohammad Nissar pronunciation (help·info) was a cricketer, and legendary fast bowler for the pre-partition Indian cricket team and domestic teams in India and Pakistan. He was born in the Punjab, and is considered the fastest pre-partition Indian pace bowler of all time. As a matter of fact he is considered to be one of the fastest bowlers in the world during his time.

Indian batting legend C.K. Nayudu claimed in writings that during his first spell, Nissar was faster than Englishman Harold Larwood, who terrorized Australia in 1932 in the infamous Bodyline series.

Nissar along with Amar Singh formed an Indian Fast Bowling duo that was considered one of the best in the world during the 1930s.

Outside of cricket he was a tribal leader of a large Pushtun tribe and also a pro-Pakistan leader. His memoirs are being compiled and have letters from Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Lord Mountbatten, and Ghandi. He was one of the founders of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and considered to be the first Pakistani cricketer. Recently, the cricket boards of Pakistan and India inaugurated the Nissar Trophy.

He migrated to Pakistan in 1947 and died in Lahore in 1963.