Abbas Ali Baig

Born: 19 March 1939

He is an Indian former cricketer who played in 10 Tests between 1959 and 1967.
In a career spanning 21 years, he scored 12,367 runs in first-class cricket at an average of 34.16.
He coached the Indian cricket team in Tour to Australia in 1991–92 and 1992 Cricket World Cup.
In the late 1950s, he moved to England and went up to University College, Oxford.
In 1959, he played 15 first-class matches for the university team.
During this time, he scored 221 not out and 87 against Free Foresters and broke Derrick De Saram’s aggregate of 283 runs—208 and 75—to become the highest run-scorer for the team in a first-class match.
It was during this time India toured England.
In the fourth match of the series, he was “summoned” to play for India, replacing the injured Vijay Manjrekar.
Aged 20 years and 131 days, he became the youngest Indian cricketer to score a century on debut when he made 112 in India’s second innings.
It was also the first century by an Indian debutant outside India.
Despite another century from Polly Umrigar, India lost the match.
However, he retained his place in the team for the final match of the series.
He also set the record for becoming the first batsman to score a century in the 4th innings of a test match on test debut.