Khanmohammad Cassumbhoy Ibrahim (26 January 1919 – 12 November 2007) was an Indian

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er who played in four

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in the 1948–49 season.

Cricket career

He was born in

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and studied in

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. He played domestic cricket for

from 1938–39 to 1949–50 as a top-order batsman, occasionally opening the batting. He also played for the Muslims in the

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. He holds the record for scoring the most first class runs between dismissals: in 1947–48, he compiled successive innings of 218, 36, 234 and 77, all

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, followed by 144, a total of 709 runs between dismissals. Ibrahim is the only player to have carried his bat while scoring a double century in consecutive first-class matches. He scored 1,171 runs that season, at a batting average of 167.29, and was selected as Indian Cricketer of the Year in 1948. He was captain of the Bombay side that won the 1948

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, scoring 219 in the final. His career first class

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of 61.24 is the ninth-highest in history (among those who have batted at least 50 times), but he played only four Tests, against West Indies in 1948–49. Opening the batting with

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, he scored 85 and 44 in the 1st Test, but made only 40 runs in his next six Test innings.

Retirement from cricket

He suffered from poor health in his later years. He died at his home in

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, in

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, aged 88. He was the oldest living Indian Test cricketer at the time of his death.''

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'' 2008, p. 1561.

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