Abbas Ali Baig pronunciationⓘ (born 19 March 1939) is an Indian former cricketer who played in 10 Tests between 1959 and 1967.
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.
In the fourth match of the series, Baig was "summoned" to play for India, replacing the injured Vijay Manjrekar.
[7] Aged 20 years and 131 days, Baig became the youngest Indian cricketer to score a century on debut when he made 112 in India's second innings.
"[15] A painting called "The Kissing of Abbas Ali Baig", depicting the incident was featured in Salman Rushdie's novel The Moor's Last Sigh (1995).
[17] In the following season, Baig had an unsuccessful outing against Pakistan, managing to score just 34 runs in four innings.
[18] However, he was impressive in the domestic circuit, scoring heavily in the Ranji and Duleep Trophy tournaments.