In contrast, Dilip Sardesai played his first Test a few weeks after the tour, and five members of the team made their first-class debuts in the match in Lahore against Pakistan Eaglets.
[citation needed] Fielding nine players who had made the tour to Pakistan, and captained again by Mantri, they had the better of their two drawn matches in the 1962-63 tournament.
Later that season, in a friendly match in aid of the national Defence Fund, Associated Cement Company had their first outright victory, over the Andhra Chief Minister's XI.
[9] State Bank of India took a five-run first-innings lead in a drawn semi-final to knock Associated Cement Company out of the 1965-66 tournament.
[10] Associated Cement Company's last appearances were in the 1971-72 tournament, when captained by Vijay Bhosle they were unable to match State Bank of India's first innings of 500 for 7 declared in the final.