Ebrahim Maka Explained

Ebrahim Maka
Fullname:Ebrahim Suleman Maka
Birth Date:5 March 1922
Birth Place:Daman, Portuguese India
Death Place:Daman India
Batting:Right-handed
Role:Wicket-keeper
Columns:2
Column1:Test
Matches1:2
Runs1:2
Bat Avg1:
100S/50S1:0/0
Top Score1:2*
Hidedeliveries:true
Catches/Stumpings1:2/1
Column2:First-class
Matches2:34
Runs2:607
Bat Avg2:15.56
100S/50S2:0/2
Top Score2:66*
Catches/Stumpings2:58/27
International:true
Country:India
Testdebutdate:28 November
Testdebutyear:1952
Testdebutagainst:Pakistan
Testcap:67
Lasttestdate:19 February
Lasttestyear:1953
Lasttestagainst:West Indies
Source:https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/946/946.html CricketArchive
Date:30 October
Year:2022

Ebrahim Suleman Maka (5 March 1922  - 7 November 1994) was a wicket-keeper who represented India in Test cricket. He was born in Daman, at the time part of Portuguese India.

Maka appeared at a time when the Indian cricket had many wicket-keepers of nearly the same class. His first appearance was in the fourth Test against Pakistan in 1952–53. The selectors had already tried out Probir Sen, Nana Joshi and Vijay Rajindernath as wicket-keepers in the previous Tests and Maka himself was replaced for the fifth Test.

His other Test was in West Indies in the same season when he was understudy to Joshi. While batting he had two bones of his right hand broken by fast bowler Frank King. Vijay Manjrekar substituted for him and effected a stumping.

Maka came from a poor family. His father was a cargo ship captain who earned Rs.150 a month and had to take care of a family of ten which lived near Crawford Market in Bombay.

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