5 oldest Indian cricketers to have played a Test match

#1 Vinoo Mankad - 41 years and 305 days

Vinoo Mankad is the oldest cricketer to represent India in Test cricket

Before Kapil Dev came along, it was Vinoo Mankad who was the original all-around superstar of Indian cricket and remained one of the team’s pre-eminent players throughout the course of his career. Mankad was almost wholly responsible for India’s first ever Test win in 1952 when he picked up 12 wickets against England with his left-arm spin. He was such an excellent cricketer that it comes as no surprise that he enjoyed a long career and became the oldest cricketer to ever represent India in Test cricket.

His career spanned around 13 years from 1946 to 1959 and on his last appearance against the West Indies at New Delhi he was 41 years and 305 days old. His powers as a cricketer had waned and in a drawn game, he picked up no wickets (West Indies batted once). On the batting front, Mankad made 21 in the first innings and duck in the second.