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The kiss that was went down in history: Abbas Ali Baig was kissed by a female fan in 1960, which made him the first cricketer who was kissed on the field. This incident became the inspiration for Cadbury Chocolate Advertisement. He is his …Read more

Abbas Ali Baig is the first cricketer to kiss by a female fan on the ground.
Highlights
- Abbas Ali Baig was kissed in the field in 1960
- This incident of kissing became the inspiration for Cadbury Chocolate Advertisement
- The identity of a woman who kisses Abbas Ali Baig is still a mystery
The Kiss That Went Down in History: This has happened only twice in the cricket world when a female fan has come to publicly kissed the cricketer batting. The amazing thing is that this incident has happened with Indian cricketers both times. This story is about the 60s cricketer Abbas Ali Baig. He was a very handsome and good looking cricketer of his time. Girls had tremendous craze about them. There was some thing in them that wherever he used to go, he became the center of attraction of girls. Abbas Ali Baig was a resident of Hyderabad. He belonged to a very rich family. He studied at Cambridge University in London. During his studies, he also used to play with the cricket team there. He was called the ‘Glamor Boy’ of Indian cricket.
The event that became history
There are some incidents that become memorable or record in history. This incident happened with former Indian cricketer Abbas Ali Baig is also of the same category. Abbas Ali Baig scored his second half -century during the Test match against Australia in January 1960. An incident occurred on that day, which is still discussed today. A 20 -year -old girl came running from the northern stand of Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai and before anyone could understand anything, she ran to Abbas Ali Baig and kissed her cheek. Abbas Ali Baig also scored a half -century in the first innings.
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Sensation became in the country
Perhaps, it was a very bold step according to that time. This incident shocked the people and it became a sensation in the country. This included Abbas Ali Baig in a unique record. He became the first cricketer to be kissed by a female fan on the field. According to a report in Times Now English, former cricketer Vijay Merchant, who was commenting on All India Radio at that time, had made a very tough comment on it. Vijay Merchant could not stop himself from saying, “I wonder where all these young women were when I was scoring a century and double century!”
This incident shocked the people and it became a sensation in the country.
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Cadbury Chocolate Born from this
The effect of this kiss was so high that when Salman Rushdie wrote his novel ‘The Murti Last Night’ after 35 years, the Bombay Test was mentioned. He especially wrote that when the girl kissed Abbas Ali Baig, everyone was shocked. Salman Rushdie also mentioned a painting in this novel. This painting of 1960, which was called The Kissing of Abbas Ali Baig. It was based on a real incident occurred during the third Test against Australia at Brabourne Stadium in Bombay. But this kiss also inspired one of the most prestigious advertisements to make it. The advertisement of Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate was inspired by this. The advertisement was conceptualized by Ed Guru Piyush Pandey and his company Ogilvi.
This advertisement was conceptualized by Ed Guru Piyush Pandey.
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The identity of that girl is still a mystery
In an interview given to Hindustan Times, Beg said, “After the incident, I started receiving many letters, mainly from young women, whom I regularly replied.” As far as the identity of a woman who kisses Abbas Ali Baig is concerned, it remains a mystery till date. Nobody could know who she was. Abbas Ali Baig was also a cricketer who started by scoring a century in his first Test, but after that he could not succeed much. The match in which the girl kissed him, India had saved the match, but Kissing Abbas Ali Baig’s career so eclipsed that his bat was craved for runs.
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The youngest was scored a century
Abbas Ali Baig did the wonders of scoring his first Test century on foreign land. In the 1959 Manchester Test, he scored 112 against England. At that time, Abbas Ali Baig became the youngest batsman to score a century in the history of Indian Test cricket. When Abbas Ali scored this century, he was 20 years 131 days old. Later, this record of Abbas Ali Baig was broken by Kapil Dev. Kapil Dev scored a century in the Delhi Test against the West Indies in 1979. At that time Kapil was 20 years and 21 days.
Baig played a total of 10 Tests in his career
Abbas Ali Baig played a total of ten Tests in his career and scored 428 runs. He played less matches in Test career, but this career started from 1959 and continued till 1967. At that time, it was believed that the cricketers who score a century in their first Test, they are unfortunate later. The same happened with Abbas Ali.
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January 24, 2025, 19:44 is
What happened when a female fan kissed cricketer Abbas Ali after entering the field