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Tour of
West Indies 1988-89 Captain: Dilip Vengsarkar
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India's 27 th Test tour
Sixth Test-playing tour of
West Indies by India
(March - May 1989)
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It was India's
first overseas tour for nearly three years.
Navjot Singh Sidhi
was selected for the tour despite being accused of manslaughter following a
traffic accident in Patiala. The
driver of one of the vehicles, an elderly farmer, was allegedly beaten to
death after his car ran into Sidhu's.
Sidhu was allowed out of the country after leaving a 50 000 rupee
bond. Some of the West Indian governments were reluctant to grant him an
entry visa. As a result, he was forced to miss the opening match of the
tour. All charges were later
dropped.
Mohinder Amarnath
was omitted from the tour party after refusing to pay a 1000-rupee fine for
calling the selectors "a bunch of idiots".
Robin Singh,
born in Trinidad, became an Indian citizen only two weeks before the tour.
At the end of
the tour, Vengsarkar publicly criticised his team
for lacking courage and a sense of purpose.
Results were very poor: the Test series was lost 3-0 and the one-day
series 5-0. Run-scoring was never sufficient but the batsmen had to
face Malcolm Marshall at his best.
Contrary to the
wishes of the Indian Board, the team played a short series of one-day
exhibition matches in America, earning twice as much as their income from
touring the West Indies.
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Other Indian tours
Previous tour
England
1986
Next tour
Pakistan
1989-90
Next tour of West Indies
1996-97
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Members of the Test tour
party (17)
Opening batsmen: Kris Srikkanth, Jagdish
Arun Lal, Navjot Singh
Sidhu
Middle order batsmen: Mohammad Azharuddin, Dilip Vengsarkar, Sanjay Manjrekar, Robin Singh
Wicket-keeper: Kiran More, Saba Karim
Spin bowlers Ravi Shastri,
Ajay Sharma, Margas Venkatarama,
Arshad Ayub, Narendra Hirwani
Fast bowlers: Kapil Dev, Sanjeev Sharma, Chetan Sharma.
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Arshad Ayub
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Hd
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30
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OB
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J Arun Lal
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Bn
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33
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RHB opener
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Mohammad Azharuddin
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Hd
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26
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RHB
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N D Hirwani
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MP
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20
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LBG
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Kapil Dev
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Hy
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30
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RHB RFM
deputy vice-captain
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S S Karim
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Bh
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21
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reserve WK
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S V Manjrekar
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B
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24
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RHB
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K S More
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Ba
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26
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WK
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A K Sharma
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D
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24
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RHB (SLA)
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Chetan Sharma
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Hy
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23
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RFM
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S K Sharma
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D
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23
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RFM
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R J Shastri
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B
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26
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RHB SLA
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N S Sidhu
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Pj
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25
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RHB opener
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R R Singh
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TN
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25
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LHB RM
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K Srikkanth
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TN
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29
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RHB opener
vice-captain
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D B Vengsarkar
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B
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32
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RHB captain
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M Venkataramana
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TN
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22
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OB
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Representation of
teams:
Ba - Baroda (1)
Bn - Bengal
(1)
Bh - Bihar
(1)
B -
Bombay (3)
D -
Delhi (2)
Hy – Haryana (2)
Hd -
Hyderabad (2)
MP - Madhya Pradesh (1)
Pj - Punjab (1)
TN - Tamil Nadu (3)
Average age of team at time of first Test match
(25 March 1989) :
26 yrs 0 months
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Test Appearances made before the tour
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Vengsarkar 101, Kapil Dev 95, Shastri
61, Srikkanth 35, Azharuddin,
More 20, Chetan Sharma 19, Arun Lal 12, Arshad 7,
Sidhu 5, Hirwani 4, Raman 2, Manjrekar 1, A
Sharma 1, S Sharma 1, Karim 0, Singh 0, Venkatarama
0.
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Team Officials
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S Venkataraghaven
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Tour Manager
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Coach
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P Kannan
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Physiotherapist
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Selectors
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Raj Singh Dungarpur (chairman), B S Chandrasekhar, C P S Chauhan, R C Saxena, N S Tamhane.
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Selection
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After
deliberating forty names, the selectors announced 23 probables
on 31 January.
Not selected: Mohinder Amarnath, Raman Lamba, Manoj Prabhakar, VB
Chandrasekhar, Rashid Patil, Srikaut Kalyani.
The
team was chosen after a conditioning camp (8-14 February) from which Mohinder Amarnath and Maninder Singh had been controversially omitted. It was
reported that Sanjay Manjrekar was the last man to be chosen.
Tour Party Announced: 14 February 1994.
Not selected: T A Sekhar,
Roger Binny, Salil Ankola, Chandrakant Pandit, Woorkeri Raman, Maninder
Singh, Carlton Saldanha (24 year-old Karnataka
batsman).
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Time between selection and departure from India
11 days
(14 February - 25
February)
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Travel
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The team left Bombay for
London on 25 February 1989. They
flew without Navjot Singh Sidhu who was granted
interim bail by the Haryana and Punjab High Court but the order was
challenged by the victim's nephew.
Arrived in Barbados on 26
February 1989 (not in Gleanor)
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Time spent in West Indies
84 days
(26 February - 21 May)
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On-tour selection
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Dilip Vengsarkar
(captain), Kris Srikkanth
(vice-captain), Venkataraghaven
(manager), Kapil Dev.
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Reinforcements
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W V Raman
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TN
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23
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LHB opener
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Raman - having just broken Modi’s record for the
number of first-class runs in an Indian season - was brought in for Srikkanth, who returned home early after his left arm
was broken by a ball from Ian Bishop.
Kapil Dev was made vice-captain.
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Fixtures/Results
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a
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Bridgetown
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West Indies Board
President's XI
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Drawn
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b
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§ Bridgetown
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West Indies (1st ODI)
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Lost 50 r
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c
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§ Port of Spain
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West Indies (2nd ODI)
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Lost 6 w
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d
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§ Port of Spain
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West Indies (3rd ODI)
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Lost 6 w
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e
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Basseterre, St Kitts
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West Indies under-23 XI
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Drawn
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§ St John's
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West Indies (4th ODI)
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Lost 8 w
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§ Georgetown
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West Indies (5th ODI)
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Lost 101 r
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GEORGETOWN
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WEST INDIES First Test
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DRAWN
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Kingstown, St Vincent
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West Indies Board XI
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Drawn
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BRIDGETOWN
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WEST INDIES Second Test
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LOST 8 w
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PORT OF SPAIN
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WEST INDIES Third Test
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LOST 217 r
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Kingston
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Jamaica
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Drawn
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m
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KINGSTON
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WEST INDIES Fourth Test
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LOST 7 w
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†New York
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West Indian XI
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Won
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†New York
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Pakistan XI
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Won
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†Toronto
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Pakistan XI
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Lost
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†Los Angeles
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Pakistan XI
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Lost
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§ one-day international
†not first-class
Time spent in West
Indies before First Test:
27 days
(26 February - 25 March)
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Test appearances on tour
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4 -
Arshad Ayub, Arun
Lal, Kapil Dev, Manjrekar, More, Chetan Sharma, Shastri,
Sidhu, Vengsarkar
3 -
Azharuddin, Hirwani,
2 -
1 - Raman, Venkatarama.
0 - Karim, A Sharma, S Sharma,
Singh, Srikkanth.
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Match appearances
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Arshad Ayub
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o
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o
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T
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T
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Arun Lal
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o
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T
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Azharuddin
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o
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T
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T
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Hirwani
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T
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T
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Kapil Dev
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o
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Karim
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Manjrekar
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T
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More
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o
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T
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Raman
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T
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Ajay Sharma
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o
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T
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Chetan Sharma
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T
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Sanjeev Sharma
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Shastri
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o
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T
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T
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Sidhu
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T
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Robin Singh
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Srikkanth
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Vengsarkar
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o
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o
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o
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T
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T
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T
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T
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Venkataramana
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x
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x
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T
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Highlights
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• Arshad Ayub took 5-104 at Georgetown and 5-117 at
Port of Spain.
• Sanjay
Manjrekar scored 108 at Bridgetown, being ninth man out and helping the
tail extend India’s innings
• Shastri scored a defiant 107, batting for 7½ hours,
(after earlier taking 4-78) at Bridgetown
• Kapil Dev took 5-58 at Port of Spain
and 6-84 at Kingston and topped the averages with 16 wickets.
• Navjot Sidhu
hit 116 at Kingston, retiring halfway through his innings owing to a blow
on the hand and cramp.
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Tour Summary
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P
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W
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L
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D
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Aban
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Test Matches
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4
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0
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3
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1
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Other first-class matches
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4
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0
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0
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4
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§ One-day internationals
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5
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0
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5
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0
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ϯ Minor matches in America
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4
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2
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2
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All Matches
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2
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5
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10
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Return to India
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On 21 May 1989 the team flew from Kingston,
Jamaica, to New York City, and then on to Canada. "The Indians flouted
a Board directive and flew off for an unauthorised series of matches in
North America for a reported £4750 per man - roughly double the fee for the
entire unhappy Caribbean tour"
[Wisden
Cricket Monthly
June 1989].
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Time away from India
x days
(25 February till arrive back in India)
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Finances
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Published accounts of the tour
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