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Tour of
South Africa & Zimbabwe 1992-93
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Captain: Mohammad Azharuddin
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India's 32nd Test tour
First Test-playing tour of
South Africa and of Zimbabwe by India
(October 1992 -
January 1993)
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In April 1992
India accepted an invitation to tour South Africa, and on 1 July the ANC
sanctioned the tour. The Indians were the first official national side to
visit South Africa for 22 years. Before that, India agreed to play Zimbabwe
on its debut in Test cricket, en route to
Johannesburg. Said tour manager Amrit Mathur “This is one of
the most significant tours India have undertaken. We know we are making history.”ť
South Africa won
the ‘Friendship Series’, their first home Test matches since March
1970. This was also the first series
in which television replays were used in Test cricket and third umpires
after the BCCI made an unexpected volte face and agree with UCBSA’s
proposal to have a third umpire. However, the tour failed to attract
interest among the African community
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Other Indian tours
Previous tour
Australia
1991-92
Next tour
Sri
Lanka 1993-94
Next tour of South Africa
1996-97
Next tour of Zimbabwe
1998-99
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Members of the Test tour
party (16)
Opening batsmen: Woorkeri Raman, Ravi Shastri, Ajay Jadeja
Middle-order batsmen: Mohammad Azharuddin, Sanjay Manjrekar, Sachin Tendulkar, Pravin Amre
Wicket-keepers: Kiran More,
Vijay Yadav.
Spinners: Anil Kumble, Venkatapathy
Raju
Fast bowlers: Kapil Dev, Manoj Prabhakar,
Javagal Srinath, Chetan
Sharma, Subroto Banerjee.
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P K Amre
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Rj
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24
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RHB
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Mohammad Azharuddin
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Hd
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29
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RHB captain
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S T Banerjee
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Bi
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23
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RMF
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A D Jadeja
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Hy
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21
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RHB opener
RM
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Kapil Dev
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Hy
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33
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RHB RFM
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A Kumble
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K
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22
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LBG
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S V Manjrekar
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B
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27
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RHB
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K S More
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Ba
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30
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WK
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M Prabhakar
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D
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29
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RHB RM
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W V Raman
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TN
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27
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LHB opener
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C M Sharma
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Hy
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26
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RFM
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R J Shastri
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B
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30
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RHB opener SLA
vice-captain
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J Srinath
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K
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23
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RFM
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S R Tendulkar
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B
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19
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RHB (OB/LB)
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S L V Raju
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Hd
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23
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SLA
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V Yadav
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Hy
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25
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WK
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Representation of
teams:
Ba - Baroda (1)
Bi -
Bihar (1)
B -
Bombay (3)
D - Delhi (1)
Hd - Hyderabad (2)
Hy - Haryana
(4)
K - Karnataka (2)
Rj -
Rajasthan (1)
TN - Tamil Nadu (1)
Average age of team at time of first Test match
(18 October 1992) :
26 yrs 0
months
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Test Appearances made before the tour
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Kapil Dev 115, Shastri
76, Azharuddin
46, More 38, Chetan Sharma 23, Manjrekar 21, Prabhakar
18, Tendulkar 16, Raju 7,
Raman 6, Srinath
5, Kumble
1, Banerjee 1, Amre 0, Jadeja 0, Yadav 0.
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Team Officials
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Amrit Mathur
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Tour Manager
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Ajit Wadekar
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Coach
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Ali Irani
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Physiotherapist
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Wadekar was appointed cricket manager on 25 September
1992.
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Selectors
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G R Viswanath (chairman), A D Gaekwad, Anand
Shukla, R Jeejeebhoy, Dr Ravinder
Chadha.
Mohammad Azharuddin and
team manager Ajit Wadekar
attended the meeting.
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Selection
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The
new selection committee met on the last day of the Irani
Cup (30 September) and, having considered the Australian tour manager’s
report, announced that Mohammad Azharuddin would be
captain.
Tour Party Announced : 1 October 1992.
Not selected : Vinod Kambli,
Navjot Sidhu, Maninder
Singh, Abey Kuruvilla.
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Time between selection and departure from India
13 days
(1 October -14
October)
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Travel
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There was a training camp in Bombay from 5
October. Departure from Bombay was
in the small hours of Wednesday morning 14 October 1992.
The team arrived in Harare later the same day. ZCU President Peter Chingoka
personally supervised the Indians’ arrival formalities at Harare
International Airport.
The team left Harare on 26 October and arrived at
Jan Smuts Airport at 1 pm. Zulu
warriors performed a ceremonial dance to welcome the tourists at their
Johannesburg hotel. Next day the team met Nelson Mandela. The manager
presented him with a silver salver, an India tie and a bat autographed by
the players.
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Time spent in
Zimbabwe 12 days (14 - 26
October
Time spent in
South Africa x days (26 October - January
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On-tour selection committee
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Reinforcements
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None required.
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Fixtures/Results
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“ Harare (1)
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Zimbabwe Cricket Union
President's XI
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Won 16 r
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HARARE (2)
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ZIMBABWE First Test
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DRAWN
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§ Harare
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Zimbabwe (only ODI)
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Won 30 r
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Randjesfontein
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N F Oppenheimer's XI
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Won 80 r
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Springs
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Combined Bowl XI
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Won inns 241 r
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Verwoerdburg
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South African Board
President's XI
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Drawn
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DURBAN
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SOUTH AFRICA First Test
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DRAWN
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Bloemfontein
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South African Invitation
XI
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Drawn
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JOHANNESBURG
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SOUTH AFRICA Second Test
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DRAWN
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“ Pietermaritzburg
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South African Board
President's XI
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Won 6 w
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§ Cape Town
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South Africa (1st ODI)
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Lost 6 w
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§ Port Elizabeth
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South Africa (2nd ODI)
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Lost 6 w
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§ Verwoerdburg
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South Africa (3rd ODI)
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Won 4 w
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§ Johannesburg
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South Africa (4th ODI)
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Lost 6 w
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§ Bloefontein
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South Africa (5th ODI)
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Lost 8 w
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§ Durban
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South Africa (6th ODI)
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Lost 39 r
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§ East London
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South Africa (7th ODI)
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Won 5 w
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East London
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South African Students XI
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Drawn
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PORT ELIZABETH
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SOUTH AFRICA Third Test
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LOST 9 w
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CAPE TOWN
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SOUTH AFRICA Fourth Test
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DRAWN
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Nairobi
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Kenyan XI
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*
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“ not first-class
§ one-day international
(1) Harare Old
Georgians Sports Club
(2) Harare Sports
Club
Time spent in Zimbabwe
before First Test:
4 days (14
October - 18 October) and South Africa 18
days (26
Octoberl - 13 November)
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Test appearances on tour
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5 -
Azharuddin, Kapil Dev, Kumble, Manjrekar, More,
Prabhakar,
Tendulkar,
4 - Amre, Jadeja, Srinath.
3 -
Raju, Shastri
2 - Raman
0 - Banerjee, Sharma, Yadav.
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Highlights
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“˘ Praveen Amre
scored a century (103) on his Test debut at Durban.
“˘ Jadeja and Manjrekar added 451 for the 2nd wicket at
Springs, the highest partnership for India abroad.
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“˘ Kapil
Dev made a century in a lost cause at Port Elizabeth.
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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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5
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0
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1
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4
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Other first-class matches
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4
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1
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0
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3
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Minor matches
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4 *
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3
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0
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0
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One-day internationals
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8
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3
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5
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0
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All Matches
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21
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7
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6
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7
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* one result unknown.
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Return to India
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(last day's play in Test
was 6 Jan) Played a one-day match in
Nairobi on Saturday 9 January 1993.
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Time away from India
x days (14 October
to January)
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Finances
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