Tour of Bangladesh 2000-01         Captain: Saurav Ganguly
	43rd Indian Test tour     First Test-playing tour of Bangladesh by India      (November 2000)	India were invited to become Bangladesh’s first-ever Test opponents.  The excitement was dampened by a political feud.  The four-party opposition alliance were prevented from holding a “grand rally” at the Test venue, Dhaka’s Paltan Maidan (outer stadium) owned by the government-controlled Sports Control Board. Bangladesh Cricket Board officials said they wanted the ground “free from any disturbance or damage” until the historic Test was over. It was not in fact the first Test hosted by Bangladesh because the Asian Test Championship final between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in March 1999 was played on their soil.   Saurav Ganguly had his first opportunity to captain India but for coach Aunshuman Gaekwad the tour brought an end to his second period of preparing the Indian team. Saba Karim the Bengal wicketkeeper was chosen on the captain's strong recommendation but was not able to adjust to his new contact lenses.	Other Indian tours     Previous tour Australia 1999-00 Next tour Zimbabwe 2001-02
	Members of the Test tour  party	AB Agarkar Mb 22 RFM     SS Das Os 23 RHB opener     RS Dravid K 27 RHB   vice-captain     SC Ganguly Bn 28 LHB   captain     SB Joshi K 31 SLA     SS Karim Bn 33 WK     M Kartik Rly 24 SLA     V V S Laxman H 26 RHB     BKV Prasad K 31 RFM     S Ramesh TN 25 RHB opener     J Srinath K 31 RFM     SR Tendulkar Mb 27 RHB     Yuvraj Singh Pj 18 LHB     Zaheer Khan Ba 22 LFM	Teams:   Ba - Baroda Bn - Bengal H - Hyderabad K - Karnataka Ke - Kerala Mb - Mumbai Os - Orissa Pj - Punjab Rly - Railways TN - Tamil Nadu UP  - Uttar Pradesh     Average age of  team at time of first Test match (10 November 2000)    yrs  months.
	Test Appearances made before the tour	Tendulkar  76,  Srinath 46,  Dravid 37,  Ganguly 35,  Prasad 29,  Laxman 18,  Joshi 12,  Ramesh 9,  Agarkar 5, Kartik 2,  Das 0, Karim 0, Yuvraj  0, Zaheer  0
	Team Officials	BN Singh Tour manager AD Gaekwad Coach   Physiotherapist     The manager BN Singh was Secretary of Bihar Cricket Association, which was reassigned as Jharkhand C.A. during his time away.
	Selectors	CG Borde (West Zone - chairman), S Madan Lal (North),  AO Malhotra (East),   S Jagdale (Central) and TA Sekar (South).
	Selection	Unavailable: A Kumble (shoulder injury)   Not considered   : "The selectors anticipating the CBI report about match-fixing did not include former captain Mohammed Azharuddin, Nayan Mongia and Ajay Jadeja, who were then suspended along with Ajay Sharma and Manoj Prabhakar three days later.   Tour Party Announced : 30 October 2000.   Not selected  Vinod Kambli, Hemang Badani and Sridharan Sriram (TN)
	Travel	The Indian players all arrived in the city of Calcutta by the evening of 6 November 2000. Ganguly went to the airport separately in his own car and not in the team bus in an attempt to distract overenthusiastic fans from his arrival. The Indians, accorded a warm welcome on their arrival at Zia International Airport in Dhaka on Tuesday 7 November, had light `nets'. They were later joined by Yuvraj Singh, who had stayed back in Calcutta since his passport had been sent to the wrong destination.
	Reinforcements	None
	Fixtures/Results	DHAKA BANGLADESH Test Match WON 9 w	This was the only tour fixture
	Test appearances on tour	1 -   Agarkar, Das, Dravid, Ganguly, Joshi, Karim, Kartik, Ramesh, Srinath, Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan. 0 -   Laxman, Prasad, Yuvraj Singh.
	Highlights	•    It was India's first Test win abroad in seven years •    Ganguly and Joshi (92) added 121 for India's 7th wicket to take the game away from Bangladesh •    After conceding 400 in the first innings, India dismissed Bangladesh for 91 in the second.
	Tour Summary	P W L D Test Matches 1 1 0 0 Other f-c matches -       Minor matches -       One-day internationals -       All Matches 1 1 0 0
	Return to India	On Tuesday 14 November 2000 the team flew back from Dhaka to Calcutta and again Ganguly was mobbed at the airport.
	Finances
	Published accounts of the tour

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