Tour of Pakistan 1982-83        Captain: Sunil Gavaskar
	India's 21st Test tour     Third Test-playing tour of Pakistan by India      ( November 1982 -                  February 1983)	India postponed the start of their tour for three weeks from 8 to 29 November to avoid a clash with the Asian Games in Delhi.  Originally, the Pakistan Board had rejected their request for a postponement on 8 October 1982. The Indians had felt that the cricket tour would distract attention from the athletics events and eventually Pakistan conceded this. However, India’s additional request for three Tests rather than six was refused.  Thus began an alarmingly intensive programme of tours in which the two countries would meet each other for a Test series every year, alternating the venue between Pakistan and India.  The sixth Test of the 1982-83 series ended in Karachi on 4 February and the 1983-84 series would begin on 13 September in Bangalore. Inevitably, the leading players were falling over themselves expressing their unavailability to tour. India did not select a reserve wicket-keeper to tour Pakistan, leaving the task to Yashpal Sharma, but they did choose two extremely young spin bowlers in Maninder Singh and Laxman Sivaramakrishnan. They were far younger than any other Indian touring cricketers, the previous youngest having been Prakash Bandari who was 19 years and 36 days at the time of the first Test in 1954-55. The 3-0 defeat inflicated on India was its worst record in a Test series against Pakistan.	Other Indian tours     Previous tour England 1982   Next tour West Indies 1982-83     Next Pakistan tour 1984-85
	Members of the Test tour  party  (16)       Opening batsmen: : Sunil Gavaskar, Arun Lal, Kris Srikkanth. Middle-order batsmen: Dilip Vengsarkar, Mohinder Amarnath, Yashpal Sharma, Gundappa Viswanath, Sandeep Patil Wicket-keepers: Syed Kirmani Spinners: Maninder Singh, Dilip Doshi, Ravi Shastri, Laxman Sivaramakrishnan Fast bowlers: Kapil Dev, Madan Lal, Balwinder Singh Sandhu.	M Amarnath D 32 RHB   RM   J Arun Lal Bn 27 RHB opener   D R Doshi Bn 34 SLA   S M Gavaskar B 33 RHB  opener captain   Kapil Dev Hy 23 RHB    RFM     vice-captain   S M H Kirmani K 32 WK   S Madan Lal D 31 RFM   Maninder Singh D 17 SLA   S M Patil B 26 RHB   B S Sandhu B 26 RFM   R J Shastri B 20 RHB   SLA   L. Sivaramakrishnan TN 16 LBG   K Srikkanth TN 22 RHB opener   D B Vengsarkar B 26 RHB   G R Viswanath K 33 RHB   M Yashpal Sharma Pj 28 RHB   reserve WK	Representation of teams:      Bn -  Bengal (2) B  -  Bombay (5) D -  Delhi  (3) Hy -  Haryana (1) K -  Karnataka (2) Pj -  Punjab (1) TN -  Tamil Nadu (2)         Average age of  team at time of first Test match (10 December 1982) :       27 yrs 0 months
	Test Appearances made before the tour	Viswanath 85, Gavaskar 79, Kirmani 58, Vengsarkar 52, Kapil Dev 42, Doshi 28, Amarnath 26, Madan Lal 26, Yashpal 26, Patil 16, Shastri 12, Srikkanth 4, Arun Lal 1, Maninder 0, Sandhu 0, Sekhar 0, Sivaramakrishnan 0.
	Team Officials	Fatesinhrao Gaekwad Tour Manager S Ohja Assistant manager   ? Physiotherapist Dr Vishwas Rout Doctor Masoodul Hasan Liaison Officer
	Selectors	Ghulam Ahmed (chairman),  Bishan Bedi,  Chandu Borde,  Pankaj Roy,  Chandu Sarwate met in New Delhi
	Selection	The Indian Board confirmed the appointment of Gavaskar as captain on 22 October 1982. Unavailable: Tour Party Announced : 25 October 1982 Not Selected:	Time between selection and departure from India   32 days  (25 October - 26 November)
	Travel	The tourists were seen off at Bombay on 26 November 1982, and arrived in Karachi by Indian Airways at 1:30 that day. They were driven straight to Quaid-e-Azam’s Mazar where they laid a floral wreath.  After an overnight stay in Karachi, they were taken to Quetta where they immediately played a one-day match.	Time spent in Pakistan    72 days (26 November - 6 February)
	On-tour selection committee	Gavaskar (captain),  Kapil Dev (vice-captain), Viswanath, Gaekwad (manager).
	Reinforcements	T A Sekhar TN 26 RFM   Madan Lal was flown home for an operation on his injured foot.  Sekhar arrived in Karachi on 20 January. The team benefited from the presence of a physiotherapist who had been added to the tour party on 7 November.
	Fixtures/Results	† Quetta Baluchistan Governor's XI  (35 overs) Won 4 w Sahiwal BCCP XI  Drawn § Gujranwala Pakistan  (1st ODI) Lost 14 r Rawalpindi BCCP Patron's XI  Drawn LAHORE PAKISTAN   First Test DRAWN § Multan Pakistan (2nd ODI) Lost 37 r Multan Punjab Governor's XI  Drawn KARACHI PAKISTAN   Second Test LOST inns 86 r § Lahore Pakistan (3rd ODI) Won scoring rate FAISALABAD PAKISTAN  Third Test LOST 10 w Peshawar NWFP Governor's XI  Won 4 w HYDERABAD PAKISTAN  Fourth Test LOST inns 119 r § Karachi Pakistan  (4th ODI) Lost 8 w LAHORE PAKISTAN   Fifth Test DRAWN KARACHI PAKISTAN   Sixth Test DRAWN	† not first-class   §  one-day international . Time spent in Pakistan before First Test:  14 days (26 November - 10 December)
	Test appearances on tour	6 -   Amarnath, Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Kirmani, Vengsarkar, Viswanath 5 -   Maninder 4 -   Doshi, Patil,  3 -   Arun Lal, Madan Lal, Sandhu 2 -   Sekhar, Shastri, Srikkanth, Yashpal 1 - 0 -  Sivaramakrishnan
	Highlights	•    Mohinder Amarnath was India’s leading batsman, scoring three centuries and the highest aggregate of runs: 584 at 73.00 in six Test matches •    Sunil Gavaskar carried his bat, scoring 127* out of 286 at Faisalabad. •    Kapil Dev scored 50 in thirty balls at Karachi •    Kapil Dev was the leading Indian bowler with 24 wickets; no-one else took more than 8.
	Tour Summary	P W L D Aban Test Matches   6 0 3 3 - Other first-class matches   4 1 0 3 - Minor matches   1 1 0 0 - One-day internationals   4 1 3 0 - All Matches 15 3 6 6 -
	Return to India	The team flew home from Karachi to Bombay on 6 February 1983.
	Finances	The B C C P  guaranteed $80 000, approx Rs 9.50 lakh, for the tour. The Indian Board bore all boarding, lodging and internal travel costs, which were reciprocal arrangements.	Time away from India   72 days   (26 November to 6 February)

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