Test Cricket Tours - India to New Zealand 1989-90

Test Cricket Tours - India to New Zealand 1989-90

Tour of New Zealand 1989-90 Captain: Mohammad Azharuddin

India's 29th Test tour

Fourth Test-playing tour of New Zealand by India

(January - March 1990)

After the tour of Pakistan, the chairman of selectors Raj Singh Dungarpur asked Mohammad Azharuddin to take on the captaincy which he retained for the next six and a half years.

Until now there was usually one manager on tour, often with a Test cricket background, but the Indian Board decided that in future there would two managers with separate responsibilities for administration and for cricket. However, Bedi’s reign as India’s first ‘cricket manager’ or coach was brief. His uncompromising approach became renowned after making furious threats to throw members of the team out of the plane into the sea (!) after losing to New Zealand, and after eight months he was replaced.

Other Indian tours

Previous tour

Pakistan 1989-90

Next tour

England 1990

Next tour of New Zealand

1993-94

Members of the Test tour party (16)

Opening batsmen:Navjot Sidhu, V B Chandrasekhar

Middle-order batsmen: Mohammad Azharuddin, Sachin Tendulkar, Sanjay Manjrekar, Gursharan Singh, Woorkeri Raman.

Wicket-keeper: Kiran More

Spin bowlers Ajay Sharma, Venkatapathy Raju, Narendra Hirwani, Margas Venkatarama

Fast bowlers: Kapil Dev, Manoj Prabhakar, Vivek Razdan, Atul Wassan.

Mohammad Azharuddin	Hd	25	RHB captain	ODI

V B Chandrasekhar	TN	28	RHB opener	ODI

Gursharan Singh	Pj	26	RHB	ODI

N D Hirwani	MP	21	LBG	ODI

Kapil Dev	Hy	30	RHB RFM	ODI

S V Manjrekar	B	24	RHB	ODI

K S More	Ba	27	WK vice-captain	ODI

M Prabhakar	D	26	RFM	ODI

W V Raman	TN	24	LHB	ODI

V Razdan	(D)	20	RFM

A K Sharma	D	25	RHB SLA	ODI

N S Sidhu	Pj	26	RHB opener

S R Tendulkar	B	16	RHB	ODI

S L V Raju	Hd	20	SLA	ODI

M Venkatarama	TN	23	OB

A S Wassan	D	21	RFM	ODI

Zonal representation

Duleep Trophy teams

C: Central (1), E: East (0), N: North (7), S: South (5), W: West (3)

Ranji Trophy teams

Ba - Baroda (1)

B - Bombay (2)

D - Delhi (4)

Hy - Haryana (1)

H - Hyderabad (2)

MP - Madhya Pradesh (1)

Pj - Punjab (2)

TN - Tamil Nadu (3)

Average age of team at time of first Test match

(2 February 1990) :

24 yrs 10 months

Test Appearances made before the tour

Vengsarkar 105, Kapil Dev 103, Azharuddin 34, More 28, Sidhu 13, Manjrekar 9, Hirwani 7, Prabhakar 6, Tendulkar 4, Raman 3, Gursharan Singh 0, Raju 0, Wassan 0.

Tour Officials

A W Kanmadikar	Tour manager
Bishan Singh Bedi	Coach / Cricket Manager
	Physiotherapist

A W Kanmadikar of Madhya Pradesh CA was a former BCCI secretary and Vice-President.

Selectors

Raj Singh Dungarpur (chairman), Akash Lal, Ramesh Saxena, Naren Tamhane, Gundappa Viswanath

Selection

The selectors' first move was to replace Srikkanth with new captain Mohammad Azharuddin.

Tour Party Announced : ??

The selectors opted for youth and eight of the team was aged under-25, including 16 year-old Tendulkar. Only Kapil Dev was aged over 30. At the time of selection Razdan had played only one first-class cricket match apart from the Pakistan tour.

Not selected : Arshad Ayub, Ravi Shastri, Kris Srikkanth, Dilip Vengsarkar.

Time between selection and departure from India

x days

(announced - 20? January)

Travel

Mumbai Q x

Departure was on 20 ? January 1990

Time spent in New Zealand x days

(arrival - depart Host)

On-tour selection

Reinforcements

D B Vengsarkar

RHB

ODI

Dilip Vengsarkar was called up after Navjot Sidhu was put out of the tour by a wrist injury when facing Danny Morrison.

Fixtures/Results

New Plymouth	NZCC President's XI	Won 195 r
Dunedin	Otago	Drawn
CHRISTCHURCH	NEW ZEALAND First Test	LOST 10 w
NAPIER	NEW ZEALAND Second Test	DRAWN
Hamilton	Northern Districts	Drawn
AUCKLAND	NEW ZEALAND Third Test	DRAWN
§ Dunedin	New Zealand (1st ODI)	Lost 108 r
§ Christchurch	Australia (2nd ODI)	Lost 18 r
§ Wellington	New Zealand (3rd ODI)	Won 1 r
§ Hamilton	Australia (4th ODI)	Lost 7 w

† not first-class

§ one-day international

(Rothman's Cup Triangular Series)

Time spent in New Zealand before First Test:

12 ? days

(21? January - 2 February)

Test appearances on tour

3 - Azharuddin, Hirwani, Kapil Dev, Manjrekar, More, Prabhakar, Raman, Tendulkar, Wassan

2 - Raju, Vengsarkar

1 - Gursharan Singh, Sidhu.

0 - Chandrasekhar, Razdan.

Highlights

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Tour Summary

	P	W	L	D	Aban
Test Matches	3	0	1	2	-
Other first-class matches	3	1	0	2	-
Minor matches	0	-	-	-	-
One-day internationals	4	1	3	0	-
All Matches	10	2	4	4	-

Return to India

y Q x

Sidhu returned home early.

Razdan and Venkatarama were not required for the one-day internationals.

Last match 8 March 1990

Time away from India

x days

(depart Ind to arrive India)

Finances

Accounts of the tour

Postscript