Tour of Sri Lanka 1993        Captain: Mohammad Azharuddin
	India’s 33rd Test tour (July - August 1993)     Second Test-playing tour of Sri Lanka  by India        (previous tour 1985-86)	The tour opened at Kurunegala in the north-west and security experts, mindful of the May 1991 assassination of Rajiv Gandhi by LTTE, advised that the Indian players should not stay in the area but  be ferried in from Colombo by helicopter each day. After a seven year interval an Indian touring side at last won victory in a Test match; their previous away win had been against England at Headingley in 1986. Rain at Kandy condemned the first Test to a draw without a single innings completed. India scored heavily at Colombo’s SSC where Kambli’s elegant 125 gave them first innings’ advantage before Prabhakar, Sidhu and Tendulkar combined to set Sri Lanka a victory target of 472, to which the Lankans got only halfway. The Indian batting was formidable: Kambli now had four Test centuries in five Tests, one of which was the rained-off match at Kandy. Prabhakar (opening with both the bat and the ball), scored 154 runs and took 12 wickets in the series, while Sidhu and Tendulkar also scored centuries. There were too many players for such a short tour and Wookeri Raman returned without playing in a single match.	Other Indian tours   Previous tour South Africa 1992-93   Next tour New Zealand 1993-94   Next tour of Sri Lanka 1997-98
	Members of the Test tour party  (16)     Opening batsmen:Navjot Singh Sidhu, Woorkeri Raman, Manoj Prabhakar Middle-order batsmen:Vinod Kambli, Mohammad Azharuddin, Sachin Tendulkar, Pravin Amre Wicket-keepers: Kiran More, Vijay Yadav Spinners:Ajay Sharma, Anil Kumble, Venkatapathy Raju, Raju Chauhan Fast bowlers: Kapil Dev, Javagal Srinath, Salil Ankola. :    Comments from ‘An Eventful Series’ (article by Vijay Lokapally, Sportstar 9/4/93)	P K Amre Rj 24 RHB   S A Ankola B 25 RFM   Mohammad Azharuddin Hd 30 RHB        captain   R K Chauhan MP 26 OB   V G Kambli B 21 RHB   Kapil Dev Hy 34 RHB       RFM   A Kumble K 22 LBG   K S More Ba 30 WK   M Prabhakar D 30 RHB  opener        RFM   S L V Raju Hd 23 SLA   W V Raman TN 28 LHB opener   A K Sharma D 29 RHB       SLA   N S Sidhu Pj 29 RHB  opener   J Srinath K 23 RFM   S R Tendulkar B 20 RHB     vice-captain   V S Yadav Hy 26 reserve WK	Zonal representation  Duleep Trophy teams C: Central (), E: East (), N: North (), S: South (), W: West ()  Ranji Trophy teams Ba - Baroda (1) B  -  Bombay (3) D -   Delhi (2) Hd - Hyderabad (2) Hy -  Haryana (2) K -   Karnataka (2) MP - Madhya Pradesh (1) Pj -  Punjab (1) Rj -  Rajasthan (1) TN - Tamil Nadu (1)           Average age of  team at time of first Test match (17 July 1993) : 26 yrs  8  months
	Test Appearances made before the tour	Kapil Dev 124,  Azharuddin 55,  More 46,  Prabhakar 27,  Tendulkar 25,  Sidhu 24,  Raju 13, Kumble 10,  Srinath 9,  Amre 8, Raman 8,  Chauhan 4,  Kambli 4,  AK Sharma 1  Ankola 1,  Yadav 1.
	Tour Officials	G S Shaktawat Administration manager Sunil Dev Tour Manager Ajit Wadekar Coach Dr Ali Irani Physiotherapist   Group-Captain (retired) Gajendra Singh Shaktawat was manager of the Indian cricket team in the Hero Cup.
	Selectors	G R Viswanath (chairman),   A D Gaekwad,  R Jeejeebhoy,  Anand Shukla,  Ravinder Chadha. Cricket manager Ajit Wadekar  and skipper Mohammad Azharuddin were also present at the selection meeting.
	Selection	Tour Party Announced:   24 May 1993. Not selected:  Sanjay Manjrekar Stand-bys:  Maninder Singh,  A W Zaidi,  B S V Prasad,  Santosh Jedhe  [Maharashtra RHB].	Time between selection and departure from India   46 days  (24 May - 9 July)
	Travel   Madras  Q   Colombo	A fortnight's preparatory camp again beginning on 21 June and using Wadekar's favoured facilities in Madras, preceded the tour. After a dinner hosted by the High Commissioner for Sri Lanka in Madras, the team flew out of Madras on 9 July 1993 arriving the same day at Katunayeke Airport, Colombo, amid tight security. Helicopters took them from their safe accommodation in Colombo into the north-west on each day of their opening tour fixture as part of tight security arrangements.	Time spent in Sri Lanka      37 days (9 July - 15 August)
	On-tour selection committee
	Reinforcements	It was one of those periods when nothing went right for Amre. We hoped his troubles would end soon.
	Fixtures/Results	a Kurunegala Sri Lankan Board President's XI Drawn b KANDY SRI LANKA  First Test DRAWN c § Colombo (RPS) Sri Lanka  (1st ODI) Won 1 r d COLOMBO (SSC) SRI LANKA  Second Test WON 235 r e COLOMBO (P Sara) SRI LANKA  Third Test DRAWN f § Colombo (RPS) Sri Lanka  (2nd ODI) Lost 8 r g § Moratuwa Sri Lanka  (3rd ODI) Lost 4	† not first-class §    Time spent in Sri Lanka before First Test:  8 days (9 July - 17 July)
	Test appearances on tour	3  -    Amre,  Azharuddin,  Chauhan,  Kambli,  Kapil Dev,  Kumble,  More,  Prabhakar,  Sidhu,  Tendulkar 2  -    Srinath 1 -     Raju 0 -     Ankola,  Raman,  Sharma,  Yadav.
	Match appearances	a b c d e f g P K Amre x T o T T o   S A Ankola x             M Azharuddin x T o T T o o R K Chauhan   T o T T o o V G Kambli x T o T T o o Kapil Dev   T o T T o o A Kumble x T o T T o o K S More x T   T T     M Prabhakar x T o T T o o S L V Raju x       T     W V Raman               A K Sharma             o N S Sidhu x T o T T o o J Srinath x T o T   o o S R Tendulkar   T o T T o o V S Yadav     o     o o     RESULTS  D D W W D L L
	Highlights	•    Vinod Kambli made his third Test century in a row (125 at SSC) and followed up with another (120) at PSS. •    Sidhu and Prabhakar shared the highest opening partnership (171) for India since Madras in 1986-87. •    Sachin Tendulkar hit his sixth Test century (an innings of 104 not out) to enable India to declare. •    Kumble (5-87 and 3-85) then bowled India to its first Test match victory in 27 attempts abroad since 1986.
	Tour Summary	P W L D Aban Test Matches 3 1 0 2 - Other first-class matches 1 0 0 1 - † Minor matches 0 - - - - §One-day internationals 3 1 2 0 - All Matches 7 2 2 3 -
	Return to India Colombo  Q   Madras	On  Sunday 15 August 1993 the team departed for India.  They arrived on Sunday morning at the Anna International Airport, Madras.  Wadekar,  Tendulkar,  More and Kambli flew on to Bombay.	Time away from India   37 days   (9 July - 15 August)
	Finances	The tour fees for each player were 50 000 rupees.

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