Test Cricket Tours - India to South Africa & Zimbabwe 1992-93
Tour of South Africa & Zimbabwe 1992-93
Captain: Mohammad Azharuddin
India's 32nd Test tour
First Test-playing tour ofSouth Africa and of Zimbabwe by India
(October 1992 -
January 1993)
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.”
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
Wadekar was appointed cricket manager on 25 September 1992.
Selectors
G R Viswanath (chairman),A D Gaekwad,Anand Shukla,R Jeejeebhoy,Dr Ravinder Chadha.
Mohammad Azharuddin and team manager Ajit Wadekar attended the meeting.
Selection
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.
Time between selection and departure from India
13 days
(1 October -14 October)
Travel
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.
Time spent in Zimbabwe 12 days(14 - 26 October
Time spent in South Africax days(26 October - January
On-tour selection committee
Reinforcements
None required.
Fixtures/Results
� Harare(1)
Zimbabwe Cricket Union President's XI
Won 16 r
HARARE (2)
ZIMBABWEFirst Test
DRAWN
§ Harare
Zimbabwe(only ODI)
Won 30 r
Randjesfontein
N F Oppenheimer's XI
Won 80 r
Springs
Combined Bowl XI
Won inns 241 r
Verwoerdburg
South African Board President's XI
Drawn
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICAFirst Test
DRAWN
Bloemfontein
South African Invitation XI
Drawn
JOHANNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICASecond Test
DRAWN
� Pietermaritzburg
South African Board President's XI
Won 6 w
§ Cape Town
South Africa (1st ODI)
Lost 6 w
§ Port Elizabeth
South Africa (2nd ODI)
Lost 6 w
§ Verwoerdburg
South Africa (3rd ODI)
Won 4 w
§ Johannesburg
South Africa (4th ODI)
Lost 6 w
§ Bloefontein
South Africa (5th ODI)
Lost 8 w
§ Durban
South Africa (6th ODI)
Lost 39 r
§ East London
South Africa (7th ODI)
Won 5 w
East London
South African Students XI
Drawn
PORT ELIZABETH
SOUTH AFRICAThird Test
LOST 9 w
CAPE TOWN
SOUTH AFRICAFourth Test
DRAWN
Nairobi
Kenyan XI
*
� 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)
