English cricket team in India in 1992–93
| English cricket team in India in 1992–93 | |||
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| England | India | ||
| Dates | 3 January – 5 March 1993 | ||
| Captains | Graham Gooch | Mohammad Azharuddin | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | India won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | Graeme Hick (315) | Vinod Kambli (317) | |
| Most wickets | Graeme Hick (8) | Anil Kumble (21) | |
| Player of the series | Anil Kumble | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | 7-match series drawn 3–3 | ||
| Most runs |
Robin Smith (305) |
Navjot Sidhu (287) |
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| Most wickets |
Paul Jarvis (15) |
Javagal Srinath (13) | |
| Player of the series | Navjot Singh Sidhu | ||
The English cricket team toured India during January, February and March 1993. The tour was beset by controversy over England's poor performances and results, with selection, tour management, the Indian cuisine and climate, airport industrial action and even players' facial hair being blamed for the lack of success.
As far as squad selection was concerned, the primary focus was the omission of David Gower, who had averaged over 50 in the previous summer's series against Pakistan. His replacement was Dermot Reeve who ended up not even featuring in the Test series. The official reason for leaving Gower out of the squad was that he was "too old", but with veterans Mike Gatting and John Emburey also making the trip, despite having only just returned from a ban for playing cricket in apartheid South Africa, this seemed rather spurious. Questions about it were even raised in Parliament and a special general meeting of the MCC convened, but to no effect, and Gower's presence in India was as a media representative only. Buried beneath this furore was the additional omission of Jack Russell, considered by most to be England's best wicketkeeper, in favour of the largely unheralded Richard Blakey.
Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin was also under considerable pressure heading into the series, after a poor tour of South Africa that led to the Indian media questioning his captaincy, but the tone changed after his match-winning performance in the first Test.
India won the Test series 3–0, keeping the same eleven throughout, and the One Day International series was drawn three games apiece.
Speculation about the future of Azharuddin as captain was quelled as he guided India from a slightly wobbly 93/3 to a defendable 371. His innings of 182 was supported by Sachin Tendulkar, Pravin Amre and Kapil Dev, with whom he added 123, 62, and 68 respectively. None of the England bowlers looked threatening, and the decision to omit a second front-line spinner in order to play four seamers looked flawed, especially when Gooch finally turned to Graeme Hick and he ended up with three wickets, including Azharuddin's.
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