BOMBAY: The Indian cricket team for the forthcoming tour of Sri Lanka was named here’ peony: The squad of 16 will be ted by Mohammad Azharuddin with Sachin Tendulkar his deputy.
The five man selection committee comprising Gundappa Vishwanath (chairman), Anshuman Gackwad, Rusi Jecjebhoy, Anand Shuklaand Ravinder Chadhadid Not want to experiment with new faces and stuck to the players who did duty in the memorable series against England and Zimbabwe al home,
- Nagraj, secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), addressing the medi:t after the (cam was named, said the selected players and the four stand byes left arm spinner Maninder Singh, all-rounder Santosh Jedhe, new bull bowlers Ashish Winston Zaidi and Venkatesh Prasad will undergoa 15day training camp at Madras from June 21. The team will leave Madras for Colombo on July 9 to play three Tests and as many one day internationals between July 10 to August 14,
Cricket manager Ajit Wadekar and skipper Azharuddin were also present at the meeting.
On the elevation of Tendulkar as the vice-captain, Wadekar said:
Sachin is captaincy material for the future.”’ and hence needed to be groomed,
Wadekar who was mainly responsible for the upswing in Indian team’s fortunes after the disastrous South African tour, said three specialist spinners Anil kumble, Venkatapathi Raju and Rajesh chowhan will be preferred in Test matches while for the one dyers one of the spinners will make way for a medium pacer.
“The balling looks very strong and even a batsman of Sanjay Manjrekar’s calibre cannot he fitted into the present team,”’ Wadekar said.
The Team; Muhammad Azharuddin (Capt.), Sachin Tendulkar (Vicecapt.), Navjot Singh Sidhu, Manoj Prabhakar, Vinod Kambli, Kapil Dev, J.Srinath, Anil Kumble, Venkalpathi Raju, Vijay Yadav (Wicket Keeper), Rajesh Chowhan, Salil Ankola, Praveen Amre, Kiran More (Wicket Keeper), W.V.Raman and Ajay Sharma.
Stand byes: Santosh Jedhe, A.W Zaidi, Venkatesh Prasad and Maninder Singh Manager:Ajit Wadckar
Article extracted from this publication >> June 11, 1993
