The India national cricket team toured the Pakistan during the 1989–90 cricket season. India played four Test and One Day International matches each,and three other matches between 11 November and 22 December 1989, against the Pakistan cricket team. The Test series was drawn 0–0 and Pakistan won the ODI series 2–0.[1] The tour marked the international debut of Sachin Tendulkar.[2]
| Indians in Pakistan in 1989-90 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 |
 | ||
| India | Pakistan | ||
| Dates | 11 November 1989 – 22 December 1989 | ||
| Captains | K Srikkanth | Imran Khan | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | 4-match series drawn 0–0 | ||
| Most runs | Sanjay Manjrekar (569) | Shoaib Mohammad (412) | |
| Most wickets | Manoj Prabhakar (16) | Wasim Akram (18) | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Pakistan won the 4-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | K Srikkanth (48) | Saeed Anwar (49) | |
| Most wickets |
Imran Khan (5) Aaqib Javed (5) | Manoj Prabhakar (5) | |
Touring party edit
India's 16-member squad for the tour was announced on 5 November 1989. Krishnamachari Srikkanth was retained as captain. Dilip Vengsarkar opted out because of mental and physical staleness, while Arun Lal, Mohinder Amarnath, Atul Wassan and Venkatapathy Raju were excluded. 20-year-old Delhi medium-fast bowler Vivek Razdan, the first player to come through the MRF Pace Foundation, and 16-year-old Mumbai batsman Sachin Tendulkar were added as replacements. Chandu Borde was the tour manager. The party left New Delhi for Lahore on 9 November.[3]
The squad included:[3]
Tour matches edit
One-day: Pakistan XI v India XI edit
The match was played at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore to raise funds for Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, the brainchild of Pakistan captain Imran Khan.[4][3]
Three-day: Cricket Board Patron's XI v Indians edit
11–13 November 1989
Scorecard |
Cricket Board Patron's XI
|
v
|
|
301/4 (62 overs)
Saeed Anwar 150 |
- Cricket Board Patron's XI won the toss and elected to bat.
Exhibition: Pakistan XI v India XI edit
16 December 1989
Scorecard |
v
|
||
Test matches edit
1st Test edit
15–20 November 1989
Scorecard |
v
|
||
- India won the toss and decided to field.
- Salil Ankola and Sachin Tendulkar (both Ind), and Shahid Saeed and Waqar Younis (both Pak) made their Test debuts. Tendulkar became India's youngest ever Test debutant (16 years, 205 days) and third overall.[3]
- Kapil Dev (Ind) became the first bowler to play 100 Tests. He claimed his 350th Test wicket in the match.[5]
- 18 November was a rest day.
2nd Test edit
23–28 November 1989
Scorecard |
v
|
||
- Pakistan won the toss and decided to field.
- Nadeem Abbasi, Naved Anjum (both Pak) and Vivek Razdan (Ind) all made their Test debuts.
- 26 November was a rest day.
3rd Test edit
1–6 December 1989
Scorecard |
v
|
||
- India won the toss and decided to bat.
- Akram Raza and Shahid Mahboob (Pak) both made their test debuts.
- 4 December was a rest day.
4th Test edit
9–14 December 1989
Scorecard |
v
|
||
- Pakistan won the toss and decided to field.
- 12 December was a rest day.
- Vivek Razdan (Ind) took his maiden five-wicket haul in Tests.[3]
One Day Internationals (ODIs) edit
Pakistan won the Wills Challenge 2–0, with one no result and one match abandoned.
1st ODI edit
2nd ODI edit
18 December 1989
Scorecard |
v
|
||
- India won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced before play started to 20 overs per side, and was later reduced to 16 overs per side.
- SA Ankola, V Razdan and SR Tendulkar (all IND) made their ODI debuts.
3rd ODI edit
20 December 1989
Scorecard |
v
|
||
- India won the toss and elected to field.
- Match abandoned due to crowd disruption.
4th ODI edit
22 December 1989
Scorecard |
v
|
||
- India won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced before play started to 37 overs per side.
References edit
- ^ "India tour of Pakistan - Cricket Schedules, Updates, Results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "Two legends make their entrance". ESPNcricinfo. 13 November 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "Test Cricket Tours - India to Pakistan 1989-90". test-cricket-tours.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ "History". Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ "PAKISTAN v INDIA 1989-90". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
External links edit
- Tour page at ESPNcricinfo
- India in Pakistan 1989/90 at CricketArchive (subscription required)