The Indian Squad was declared for the Australian Tour of 1991-92. The players named were, Md.Azharuddin (C), Ravi Shastri, Kapil Dev, K.Srikanth, Dilip Vengsarkar, Sanjay Manjrekar, Sachin Tendulkar, Manoj Prabhakar, Kiran More (W), Venkatpati Raju, Sourav Ganguly, Javagal Srinath, Subrata Banerji, Narendra Hirwani, and Chandrakanth Pandit.
The first opportunity to play came very soon, in the India vs Australia Board XI match. Board XI batted first. In 50 overs they amassed 254 runs at the loss of 6 wickets. In reply, India could score only 225 runs at the loss of 7 wickets. Jeoff Marsh hit a century in that match. Dilip Vengsarkar was the highest scorer for India with an unbeaten knock of 58 runs. Sourav couldn’t perform in that match. He got out at 2 runs only.
Sourav didn’t get a chance in the playing eleven for the subsequent match against West Australia and the 1st Test at Brisbane. India lost the first Test at Brisbane. Before the 2nd Test Match, India played a 4 days cricket match against Queensland. Sourav got a chance again in that match. India batted first and scored 450 runs at the loss of 9 wickets. Sourav batted 5th down and scored 29 runs, before getting run out. He didn’t get an opportunity to bat in the second innings. That was the last match Sourav Ganguly played in that Australian tour. He was dropped from the Indian Team soon after returning to India.
A young cricketer, like him was rejected without giving him a fair chance to prove himself. And worst, his stay was marred by false allegations and controversies which left a deep scar in the mind and heart of a 19 year old.
The first opportunity to play came very soon, in the India vs Australia Board XI match. Board XI batted first. In 50 overs they amassed 254 runs at the loss of 6 wickets. In reply, India could score only 225 runs at the loss of 7 wickets. Jeoff Marsh hit a century in that match. Dilip Vengsarkar was the highest scorer for India with an unbeaten knock of 58 runs. Sourav couldn’t perform in that match. He got out at 2 runs only.
Sourav didn’t get a chance in the playing eleven for the subsequent match against West Australia and the 1st Test at Brisbane. India lost the first Test at Brisbane. Before the 2nd Test Match, India played a 4 days cricket match against Queensland. Sourav got a chance again in that match. India batted first and scored 450 runs at the loss of 9 wickets. Sourav batted 5th down and scored 29 runs, before getting run out. He didn’t get an opportunity to bat in the second innings. That was the last match Sourav Ganguly played in that Australian tour. He was dropped from the Indian Team soon after returning to India.
A young cricketer, like him was rejected without giving him a fair chance to prove himself. And worst, his stay was marred by false allegations and controversies which left a deep scar in the mind and heart of a 19 year old.
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