The Indian cricket team has started playing against South Africa only a few years back. There were no matches between India and South Africa before that. What do you think was the reason for this?
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India had a policy of not playing against South Africa because of the apartheid govt. They even boycotted a davis cup final against south africa for the same reason
According to me
I might be wrong
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In 1970, the voted to suspend South Africa from international Cricket indefinitely because of its government's policy of , an overtly racist policy, which led them to play only against the white nations, and field only white players. This decision excluded players such as from partaking in international Test Cricket. It would also cause the emigration of future stars like, and, who all played for England, and, who initially played for Australia, before returning to.
The ICC reinstated South Africa as a Test nation in 1991 after the deconstruction of apartheid, and the team played its first sanctioned match since 1970 (and its first ever One-Day International) against in on 10 November 1991.