South African cricket team in India in 1999–2000

The South Africa national cricket team visited India in 2000 for a two-match Test series and a five-match ODI series.[1] The Test teams were led by Hansie Cronje and Sachin Tendulkar respectively for South Africa and India, while the latter's ODI side was led by Sourav Ganguly. South Africa won the Test series 2–0, while India took the ODI series by a 3–2 margin. The ODI series was later marred by a dramatic match fixing scandal.[2] It was the first time that a visiting Test team had won in India for thirteen years, and the last Test matches to be played by Cronje.[3]

South Africa cricket team in India in 1999–2000
 
  India South Africa
Dates 19 February – 19 March 2000
Captains Sachin Tendulkar (Tests)
Sourav Ganguly (ODIs)
Hansie Cronje
Test series
Result South Africa won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs Sachin Tendulkar (146) Gary Kirsten (149)
Most wickets Anil Kumble (12) Shaun Pollock (9)
Player of the series Jacques Kallis (SA)
One Day International series
Results India won the 5-match series 3–2
Most runs Sourav Ganguly (285) Gary Kirsten (281)
Most wickets Sunil Joshi (8) Shaun Pollock (6)
Player of the series Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)

Squads

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Test squads ODI squads
  India   South Africa   India   South Africa
Sachin Tendulkar (c) Hansie Cronje (c) Sachin Tendulkar Hansie Cronje (c)
Rahul Dravid Gary Kirsten Sourav Ganguly (c) Gary Kirsten
Mohammad Azharuddin Jacques Kallis Rahul Dravid Jacques Kallis
Sourav Ganguly Lance Klusener Ajay Jadeja Lance Klusener
Wasim Jaffer Mark Boucher (w/k) Robin Singh Herschelle Gibbs
Javagal Srinath Nicky Boje Sunil Joshi Nicky Boje
Nayan Mongia (w/k) Herschelle Gibbs Mohammad Azharuddin Mark Boucher (w/k)
Anil Kumble Daryll Cullinan Sridharan Sriram Dale Benkenstein
Ajay Jadeja Allan Donald Nikhil Chopra Derek Crookes
Mohammad Kaif Shaun Pollock Javagal Srinath Shaun Pollock
VVS Laxman Pieter Strydom Saba Karim (w/k) Neil McKenzie
Murali Kartik Clive Eksteen Anil Kumble Pieter Strydom
Nikhil Chopra Nantie Hayward Venkatesh Prasad Steve Elworthy
Ajit Agarkar Ajit Agarkar Nantie Hayward
Sameer Dighe (w/k) Henry Williams
T Kumaran

Tour match

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19–21 February 2000
Scorecard
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293/6d (91 overs)
Gary Kirsten 56 (79)
Harbhajan Singh 2/88 (24 overs)
172 (53.2 overs)
Harbhajan Singh 38 (44)
Nantie Hayward 4/68 (17 overs)
207/5d (63 overs)
Pieter Strydom 63* (114)
Debashish Mohanty 2/30 (12 overs)
181/8 (65 overs)
Wasim Jaffer 47 (106)
Clive Eksteen 5/79 (28 overs)
Match drawn
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: K. Murali and Sundaram Ravi
  • South Africans won the toss and elected to bat.

Test series

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1st Test

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24–28 February 2000
Scorecard
India  
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225 (79.2 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 97 (163)
Jacques Kallis 3/30 (16 overs)
176 (64 overs)
Gary Kirsten 50 (139)
Sachin Tendulkar 3/10 (5 overs)
113 (50.2 overs)
Rahul Dravid 37 (127)
Shaun Pollock 4/24 (12.2 overs)
164/6 (63 overs)
Herschelle Gibbs 46 (75)
Anil Kumble 4/56 (28 overs)
South Africa won by 4 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: David Shepherd (Eng) and S. Venkataraghavan (Ind)
Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)

2nd Test

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2–6 March 2000
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India  
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158 (82.3 overs)
Anil Kumble 36 (93)
Nicky Boje 2/10 (15 overs)
479 (191.4 overs)
Lance Klusener 97 (169)
Anil Kumble 6/143 (68.4 overs)
250 (101 overs)
Mohammad Azharuddin 102 (170)
Nicky Boje 5/83 (38 overs)
South Africa won by an innings and 71 runs
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Russell Tiffin (Zim) and A. V. Jayaprakash (Ind)
Player of the match: Nicky Boje (SA)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Nikhil Chopra and Mohammad Kaif (both Ind) made their Test debut.
  • Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) surpassed Javed Miandad (Pak) to become the youngest player to reach 6,000 runs in Tests (26 years, 313 days).[6]
  • Gary Kirsten became the first South Africa player to reach 4,000 runs in Tests.[6]
  • Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind) played his last Test. His century meant, as of 2020, he is among only five players to have scored hundreds in their first and final Tests.[7]

ODI series

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1st ODI

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9 March
Scorecard
South Africa  
301/3 (50 overs)
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  India
302/7 (49.2 overs)
Gary Kirsten 115 (123)
Rahul Dravid 2/43 (9 overs)
Ajay Jadeja 92 (109)
Hansie Cronje 2/48 (8 overs)
India won by 3 wickets
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi
Umpires: M. R. Singh (Ind) and C. R. Vijayaraghavan (Ind)
Player of the match: Ajay Jadeja (Ind)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd ODI

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12 March
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South Africa  
199 (47.2 overs)
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  India
203/4 (47.1 overs)
Hansie Cronje 71 (86)
Sunil Joshi 4/38 (10 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 105* (139)
Shaun Pollock 1/25 (8 overs)
India won by 6 wickets
Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur
Umpires: Jasbir Singh (Ind) and C. R. Mohite (Ind)
Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly (Ind)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
  • This was India's first win in six ODIs played at this venue.[8]

3rd ODI

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15 March
Scorecard
India  
248/8 (50 overs)
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  South Africa
251/8 (48 overs)
Rahul Dravid 73 (109)
Jacques Kallis 2/37 (10 overs)
Gary Kirsten 93 (111)
Sachin Tendulkar 4/56 (10 overs)
South Africa won by 2 wickets
Nahar Singh Stadium, Faridabad
Umpires: Vijay Chopra (Ind) and T. R. Kashyappan (Ind)
Player of the match: Hansie Cronje (SA)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
  • This was T. R. Kashyappan's first ODI as an umpire.
  • South Africa were set a target of 249 in 49 overs; they were fined one over due to slow over rate.

4th ODI

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17 March
Scorecard
South Africa  
282/5 (50 overs)
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  India
283/6 (49.5 overs)
Jacques Kallis 81 (106)
Sunil Joshi 2/69 (10 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 122 (138)
Shaun Pollock 2/54 (9 overs)
India won by 4 wickets
IPCL Sports Complex Ground, Vadodara
Umpires: Krishna Hariharan (Ind) and Ivaturi Shivram (Ind)
Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Gary Kirsten (SA) completed 1,000 ODI runs against India.[9]
  • Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar's partnership of 153 runs was India's highest against South Africa for the first wicket,[9] before the same pair surpassed it in 2001 (193).[10]
  • Sachin Tendulkar scored his 25th ODI century.[9]

5th ODI

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19 March
Scorecard
South Africa  
320/7 (50 overs)
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  India
310 (48.5 overs)
Lance Klusener 75 (58)
Anil Kumble 2/61 (10 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 93 (89)
Lance Klusener 3/59 (9 overs)
South Africa won by 10 runs
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Umpires: S. K. Bansal (Ind) and Francis Gomes (Ind)
Player of the match: Lance Klusener (SA)
  • India won the toss and chose to field.
  • Herschelle Gibbs scored the fastest half-century by a South Africa batsman in ODIs (30 balls).[11]
  • Mark Boucher's 68 was the highest individual score by a South Africa wicket-keeper in ODIs, surpassing Dave Richardson's 53.[11]
  • Lance Klusener's 75 was the highest by any South Africa player batting at number eight, surpassing Shaun Pollock's 66, and highest against India.[11]
  • Lance Klusener passed 2,000 runs in ODIs. He also became the second South Africa player to complete the double of 2,000 runs and 100 wickets in ODIs.[11]
  • Mark Boucher and Lance Klusener's partnership of 114 runs was the highest for the 7th wicket for South Africa and by any team against India for that wicket in ODIs.[11]
  • Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) became the second batsman to complete 9,000 runs, and third to complete 1,000 runs against South Africa in ODIs.[11]
  • Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid's partnership of 180 runs was the highest for second wicket against South Africa by any side.[11]
  • This was India's highest total against South Africa in ODIs (310).[11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Tournament Fixtures
  2. ^ Result Summary
  3. ^ "Shane's shame". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Gupta, Rajneesh (28 February 2000). "Ist Test: India v South Africa, Statistical highlights". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  5. ^ Gupta, Rajneesh (28 February 2000). "Mongia completes the double". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  6. ^ a b Gupta, Rajneesh (8 March 2000). "Statistical Highlights: 2nd Test, India v South Africa". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Centuries in debut & farewell Tests: Alastair Cook fifth batsman to achieve rare feat". The Times of India. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Second One-Day International, India v South Africa, 1999-2000". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  9. ^ a b c Gupta, Rajneesh. "Statistical highlights - India v South Africa 4th One Day International". ESPNcricinfo. p. 18 March 2000. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Partnership records | One-Day Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h Gupta, Rajneesh. "Statistical highlights - India v South Africa 5th One Day International". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 12 March 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
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