| South African cricket team in India in 1996–97 | |||
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| India | South Africa | ||
| Dates | 17 October – 14 December 1996 | ||
| Captains | Sachin Tendulkar | Hansie Cronje | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | India won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Mohammad Azharuddin (388) | Gary Kirsten (322) | |
| Most wickets | Javagal Srinath (17) | Paul Adams (14) | |
| Player of the series | Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | India won the 1-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Sachin Tendulkar (114) | Andrew Hudson (45) | |
| Most wickets | Venkatesh Prasad (4) | Paul Adams (2) | |
| Player of the series | — | ||
TheSouth African cricket team toured India during the 1996–97 cricket season, playing threeTest matches and oneOne Day International (ODI). The tour was South Africa's second international cricket series in India, following a visit in 1991–92, and included their first Test appearances against India on thesubcontinent.[1] India had previously toured South Africa in 1992–93, losing the Test series 0–1.[1]
The tour began with theTitan Cup, a triangular ODI tournament which includedAustralia on 17 October 1996.[2] South Africa won all its round-robin matches—three each against India and Australia—but lost to India in the final.[2] India'sSachin Tendulkar was the leading run-scorer in the tournament with 320 runs. South Africa'sAllan Donald was the highest wicket-taker with 17 wickets and received the player of the series award.[2]
India won the Test series, winning the first and third match.[3] Several players, includingHerschelle Gibbs,Lance Klusener andVVS Laxman, made their Test debuts. Laxman scored a fifty in the second innings of the first Test and Klusener picked up eight wickets for 64 runs in the second innings of the second Test atKolkata.[4] The figures remain the fourth best by any bowler on debut.[5]Mohammad Azharuddin was named theMan of the Test series after scoring 388 runs at anaverage of 77.60;[6]Javagal Srinath was the most successful bowler collecting 17wickets at anaverage of 20.94.[7]
At the end of the tour, South Africa played India in abenefit match forMohinder Amarnath at theWankhede Stadium inMumbai. India won the ODI by 74 runs; Tendulkar went on to score 114 and was selected the man of the match.[8]
10–12 November 1996 Scorecard |
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South Africans won by 245 runs Nehru Stadium,Kochi Umpires: SCR Vijayaraghavan and P. Radhakrishnan Player of the match:Hansie Cronje (South Africans) |
15–17 November 1996 Scorecard |
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70/0 (16.4 overs) Gary Kirsten 37* (49) |
South Africans won by 10 wickets IPCL Sports Complex Ground,Vadodara Umpires:Jasbir Singh and Deepak Kumar Kar |
3–5 December 1996 Scorecard |
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20–24 November 1996 Scorecard |
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India won by 64 runs Gujarat Stadium,Ahmedabad Umpires:S. K. Bansal (Ind) andGeorge Sharp (Eng) Player of the match:Javagal Srinath (Ind) |
27 November–1 December 1996 Scorecard |
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South Africa won by 329 runs Eden Gardens,Kolkata Umpires:B. C. Cooray (Ind) andV. K. Ramaswamy (Ind) Player of the match:Gary Kirsten (SA) |
8–12 December 1996 Scorecard |
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India won by 280 runs Green Park Stadium,Kanpur Umpires:David Shepherd andSrinivas Venkataraghavan Player of the match:Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind) |
14 December 1996 Scorecard |
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India won by 74 runs Wankhede Stadium,Mumbai Umpires:K. Parthasarathy andSubroto Porel Player of the match:Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) |
