The Titan Cup was a triangular one-day international cricket tournament held in India between 17 October and 6 November, 1996. It involved the national cricket teams of South Africa, Australia and India. Although South Africa had won all its round-robin matches, it lost in the final to India.[1] The tournament was sponsored by and named after Titan Industries.
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The Titan Cup was held after the inaugural Border-Gavaskar Trophy test match between India and Australia in New Delhi, which was won by India, and served as the commencement of South Africa's 1996-97 tour of India. Having won the 1996 Pepsi Sharjah Cup and five out of their six matches in the 1996 Cricket World Cup, South Africa were considered favourites in the competition. Australia, the runners-up in the 1996 World Cup, were considered second favourites. India, not having won any ODI competitions in 1996, had seen the team captaincy change hands from veteran Mohammad Azharuddin to the then 22-year old star batsman Sachin Tendulkar.
The South African coaching staff was headed by Bob Woolmer.
The team coach was Madan Lal. Debutants included Karnataka opening batsman Sujith Somasunder and Tamil Nadu all-rounder Robin Singh.
South Africa won all their round-robin matches against India and Australia. Australia did not win any of their matches, losing two of their encounters against India.[1] The India-Australia match in Cuttack was abandoned due to rain, resulting in both teams getting one point each. India qualified for the final against South Africa on the strength of their two round-robin victories against Australia.
| Team | P | W | L | T | NR | NRR | Points |
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| South Africa | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.478 | 12 |
| India | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | -0.289 | 5 |
| Australia | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | -0.296 | 1 |
| 17 October Scorecard |
South Africa 261-7 (50 overs) |
v | India 214 (46.3 overs) |
South Africa wins by 47 runs Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, India Umpires: H.S. Sekhon (India) and R.S. Sharma (India) Player of the match: Gary Kirsten (South Africa) |
| Gary Kirsten 84 (81) Anil Kumble 3/42 (10 overs) |
Rahul Dravid 62 (87) Allan Donald 3/43 (9 overs) |
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| 19 October Scorecard |
Australia 219-7 (50 overs) |
v | South Africa 220-3 (46.1 overs) |
South Africa wins by 7 wickets Nehru Stadium, Indore Umpires: Subroto Banerjee (India) and S.D. Deo (India) Player of the match: Gary Kirsten (South Africa) |
| Michael Bevan 56 (76) Allan Donald 3/57 (10 overs) |
Gary Kirsten 105 (134) Glenn McGrath 2/42 (10 overs) |
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| 21 October Scorecard |
Australia 215-7 (50 overs) |
v | India 216-8 (48.5 overs) |
India wins by 2 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: S.K. Bansal (India) and S.K. Porel (India) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (India) |
| Mark Taylor 105 (144) Venkatesh Prasad 3/37 (10 overs) |
Sachin Tendulkar 88 (111) Damien Fleming 2/39 (10 overs) |
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| 23 October Scorecard |
South Africa 249-6 (50 overs) |
v | India 222-7 (48.5 overs) |
South Africa wins by 27 runs Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: S. Choudhary and J. Kurushinkal Player of the match: Daryll Cullinan (South Africa) |
| Daryll Cullinan 106 (130) Ajay Jadeja 2/47 (8 overs) |
Sachin Tendulkar 64 (93) Brian McMillan 3/32 (9 overs) |
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| 25 October Scorecard |
Australia 215 (47.3 overs) |
v | South Africa 218-8 (47.2 overs) |
South Africa wins by 2 wickets Nahar Singh Stadium, Faridabad Umpires: B.A. Jamula (India) and M.R. Singh (India) Player of the match: Daryll Cullinan (South Africa) |
| Stuart Law 52 (51) Allan Donald 4/31 (8.3 overs) |
Daryll Cullinan 71 (115) Paul Reiffel 4/35 (10 overs) |
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| 27 October Scorecard |
India |
v | Australia |
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack |
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| 29 October Scorecard |
India 185 (48.1 overs) |
v | South Africa 188-5 (48.4 overs) |
South Africa wins by 5 wickets Municipal Stadium, Rajkot Umpires: V. Chopra and B.S.P. Rao Player of the match: Jonathan Rhodes (South Africa) |
| Javagal Srinath 53 (69) Allan Donald 3/31 (9.1 overs) |
Jonathan Rhodes 54 (81) Sunil Joshi 2/32 (10 overs) |
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| 1 November Scorecard |
Australia 238-6 (50 overs) |
v | South Africa 239-2 (45 overs) |
South Africa wins by 8 wickets Nehru Stadium, Guwahati Umpires: K.S.B. Murali and K. Parthasarathy Player of the match: Pat Symcox (South Africa) |
| Michael Bevan 79 (95) Nicky Boje 2/43 (10 overs) |
Lance Klusener 88 (99) Brad Hogg 1/42 (8 overs) |
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| 3 November Scorecard |
India 289-6 (50 overs) |
v | Australia 284 (49.1 overs) |
India wins by 6 runs Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Chandigarh Umpires: A.V. Jayaprakash and S.K. Sharma Player of the match: Mohammad Azharuddin (India) |
| Mohammad Azharuddin 94 (104) Mark Waugh 2/38 (9 overs) |
Mark Taylor 78 (92) Anil Kumble 3/42 (10 overs) |
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| 6 November Scorecard |
India 220-7 (50 overs) |
v | South Africa 185 (47.2 overs) |
India wins by 35 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: V.K. Ramaswamy and S. Venkataraghavan Player of the match: Anil Kumble (India) |
| Sachin Tendulkar 67 (88) Fanie de Villiers 3/32 (10 overs) |
Pat Symcox 46 (61) Anil Kumble 4/25 (8.2 overs) |
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India's Titan Cup win was its first ODI tournament victory in 1996, as well as the first under captain Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar was the lead run-scorer in the tournament, with 320 runs in 6 innings. With 17 wickets, Allan Donald of South Africa bagged the player of the series award.