Indian cricket team in South Africa in 2006–07

India in South Africa 2006–07

	South Africa	India
Dates	16 November 2006 – 6 January 2007
Captains	Graeme Smith	Rahul Dravid
Test series
Result	South Africa won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Ashwell Prince (306)	Sourav Ganguly (214)
Most wickets	Makhaya Ntini (15)	S Sreesanth (18)
Player of the series	Shaun Pollock
One Day International series
Result	South Africa won the 5-match series 4–0
Most runs	AB de Villiers (175)	MS Dhoni (139)
Most wickets	SM Pollock (10)	Z Khan (6)
Player of the series	Shaun Pollock
Twenty20 International series
Result	India won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs	JA Morkel (27)	D Mongia (38)
Most wickets	CK Langeveldt (2)	Z Khan (2) A Agarkar (2)
Player of the series	Dinesh Karthik

The Indian cricket team toured South Africa for three Tests and five ODIs from 16 November 2006 to 6 January 2007.

South Africa won the Test series 2—1. After India won the first Test at New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa rallied to win the 2nd Test at Kingsmead in Durban and the third Test at Newlands in Cape Town.

South Africa won the ODI series 4–0, which was India's first ODI series without a win since 1997.

There was also one Twenty20 International, which India won.

Schedule

No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Tour Games
One Day	16 Nov 2006	Ashwell Prince	Rahul Dravid	Willowmoore Park	Rest of SA won by 37 runs
FC match	7–10 Dec 2006	Jacques Rudolph	VVS Laxman	Sedgars Park	India won by 96 runs
One-day International Series
1st ODI	19 Nov 2006	Graeme Smith	Rahul Dravid	New Wanderers Stadium	Match abandoned due to rain.
2nd ODI	22 Nov 2006	Graeme Smith	Rahul Dravid	Kingsmead	South Africa won by 157 runs
3rd ODI	26 Nov 2006	Graeme Smith	Rahul Dravid	Newlands	South Africa won by 106 runs
4th ODI	29 Nov 2006	Graeme Smith	Virender Sehwag	St George's Park	South Africa won by 80 runs
5th ODI	3 Dec 2006	Graeme Smith	Virender Sehwag	SuperSport Park	South Africa won by 9 wickets
Twenty20 International
1st 20/20	1 Dec 2006	Graeme Smith	Virender Sehwag	New Wanderers Stadium	India won by 6 wickets
Test Series
1st Test	15–19 Dec 2006	Graeme Smith	Rahul Dravid	New Wanderers Stadium	India won by 123 runs
2nd Test	26–30 Dec 2006	Graeme Smith	Rahul Dravid	Kingsmead	South Africa won by 174 runs
3rd Test	2–6 Jan 2007	Graeme Smith	Rahul Dravid	Newlands	South Africa won by 5 wickets

Squads

Indian ODI Squad^[1]
Rahul Dravid (Captain) \| Sachin Tendulkar \| Virender Sehwag \| Suresh Raina \| Mohammad Kaif \| Ajit Agarkar \| Dinesh Mongia \| Harbhajan Singh Anil Kumble \| Wasim Jaffer \| Zaheer Khan \| Mahendra Dhoni (wk) \| Irfan Pathan \| Munaf Patel \| Dinesh Karthik (wk) \| S Sreesanth \| VVS Laxman^[2]

Indian Test Squad^[3]
Rahul Dravid (Captain) \| Sachin Tendulkar \| Virender Sehwag \| V. R. V. Singh \| \| Sourav Ganguly \| Gautam Gambhir \| Harbhajan Singh Anil Kumble \| Wasim Jaffer \| Zaheer Khan \| Irfan Pathan* \| Mahendra Dhoni (wk) \| Munaf Patel \| Dinesh Karthik (wk) \| S Sreesanth \| VVS Laxman

Irfan Pathan sent back home before the second test due to poor bowling form.

South Africa ODI Squad^[4]
Graeme Smith (Captain) \| Loots Bosman \| Mark Boucher (wk) \| AB de Villiers (wk) \| Boeta Dippenaar^[5] \| Herschelle Gibbs Andrew Hall \| Justin Kemp \| Jacques Kallis \| Charl Langeveldt \| André Nel \| Makhaya Ntini \| Robin Peterson \| Shaun Pollock \| Ashwell Prince

South Africa Test Squad^[6]
Graeme Smith (Captain) \| Jacques Kallis \| Mark Boucher (wk) \| Abraham de Villiers \| Jacques Rudolph \| Herschelle Gibbs Andrew Hall \| Nicky Boje \| Paul Adams \| Dale Steyn \| André Nel \| Makhaya Ntini \| Hashim Amla \| Shaun Pollock \| Ashwell Prince

Limited Over Matches

Tour Match: South Africa A v Indians, 16 November

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1st ODI: 19 November

The first ODI was rained out without a ball being bowled, due to persistent rain in Johannesburg.^[7] india 444/4

2nd ODI: 22 November

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3rd ODI: 26 November

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4th ODI: 29 November

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Virender Sehwag captained India after Rahul Dravid was ruled out for rest of the series following an injury. South Africa recovered from a bad start to reach 243 at the end of 50 overs. Gibbs remained unbeaten on 93 while Kallis and Pollock chipped in with 49 and 37 respectively. Anil Kumble was the best bowler for India on the day picking up 2 wickets for 42 runs. Chasing 244 under lights, India got off to a steady start losing their first wicket in the 6th over with 23 runs on the board. Wickets fell at regular intervals and this meant that India never had a chance of overhauling the South African score. Irfan Pathan was the pick of the batsmen scoring 47 runs.

Only T20I

1 December
Scorecard

South Africa 126/9 (20 Overs)	v	India 127/4 (19.5 Overs)
Albie Morkel 26 (18) Charl Langeveldt 2/20 (4 Overs)		Dinesh Mongia 38 (45) Ajit Agarkar 2/10 (2.3 Overs)

India won by 6 wickets
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Ian Howell (SA) and Brian Jerling (SA)
Player of the match: Dinesh Karthik (Ind)

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
India's first T20I match.

India pulled off its first victory of the tour with a close Twenty20 win after Dinesh Karthik steered India towards victory with a controlled innings by Twenty20 standards. This was India's first Twenty20 International ever.

5th ODI: 3 December

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India put on another abysmal batting performance scoring just 200 off the allocated 50 overs. Sachin Tendulkar topscored for the visitors with a sedate 55 off 97 balls. Mongia and Dhoni chipped in with useful 40's.

South Africa reached the target in just 31.2 overs. Pollock was named Man of the Match for his bowling performance which included 4 maidens and 2 wickets.

With this victory, South Africa wrapped up the series 4–0 with the first game washed out.

First Class Matches

Tour Match: Rest of South Africa v Indians (7–10 December)

7–10 December

India	v	Rest of South Africa
316/7 (85 overs) IK Pathan 111* (176) M Morkel 19–2–74–4		138 (31.4 overs) VB van Jaarsveld 52 (57) S Sreesanth 11.4–3–55–4
142 (53.4 overs) IK Pathan 40* (66) AC Thomas 21.4–6–56–7		224 (48.5 overs) VB van Jaarsveld 66 (70) Z Khan 13–5–36–3

India won by 96 runs^[8]
Sedgars Park, Potchefstroom, South Africa
Umpires: M Erasmus (RSA) and KH Hurter (RSA)
Player of the match: IK Pathan (IND)

First Test (15–19 December)

15–19 December

India	v	South Africa
249 (79.5 overs) SC Ganguly 51* (101) SM Pollock 17.5–7–39–4		84 (25.1 overs) AG Prince 24 (60) S Sreesanth 10–3–40–5
236 (64.4 overs) VVS Laxman 73 (154) SM Pollock 16–4–33–3		278 (86.5 overs) AG Prince 97 (223) A Kumble 20–4–54–3

India won by 123 runs^[9]
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa
Umpires: MR Benson (ENG) and DJ Harper (AUS)
Player of the match: S Sreesanth (IND)

India beat South Africa by 123 runs and took a 1–0 lead in the series. This was also India's first test victory in South African soil.

Second Test (26–30 December)

26–30 December

South Africa	v	India
328 (91.3 overs) AG Prince 121 (212) S Sreesanth 24–4–109–4		240 (77.5 overs) SR Tendulkar 63 (115) M Ntini 15–4–41–3
265/8 (67.4 overs) SM Pollock 63 (99) S Sreesanth 19–3–80–4		179 (55.1 overs) MS Dhoni 47 (67) M Ntini 19–6–48–5

South Africa won by 174 runs^[10]
Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa
Umpires: A Rauf (PAK) and MR Benson (ENG)
Player of the match: M Ntini (RSA)

Third Test (2–6 January)

2–6 January

India	v	South Africa
414 (131.1 overs) W Jaffer 116 (244) SM Pollock 29.1–9–75–4		373 (128.3 overs) GC Smith 94 (142) A Kumble 42.3–6–117–4
169 (64 overs) R Dravid 47 (134) DW Steyn 7–0–30–4		211/5 (64.1 overs) GC Smith 55 (84) Z Khan 21–2–62–4

South Africa won by 5 wickets^[11]
Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa
Umpires: A Rauf (PAK) and DJ Harper (AUS)
Player of the match: GC Smith (RSA)

Notes

↑ Jaffer, Zaheer and Kumble added to ODI squad, retrieved from Cricinfo, 30 October 2006
↑ VVS Laxman was flown in as a replacement for Dravid following an injury during the 3rd ODI
↑ Ganguly in, Laxman appointed vice-captain, retrieved from Cricinfo, 30 November 2006
↑ South Africa name unchanged squad, retrieved from BBC, 8 November 2006
↑ Prince replaced Dippenaar for the last 2 ODIs
↑ South Africa announce Test squad, retrieved from Cricinfo, 7 December 2006
↑ 1st ODI : Bulletin, retrieved from Cricinfo, 19 November 2006
↑ Tour Match: Rest of South Africa v Indians at Potchefstroom, December 7–10, 2006
↑ 1st Test: South Africa v Indians at Johannesburg, December 15–19, 2006
↑ 2nd Test: South Africa v Indians at Durban, December 26–30, 2006
↑ 3rd Test: South Africa v Indians at Cape Town, January 2–6, 2006

External links

South Africa Vs India 2006–07 Fastest Live Scores with ball by ball simulation, animation and more

International cricket in 2006–07

Preceding season: International cricket in 2005–06

September 2006	DLF Cup South Africa v Zimbabwe

October 2006	Champions Trophy

November 2006	Pakistan v West Indies Kenya v Bermuda South Africa v India Australia v England Associates Tri-Series (South Africa) Bangladesh v Zimbabwe

December 2006	New Zealand v Sri Lanka Bangladesh v Scotland

January 2007	South Africa v Pakistan Commonwealth Bank Series India v West Indies Associates Tri-Series (Kenya) World Cricket League Div One

February 2007	Zimbabwe v Bangladesh India v Sri Lanka Chappell–Hadlee Trophy Tri-Series in West Indies

March 2007	2007 Cricket World Cup

Following season: International cricket in 2007

International cricket tours of South Africa

Test and LOI tours

Australia	1902–03 1919 1921–22 1935–36 1949–50 1957–58 1966–67 1969–70 1993–94 1996–97 1999–2000 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2011–12 2013–14 2015–16 2016–17

Bangladesh	2002–03 2008–09

England	1888–89 1891–92 1895–96 1898–99 1905–06 1909–10 1913–14 1922–23 1927–28 1930–31 1938–39 1948–49 1956–57 1964–65 1995–96 1999–2000 2004–05 2009–10 2015–16 2019–20

India	1992–93 1996–97 2001–02 2006–07 2010–11 2013–14 2017–18

Kenya	2001–02 2008–09

New Zealand	1953–54 1961–62 1994–95 2000–01 2005–06 2007–08 2012–13 2015 2016

Pakistan	1994–95 1997–98 2002–03 2006–07 2012–13 2013–14

Sri Lanka	1994–95 1997–98 2000–01 2002–03 2011–12 2016–17 2018–19

West Indies	1998–99 2003–04 2007–08 2014–15

Zimbabwe	1999–2000 2004–05 2006–07 2009–10 2010–11

Tournaments hosted

Multiple teams	1997 2003 2007 2009

Other tours

Note: during the isolation of South Africa from international cricket between 1970 and 1991, there were seven unofficial tours (italicised below) by various teams, known as the South African rebel tours.

Australian	1985–86 1986–87

Bangladeshi	2000–01

Dutch	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 2000–01 2001–02 2003–04 2005–06

English	1924–25 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1981–82 1989–90 1999–2000

Irish	2000–01 2011–12 2016–17

Kenyan	1995–96

Multi-national	1959–60

Namibian	1992–93 1993–94

Scottish	1991–92 1992–93 2012–13

Sri Lankan	1982–83

West Indian	1982–83 1983–84

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