Indian cricket team in South Africa in 1996–97

India in South Africa 1996-97

	South Africa	India
Dates	26 December 1996 – 30 January 1997
Captains	Hansie Cronje	Sachin Tendulkar
Test series
Result	South Africa won the 3-match series 2–0
Most runs	Brian McMillan (296)	Rahul Dravid (277)
Most wickets	Allan Donald (20)	Javagal Srinath (18)
Player of the series	Allan Donald

The Indian cricket team toured South Africa during the 1996–97 season, playing three Tests from 26 December 1996 to 30 January 1997. Prior to the series, India toured South Africa in the 1992–93 season, losing the Test series 0–1.^[1] India was led by Sachin Tendulkar while South Africa was led by Hansie Cronje. The series was Tendulkar's first overseas Test tour as captain and third overall.^[2] The tour began with a Test series, consisting of three matches. South Africa won the first two matches by a huge margin, thereby winning the series 2–1, while the final Test ended in a draw. At the end of the series, Brian McMillan of South Africa emerged as the top run-scorer with 296 runs, with an average of 98.66.^[3] He was closely followed by fellow team member Daryl Cullinan with 291 runs and India's Rahul Dravid (277 runs).^[3] Allan Donald and Javagal Srinath finished the series as top wicket-takers capturing 20 and 18 wickets respectively.^[4] The former was named "man of the series".^[5]

The Test series was followed by a triangular One-Day tournament, which included Zimbabwe as the third team.^[6] South Africa won all its round-robin matches, and played against India in the finals;^[6] they defeated India by 17 runs to win the title.^[7] Donald once again ended up as the leading wicket-taker in the tournament with 18 wickets,^[8] while Cronje was declared "man of the series".^[7]

Test matches

1st Test

26–28 December 1996
scorecard

South Africa	v	India
235 (86 overs) Andrew Hudson 80 Venkatesh Prasad 5/60 (19 overs)		100 (39.1 overs) Sourav Ganguly 16 Allan Donald 5/40 (16 overs)
259 (70 overs) Adam Bacher 55 Venkatesh Prasad 5/93 (25 overs)		66 (34.1 overs) Rahul Dravid 27 Allan Donald 4/14 (11.1 overs)

South Africa won by 328 runs
Kingsmead, Durban
Umpires: RS Dunne, DL Orchard
Player of the match: Andrew Hudson

India won the toss and decided to field

After India won the toss and elected to field first, South Africa were bowled out for 235 runs. India managed just 100 runs in their first innings. South Africa in their second innings made 259, setting a target of 395 for India. India ended up scoring 66 runs, their fourth lowest total in Tests,^[9] thereby losing the match by 328 runs.

2nd Test

2–6 January 1997
Scorecard

South Africa	v	India
529/7 d. (162.5 overs) Gary Kirsten 103 Venkatesh Prasad 3/114 (36 overs)		359 (92.2 overs) Sachin Tendulkar 169 Paul Adams 2/49 (18 overs)
256/6 d. (72 overs) Brian McMillan 59 Javagal Srinath 3/78 (18 overs)		144 (66.2 overs) VVS Laxman 35 Allan Donald 3/40 (18 overs)

South Africa won by 282 runs
Newlands, Cape Town
Umpires: Daryl Hair, Rudi Koertzen
Player of the match: Brian McMillan

South Africa won the toss and decided to bat

3rd Test

16–20 January 1997
scorecard

India	v	South Africa
410 (150.3 overs) Rahul Dravid 148 Lance Klusener 3/75 (27 overs)		321 (89.1 overs) Shaun Pollock 79 Javagal Srinath 5/104 (25.1 overs)
266/8 d. (83 overs) Rahul Dravid 81 Allan Donald 3/38 (18 overs)		228/8 (68 overs) Daryl Cullinan 122 Anil Kumble 3/40 (23 overs)

Match drawn
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: CJ Mitchley, Peter Willey
Player of the match: Rahul Dravid

India won the toss and decided to bat

References

↑ Kumar, Rajesh. "India-South Africa Tests — Head to Head". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
↑ "SR Tendulkar as captain in Test matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
1 2 "Records / India in South Africa Test Series, 1996/97 / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
↑ "Records / India in South Africa Test Series, 1996/97 / Most wickets". EPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
↑ Vasu, Anand. "South Africa dominated from the word go". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
1 2 "Standard Bank International One-Day Series, 1996-97". Wisden. Reprinted by ESPNcricinfo. 1998. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
1 2 "Standard Bank International One-Day Series - Final". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
↑ "Records / Standard Bank International One-Day Series, 1996/97 / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
↑ "Records / Test matches / Team records / Lowest innings totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 September 2013.

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