South African cricket team in India in 1999–2000

South Africa cricket team in India in 1999/00
		India		South Africa
Dates		19 February – 19 March 2000
Captains		Sachin Tendulkar		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		Anil Kumble (Ind)
One Day International series
Result		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)

The South Africa national cricket team visited India in 2000 for a 2-match test series and a 5-match ODI series. South Africa whitewashed India in the test series while India won the ODI series.

Squads

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

Tests

1st Test

24–28 February (scorecard)

India	v	South Africa
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) & S Venkataraghavan (Ind) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (IND)

• India won the toss and elected to bat
• Test Debuts: Wasim Jaffer & Murali Kartik (Ind); Nicky Boje (SA)

2nd Test

02–06 March (scorecard)

India	v	South Africa
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: RB Tiffin (Zim) & AV Jayaprakash (Ind) Player of the match: Nicky Boje (SA)

• India won the toss and elected to bat
• Test Debuts: Nikhil Chopra & Mohammad Kaif (Ind)

ODIs

1st ODI

9 March Scorecard

South Africa 301/3 (50 Overs)	v	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 (with 2 balls remaining) Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi Umpires: MR Singh and CR Vijayaraghavan Player of the match: Ajay Jadeja (Ind)

• South Africa won the toss and chose to bat

2nd ODI

12 March Scorecard

South Africa 199/10 (47.2 Overs)	v	India 203/3 (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 (with 17 balls remaining) Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur Umpires: Jasbir Singh and CR Mohite Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly (Ind)

• South Africa won the toss and chose to bat

3rd ODI

15 March Scorecard

India 248/8 (50 overs)	v	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 (with 6 balls remaining) Nahar Singh Stadium, Faridabad Umpires: Vijay Chopra and T. R. Kashyappan Player of the match: Hansie Cronje (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field

4th ODI

17 March Scorecard

South Africa 282/5 (50 Overs)	v	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 (with 1 ball remaining) IPCL Sports Complex Ground, Vadodara Umpires: K Hariharan and I Shivram Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)

• South Africa won the toss and chose to bat

5th ODI

19 March Scorecard

South Africa 320/7 (50 Overs)	v	India 310/10 (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: SK Bansal and F Gomes Player of the match: Lance Klusener (SA)

• India won the toss and chose to field

See also

• South Africa cricket match fixing