India in South Africa 2006–07 | |||
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South Africa | India | ||
Dates | 16 November 2006 – 6 January 2007 | ||
Captains | Graeme Smith | Rahul Dravid (Tests & ODIs) Virender Sehwag (T20I and 2 ODIs) | |
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 (SA) | ||
One Day International series | |||
Results | South Africa won the 5-match series 4–0 | ||
Most runs | AB de Villiers (175) | MS Dhoni (139) | |
Most wickets | Shaun Pollock (10) | Zaheer Khan (6) | |
Player of the series | Shaun Pollock (SA) | ||
Twenty20 International series | |||
Results | India won the 1-match series 1–0 | ||
Most runs | Albie Morkel (27) | Dinesh Mongia (38) | |
Most wickets | Charl Langeveldt (2) | Zaheer Khan (2) Ajit Agarkar (2) | |
Player of the series | Dinesh Karthik (Ind) |
The Indian cricket team toured South Africa for three Tests, five Odis & one T20I 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.
No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
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Tour Games | |||||
One Day | 16 Nov 2006 | Ashwell Prince | Rahul Dravid | Willowmoore Park | 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 |
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 | |
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 Harris | Dale Steyn | André Nel | Makhaya Ntini | Hashim Amla | Shaun Pollock | Ashwell Prince | |
Rest of South Africa 255/8 (50 overs) | v | |
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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.
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.
1 December Scorecard |
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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.
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.
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