South African cricket team in India in 2009–10

South African cricket team in India in 2009–10
	India	South Africa
Dates	2 February 2010 – 27 February 2010
Captains	MS Dhoni	GC Smith(Tests) JH Kallis (ODIs)
Test series
Result	2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	V Sehwag (290)	HM Amla (494)
Most wickets	H Singh (10)	DW Steyn (11)
Player of the series	HM Amla (SA)
One Day International series
Results	India won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Sachin Tendulkar (204)	AB de Villiers (241)
Most wickets	RA Jadeja (5) S Sreesanth (5)	LL Tsotsobe (3) JH Kallis (3) RE van der Merwe (3) WD Parnell (3) DW Steyn (3)
Player of the series	Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)

The South Africa national cricket team toured India for a two-match Test series, and a three-match One Day International (ODI) series in February 2010. ^[1]

Squads

South Africa Batsmen Graeme Smith (captain) Hashim Amla Loots Bosman AB de Villiers JP Duminy Herschelle Gibbs Alviro Petersen Ashwell Prince All-rounders Johan Botha Jacques Kallis Ryan McLaren Albie Morkel Wicket-keepers Mark Boucher Bowlers Paul Harris Roelof van der Merwe Morné Morkel Wayne Parnell Dale Steyn Lonwabo Tsotsobe

India Batsmen Subramaniam Badrinath Gautam Gambhir VVS Laxman Virender Sehwag Sachin Tendulkar Murali Vijay Wicket-keepers MS Dhoni (captain) Wriddhiman Saha Bowlers Zaheer Khan Amit Mishra Abhimanyu Mithun Pragyan Ojha Ishant Sharma Harbhajan Singh Sudeep Tyagi

Tour matches

2-day: Board President's XI v South Africans

2–3 February 2010 Scorecard

Board President's XI	v	South Africans
318 (74.4 overs) Abhishek Nayar 100 (140) Morné Morkel 3/24 (7.4 overs)		354 (82 overs) Hashim Amla 72 (122) Piyush Chawla 4/88 (18 overs)

Match drawn Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur Umpires: Sudhir Asnani and Ulhas Gandhe

Test series

1st Test

6–10 February Scorecard

South Africa	v	India
558/6d (176 overs) HM Amla 253* (473) Z Khan 4/96 [31]		233 (64.4 overs) V Sehwag 109 (139) DW Steyn 7/51 [16.4]
		319 (107.1 overs) (f/o) SR Tendulkar 100 (179) DW Steyn 3/57 [18.1]

South Africa won by an innings and 6 runs Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur Umpires: SJ Davis (Aus) and IJ Gould (Eng) Player of the match: HM Amla (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat
• Subramaniam Badrinath and Wriddhiman Saha made Test cricket debuts for Indian cricket team.
• Hashim Amla accumulated the highest Test score by a South African in India by scoring in 253* runs.
• This was India's first Test defeat under the leadership of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

2nd Test

14–18 February Scorecard

South Africa	v	India
296 (85 overs) HM Amla 114 (166) Z Khan 4/90 [22]		643/6d (153 overs) V Sehwag 165 (174) M Morkel 2/115 [26]
289 (131.3 overs) HM Amla 127* (394) H Singh 5/59 [48.3]

India won by an innings and 58 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: SJ Davis (Aus) and IJ Gould (Eng) Player of the match: HM Amla

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
• Alviro Petersen's score of 100 in the first innings is the third highest by a South African cricketer on a Test debut. ^[2]
• The partnership of 249 runs between Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag is the highest partnership for 3rd wicket at the Eden Gardens. ^[3]
• Hashim Amla scored 494 runs throughout the series, having been dismissed only once, retaining an average of 494, the second highest batting average ever in a Test series, after Wally Hammond. ^[4]

ODI series

1st ODI

21 February 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard

India   298/9 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 297/10 (50 overs)
SK Raina 58 (63) JH Kallis 3/29 [7]		JH Kallis 89 (97) RA Jadeja 2/29 [10]

India won by 1 run Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: AM Saheba (Ind) and SK Tarapore (Ind)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

2nd ODI

24 February 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard

India   401/3 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 248 (42.5 overs)
SR Tendulkar 200* (147) WD Parnell 2/95 [10]		AB de Villiers 114* (101) S Sreesanth 3/49 [7]

India won by 153 runs Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior Umpires: IJ Gould (Eng) and SK Tarapore (Ind)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) became the first men's cricketer ever to score a double century in ODIs.

3rd ODI

27 February 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard

South Africa   365/2 (50 overs)	v	India 275 (44.3 overs)
JH Kallis 104* (94) RA Jadeja 1/53 [10]		V Kohli 57 (71) DW Steyn 3/37 [8]

South Africa won by 90 runs Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad Umpires: IJ Gould (Eng) and SS Hazare (Ind) Player of the match: AB de Villiers (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first.

Media coverage

Television

• NEO Cricket (live) - India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Hong Kong (China) and UAE
• Doordarshan (live) (only one-day matches) - India
• Sky Sports (live) - Ireland and the United Kingdom
• Zee Sports (live) - United States of America
• Supersport (live) – South Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe
• Setanta Sports Australia (live) - Australia
• GEO Super (live) - Pakistan
• Astro Box Office (pay per view) - Malaysia
• StarHub (pay per view) - Singapore

References

1. "South Africa tour of India 2009/10 / Fixtures". Cricinfo . Retrieved 27 January 2010.
2. "Highest scores for South African Test debutants". Cricinfo.
3. "Highest partnerships for 3rd wicket at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata". Cricinfo.
4. "India overcome South Africa's defiance to win nailbiter in Kolkata". The Guardian . 18 February 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2010.