South Africa India Most runs Ashwell Prince (306) | Captains Graeme Smith Most wickets Makhaya Ntini (15) | |
Dates 16 November 2006 – 6 January 2007 Result South Africa won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
The Indian cricket team toured South Africa for three Tests and five ODIs from 16 November 2006 to 6 January 2007.
Contents
- Squads
- 1st ODI 19 November
- 4th ODI 29 November
- Only T20I
- 5th ODI 3 December
- First Test 1519 December
- References
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.
Squads
1st ODI: 19 November
The first ODI was rained out without a ball being bowled, due to persistent rain in Johannesburg. india 444/4
4th ODI: 29 November
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
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
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 Test (15–19 December)
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.