South African cricket team in India in 1991–92

South African cricket team in India in 1991–92

	India	South Africa
Dates	10 – 14 November 1991
Captains	Mohammad Azharuddin	Clive Rice
One Day International series
Result	India won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Sanjay Manjrekar (158)	Kepler Wessels (211)
Most wickets	Venkatapathy Raju (5)	Allan Donald (9)
Player of the series	Sanjay Manjrekar and Kepler Wessels

The South African cricket team toured India in the 1991-92 season. The tour was significant in that it was South Africa's first official international cricket series since their suspension from the sport in 1970 due to the apartheid policy.

The tour consisted of a series of three One Day International (ODI) matches against the Indian national team and were the first-ever official ODIs played by South Africa. India won the series 2-1, and the Men of the Series were Sanjay Manjrekar of India and Kepler Wessels of South Africa.

Squads

India
Mohammad Azharuddin (c)
Pravin Amre
Kapil Dev
Sanjay Manjrekar
Kiran More (wk)
Chandrakant Pandit (wk)
Manoj Prabhakar
Venkatapathy Raju
Ravi Shastri
Navjot Singh Sidhu
Krishnamachari Srikkanth
Javagal Srinath
Sachin Tendulkar
Dilip Vengsarkar

South Africa
Clive Rice (c)
Jimmy Cook
Allan Donald
Clive Eksteen
Andrew Hudson
Peter Kirsten
Adrian Kuiper
Craig Matthews
Brian McMillan
Dave Richardson (wk)
Tim Shaw
Richard Snell
Kepler Wessels
Mandy Yachad
Ali Bacher (manager)

Match details

1st ODI

10 November 1991
(scorecard)

South Africa 177/8 (47 overs)	v	India 178/7 (40.4 overs)
Kepler Wessels 50 (95) Manoj Prabhakar 2/26 (10 overs)		Sachin Tendulkar 62 (73) Allan Donald 5/29 (8.4 overs)

India won by 3 wickets
Eden Gardens, Calcutta, India
Umpires: V. K. Ramaswamy and R. S. Rathore
Player of the match: Allan Donald and Sachin Tendulkar

Match reduced to 47 overs a side.

The first match was South Africa's first-ever ODI and their first cricket match of any sort against India. The attendance was reported to be over 90,000.^[1] Ten South African players made their ODI debuts (Kepler Wessels had previously played for Australia).

The match was reduced to 47 overs per side. India won the toss and chose to field. South Africa scored 177/8 in their 47 overs with notable contributions from Wessels (50) and Adrian Kuiper (43). In their reply, India started badly with Allan Donald grabbing the first 3 wickets to leave India at 20/3. Sachin Tendulkar (62) and debutant Pravin Amre (55) guided India close to victory and despite Donald dismissing both of them to complete a 5-wicket haul, the lower order finished the game for India to give them a 1-0 lead in the series.

2nd ODI

12 November 1991
(scorecard)

India 223/6 (45 overs)	v	South Africa 185/8 (45 overs)
Kris Srikkanth 68 (86) Allan Donald 3/36 (9 overs)		Kepler Wessels 71 (96) Venkatapathy Raju 3/43 (9 overs)

India won by 38 runs
Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior, India
Umpires: S. K. Bansal and R. V. Ramani
Player of the match: Kepler Wessels

Match reduced to 45 overs a side.

The second match of the series was reduced to 45 overs per side. South Africa won the toss and inserted India. Half-centuries from Kris Srikkanth (68), Navjot Sidhu (61) and Sanjay Manjrekar (52*) helped India to a total of 223/6. In reply, South Africa could only score 185/8 leaving India with a 2-0 lead in the series. Kepler Wessels again top-scored for South Africa with 71.

3rd ODI

14 November 1991
(scorecard)

India 287/4 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 288/2 (46.4 overs)
Ravi Shastri 109 (149) Allan Donald 1/55 (10 overs)		Kepler Wessels 90 (105) Venkatapathy Raju 1/48 (10 overs)

South Africa won by 8 wickets
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi, India
Umpires: Subrata Banerjee and Pilloo Reporter
Player of the match: Kepler Wessels

In the third match, India won the toss and Ravi Shastri, the stand-in captain for the absent Mohammad Azharuddin, chose to bat. Shastri (109), Kris Srikkanth (53) and Sanjay Manjrekar (105) again scored the bulk of the runs with India finishing on 287/4. South Africa reached their target with more than 3 overs to spare thanks to half-centuries from Kepler Wessels (90), Peter Kirsten (86*) and Adrian Kuiper (63*). This was South Africa's first-ever ODI victory.

External links

References

↑ India v South Africa 1st ODI Match Report

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