South Africa in India ODI Series - 1st ODI

India v South Africa

India won by 3 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

South Africa innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4s 6s SR
G Kirsten c Jadeja b Dravid 115 174 123 12 0 93.49
HH Gibbs c Agarkar b Joshi 111 164 127 11 2 87.40
JH Kallis not out 37 43 30 3 0 123.33
L Klusener c & b Dravid 0 2 4 0 0 0.00
WJ Cronje* not out 19 32 20 0 0 95.00
Extras (lb 6, w 9, nb 4) 19
Total (3 wickets; 50 overs; 208 mins) 301 (6.02 runs per over)
Did not bat SM Pollock, MV Boucher, HS Williams, M Hayward, DN Crookes, N Boje
Fall of wickets1-235 (Gibbs, 39.3 ov), 2-249 (Kirsten, 42.2 ov), 3-249 (Klusener, 42.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
AB Agarkar 7 0 55 0 7.85 (4w)
T Kumaran 5 0 41 0 8.20
A Kumble 8 0 48 0 6.00 (2nb, 1w)
SB Joshi 10 0 52 1 5.20 (1w)
SR Tendulkar 10 0 44 0 4.40 (1nb)
R Dravid 9 1 43 2 4.77
RR Singh 1 0 12 0 12.00 (1nb)
India innings (target: 302 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4s 6s SR
SC Ganguly* c †Boucher b Pollock 31 36 28 6 0 110.71
SR Tendulkar c Williams b Hayward 26 66 25 4 0 104.00
R Dravid c Williams b Cronje 17 19 21 2 0 80.95
SB Joshi run out (Crookes/Williams) 13 26 14 2 0 92.85
M Azharuddin c Pollock b Kallis 42 94 51 2 1 82.35
A Jadeja c Crookes b Cronje 92 142 109 8 3 84.40
RR Singh not out 42 93 43 2 0 97.67
SS Dighe c Cronje b Pollock 5 14 9 0 0 55.55
A Kumble not out 7 13 5 0 0 140.00
Extras (b 1, lb 6, w 13, nb 7) 27
Total (7 wickets; 49.4 overs; 255 mins) 302 (6.08 runs per over)
Did not bat AB Agarkar, T Kumaran
Fall of wickets1-45 (Ganguly, 6.5 ov), 2-70 (Dravid, 11.1 ov), 3-82 (Tendulkar, 12.6 ov), 4-101 (Joshi, 15.4 ov), 5-180 (Azharuddin, 32.6 ov), 6-272 (Jadeja, 44.5 ov), 7-287 (Dighe, 47.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
SM Pollock 9.4 0 59 2 6.10 (1nb)
JH Kallis 6 0 42 1 7.00 (3w)
WJ Cronje 8 0 48 2 6.00 (1w)
M Hayward 6 0 35 1 5.83 (2nb, 5w)
HS Williams 9 1 40 0 4.44 (4nb)
N Boje 6 0 34 0 5.66 (2w)
DN Crookes 5 0 37 0 7.40 (2w)
Match details
Toss South Africa, who chose to bat
Series India led the 5-match series 1-0
Player of the match A Jadeja (India)
Umpires MR Singh and CR Vijayaraghavan
TV umpire LP Verma
Match referee R Subba Row (England)
 
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Mar 18, 2000

South African batsman Gary Kirsten (L) puts an ice pack on his head as the team physiotherapist attends to team-mate Herschelle Gibbs (C) during the drink's break in the first one-day international cricket match between India and South Africa in Cochin 09 March 2000. Despite centuries from openers Kirsten and Gibbs India went onto win the match by 3 wickets

Kirsten cools down in the middle of his innings at Kochi

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Mar 18, 2000

South African batsman Gary Kirsten sweeps a ball on his way to making 115 runs as Indian wicketkeeper Samir Dighe (partly covered) looks on during the first one-day international cricket match between India and South Africa in Cochin 09 March 2000. Despite centuries from both openers Kirsten and Herschelle Gibbs India went onto win the match by 3 wickets

Gary Kirsten sweeps the ball away confidently

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