South Africa in India ODI Series - 1st ODI
India won by 3 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
- ODI no. 1572 | 1999/00 season
- Played at Nehru Stadium, Kochi
- 9 March 2000 (50-over match)
| 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 | ||||||
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| 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 | ||||||
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| 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 |
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Toss South Africa, who chose to bat Series India led the 5-match series 1-0 |
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Player of the match
A Jadeja (India) |
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Umpires
MR Singh and CR Vijayaraghavan TV umpire LP Verma Match referee R Subba Row (England) |
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Match Coverage
Photos
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Mar 18, 2000 
Kirsten cools down in the middle of his innings at Kochi © AFP |
Mar 18, 2000 
Gary Kirsten sweeps the ball away confidently © AFP |
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