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The Freedom Trophy (also known as Gandhi-Mandela trophy) is a cricket trophy that is awarded to the winner of Test series, known as The Freedom Series, [3] between India and South Africa. First awarded in 2015, the trophy is dedicated to famous Indian and South African freedom fighters Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela respectively.
South African cricket team in India in 2015–16 India: South Africa: Dates: 29 September 2015 – 7 December 2015: Captains: Virat Kohli (Tests) MS Dhoni (ODIs, T20Is) Hashim Amla (Tests) AB de Villiers (ODIs) Faf du Plessis (T20Is) Test series; Result: India won the 4-match series 3–0: Most runs: Ajinkya Rahane (266) AB de Villiers (258 ...
The scheme of GGF works on events like "Symposium on Truth and Non-Violence" at school, college and University level in India, "Gandhi Mandela Cricket Peace Series", "Peace rallies" and "UN Quiz" GGF tries to identify the local peace messengers throughout the country and recognize their efforts in promoting communal harmony & spreading ...
As of 2020, four cricketers have been awarded the highest sporting award, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna.The first recipient was Sachin Tendulkar, considered one of the greatest batsmen of all time according to the Encyclopedia Britannica, and the first cricketer to score 100 centuries in international competition. [5]
South African President Nelson Mandela was awarded the Mahatma Gandhi Peace Prize and Bharat Ratna by the Indian government. Both nations have also promoted sporting ties, with the Indian national cricket team and the South Africa national cricket team frequently exchanging visits and participating in cricket tournaments hosted by either country.
The Mandela Trophy was a one-day International cricket tournament which took place from 2 December 1994 to 12 January 1995. [1] The tournament was hosted by South Africa, who were one of the four sides competing, with the others being New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Each side played each other twice before the two with the most points took ...
He also played in tests of Gandhi-Mandela Freedom Trophy 2015. In 2016, he was selected for India's tour of West Indies as a wicket-keeper. [5] In the first test against West Indies, Saha became the third wicket-keeper in Indian cricket history to feature in six dismissals in a test innings. [6]
Gauteng (formerly Transvaal) is the first-class cricket team of the southern parts of Gauteng province of South Africa.The team was called Transvaal from April 1890 to April 1997 (the area north of Johannesburg, including Pretoria being part of the Northerns, formerly Northern Transvaal).