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Pune, which was originally scheduled to host the third Test, hosted the second Test, with Ranchi hosting the third Test match. [6] The three-match T20I series was drawn 1–1, after the first fixture was washed out. [7] In the Test series, India won the first two matches to take an unassailable 2–0 lead. [8]
Follow live coverage of South Africa vs India from the India in South Africa 2023/2024 today. The ICC Test Championship sees nine teams compete across a two-year cycle of matches before a two-team ...
South African cricket team in India in 2007–08 South Africa India Dates 20 March 2008 – 15 April 2008 Captains Graeme Smith Anil Kumble Mahendra Singh Dhoni (3rd Test) Test series Result 3-match series drawn 1–1 Most runs Neil McKenzie (341) Virender Sehwag (372) Most wickets Dale Steyn (15) Harbhajan Singh (19) Player of the series Harbhajan Singh (IND) The South African cricket team ...
South Africa won the third and final Test, also by seven wickets, to win the series 2–1. [10] The day after the end of the third match, Virat Kohli announced that he had stepped down as India's captain in Test cricket. [11] South Africa won the first ODI match by 31 runs, with an unbeaten century by Rassie van der Dussen. [12]
The tour began with the three-match ODI series, with South Africa winning the series 2–0. [a] Quinton de Kock, South Africa's wicket-keeper became the fifth player to score three centuries in consecutive innings of ODIs. South Africa won the Test series 1–0, the first Test ending in a draw.
India ensured an ODI series victory after beating South Africa by 73 runs in the fifth match, after they had already won the first three fixtures. This resulted in India's first ODI series win in South Africa, with India maintaining their number one ranking in the ICC ODI Championship. [24] [25] India went on to win the ODI series 5–1. [26]
South Africa won the Test series 2–0, while India took the ODI series by a 3–2 margin. The ODI series was later marred by a dramatic match fixing scandal. [ 2 ] It was the first time that a visiting Test team had won in India for thirteen years, and the last Test matches to be played by Cronje.
Ajinkya Rahane (Ind) scored his first century on home soil and also became the first batsman to score a century in this Test series. Ajinkya Rahane also became only the 5th Indian batsman, after Vijay Hazare , Sunil Gavaskar , Rahul Dravid & Virat Kohli , to score centuries in both innings of a Test match , and the 81st batsman overall to ...