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It was played between South Africa and India. India won the toss and electing to bat first, they registered a score of 176/7. In the second innings, South Africa managed to post a score of 169/8 thus India claimed the victory by 7 runs to win their second T20 World Cup title. Virat Kohli was named Player of the Match for scoring 76 runs off 59 ...
The first semi-final was played between India and South Africa on 25 September 2002. [2] After winning the toss, India decided to bat first and score 261 runs for nine wickets in 50 overs. Sehwag scored 59 runs from 58 balls, including 10 fours; Yuvraj Singh and Rahul Dravid scored 62 and 49 runs respectively.
In return, South Africa made 244. India in their second innings went on to score 421 runs with Cheteshwar Pujara scoring 153 and Virat Kohli making 96, falling four runs short of becoming the first Indian no.4 to hit centuries in both innings of a test match. Their 222-run stand is the highest for India in South Africa in tests.
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]
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.
It was also Quinton de Kock's final Test match, after he announced his retirement from Test cricket with immediate effect following the conclusion of the match. [7] South Africa won the second Test by seven wickets to level the series. [8] It was the first time that South Africa had beaten India in a Test match at the Wanderers Stadium. [9]
It was India's first whitewash in a bilateral Test series against South Africa. [11] South Africa lost the last two Tests by an innings. The last time they had lost consecutive Test matches by an innings margin was during Australia's visit in 1935–36. [12] South Africa returned to India in March 2020 to play three One Day International (ODI ...