India have dismal record against South Africa

Summary of results:

	Mts	Ind won	SA won	NR
in India	19	11	8	0
in South Africa	16	3	12	1
Elsewhere	15	4	10	1
Total	50	18	30	2

Highest Team Totals:
India:

Score	Overs	Venue	Date
320-7	50	Nagpur	19 Mar 2000
301-3	50	Kochi	09 Mar 2000
288-2	46.4	New Delhi (NS)	14 Nov 1991
288-6	50	Sharjah	14 Apr 1996
287-5	50	Sharjah	19 Apr 1996
282-4	50	East London	19 Oct 2001
282-5	50	Baroda	17 Mar 2000
280-4	48.2	Johannesburg	05 Oct 2001
278-8	50	Durban	13 Feb 1997

South Africa:

Score	Overs	Venue	Date
310	48.5	Nagpur	19 Mar 2000
307-4	50	Dhaka	13 Apr 2003
302-7	49.4	Kochi	09 Mar 2000
295-6	50	Nairobi (Gym)	13 Oct 2000
287-4	50	New Delhi (NS)	14 Nov 1991
283-6	49.5	Baroda (IPCL)	17 Mar 2000

Lowest Team Totals:
India:

Score	Overs	Venue	Date
147	49.4	Port Elizabeth	09 Dec 1992
161-9	50	Johannesburg	13 Dec 1992
164	45.2	Sharjah	22 Mar 2000
164	48.5	Sharjah	27 Mar 2000

South Africa:

Score	Overs	Venue	Date
117	48	Nairobi (Gym)	26 Sep 1999
154	34.5	Dhaka	13 Apr 2003
169-9	50	Bangalore	19 Nov 2005

Highest Match Aggregates:

Aggregate	Overs	Batted 1st	Score	Batted 2nd	Score	Venue	Date
630-17	98.5	SAf	320-7	Ind	310	Nagpur	19 Mar 2000
603-10	99.4	SAf	301-3	Ind	302-7	Kochi	09 Mar 2000

Lowest Match Aggregates: (where some result was possible)

Aggregate	Overs	Batted 1st	Score	Batted 2nd	Score	Venue	Date
237-12	70.4	SAf	117	Ind	120-2	Nairobi (Gym)	26 Sep 1999
295-14	96.2	Ind	147	SA	148-4	Port Elizabeth	09 Dec 1992

Largest Margin of Victory:
India:

Margin	Venue	Date	Batted 1st	Batted 2nd
153 runs	Dhaka	13 Apr 2003	Ind 307-4	SA 154
95 runs	Nairobi (Gym)	13 Oct 2000	Ind 295-6	SA 200
74 runs	Mumbai WS	14 Dec 1996	Ind 267-6	SA 193
43 runs	Mohali	22 Nov 1993	Ind 221	SA 178-9
41 runs	Centurion	10 Oct 2001	Ind 233	SA 192
8 wickets	Nairobi (Gym)	26 Sep 1999	SA 117	Ind 120-2

South Africa:

Margin	Venue	Date	Batted 1st	Batted 2nd
80 runs	Sharjah	14 Apr 1996	SA 288-6	Ind 208-8
47 runs	Hyderabad (LB)	17 Oct 1996	SA 261-7	Ind 214
46 runs	East London	19 Oct 2001	SA 282-4	Ind 236
10 wickets	Sharjah	22 Mar 2000	Ind 164	SA 168-0
10 wickets	Kolkata	25 Nov 2005	Ind 188	SA 189-0
8 wickets	New Delhi (NS)	14 Nov 1991	Ind 287-4	SA 288-2
8 wickets	Bloemfontein	15 Dec 1992	Ind 207-4	SA 208-2

Narrowest Margin of Victory:
India:

Margin	Venue	Date	Batted 1st	Batted 2nd
2 runs	Kolkata	24 Nov 1993	Ind 195	SA 193-9
10 runs	Colombo (RPS)	25 Sep 2002	Ind 261-9	SA 251-6
3 wickets	Kolkata	10 Nov 1991	SA 177-8	Ind 178-7
3 wickets	Kochi	09 Mar 2000	SA 301-3	Ind 302-7

South Africa:

Margin	Venue	Date	Batted 1st	Batted 2nd
10 runs	Nagpur	19 Mar 2000	SA 320-7	Ind 310
14 runs	Hamilton	18 Feb 1995	SA 223-6	Ind 209-9
2 wickets	Faridabad	15 Mar 2000	Ind 248-8	SA 251-8

Most consecutive victories:
India:

Mts	From	To	Captain at start
3	19 Dec 1992	24 Nov 1993	M Azharuddin

South Africa:

Mts	From	To	Captain at start
7	18 Feb 1995	29 Oct 1996	WJ Cronje
4	14 Nov 1991	09 Dec 1992	CEB Rice
3	23 Jan 1997	04 Feb 1997	WJ Cronje
3	13 Dec 1992	17 Dec 1992	KC Wessels
3	19 Mar 2000	27 Mar 2000	WJ Cronje

Most consecutive defeats:
India:

Mts	From	To	Captain at start
7	18 Feb 1995	29 Oct 1996	M Azharuddin
4	14 Nov 1991	09 Dec 1992	RJ Shastri
3	23 Jan 1997	04 Feb 1997	SR Tendulkar
3	13 Dec 1992	17 Dec 1992	M Azharuddin

South Africa:

Mts	From	To	Captain at start
3	19 Dec 1992	24 Nov 1993	KC Wessels

Individual Centuries:
India:

Score	Balls	Batsman	Venue	Date
141*	142	SC Ganguly	Nairobi (Gym)	13 Oct 2000
127	126	SC Ganguly	Johannesburg	05 Oct 2001
122	138	SR Tendulkar	Baroda (IPCL)	17 Mar 2000
114	148	WV Raman	Centurion	11 Dec 1992
114	126	SR Tendulkar	Mumbai WS	14 Dec 1996
109	149	RJ Shastri	New Delhi (NS)	14 Nov 1991
105*	139	SC Ganguly	Jamshedpur	12 Mar 2000
105	82	SV Manjrekar	New Delhi (NS)	14 Nov 1991
103	122	Yuvraj Singh	Hyderabad	16 Nov 2005
101	129	SR Tendulkar	Johannesburg	05 Oct 2001

South Africa:

Score	Balls	Batsman	Venue	Date
134*	124	GC Smith	Kolkata	25 Nov 2005
133*	155	G Kirsten	Johannesburg	05 Oct 2001
116*	119	HH Gibbs	Colombo (RPS)	25 Sep 2002
115*	142	G Kirsten	Sharjah	19 Apr 1996
115	123	G Kirsten	Kochi	09 Mar 2000
111	127	HH Gibbs	Kochi	09 Mar 2000
108	147	AC Hudson	Bloemfontein	15 Dec 1992
106	116	G Kirsten	Sharjah	14 Apr 1996
106	130	DJ Cullinan	Jaipur	23 Oct 1996

Leading run-scorers:
India:

Runs	Batsman	Mts	Inns	NO	Hs	Avg	Balls	SR	100s	50s	0s
1362	SR Tendulkar	45	45	0	122	30.27	1904	71.53	3	5	1
1240	SC Ganguly	26	26	3	141*	53.91	1595	77.74	3	8	1
1116	R Dravid	31	31	3	84	39.86	1686	66.19	0	12	1
1109	M Azharuddin	33	33	2	90	35.77	1589	69.79	0	7	0
741	A Jadeja	32	31	5	92	28.50	1190	62.27	0	3	1

South Africa:

Runs	Batsman	Mts	Inns	NO	Hs	Avg	Balls	SR	100s	50s	0s
1377	G Kirsten	26	26	4	133*	62.59	1798	76.59	4	9	1
981	JH Kallis	24	22	6	97	61.31	1450	67.66	0	8	0
909	WJ Cronje	34	31	10	90	43.29	1128	80.59	0	6	1
822	HH Gibbs	20	19	2	116*	48.35	957	85.89	2	3	0
623	JN Rhodes	31	30	7	57*	27.09	827	75.33	0	3	2
576	AC Hudson	22	21	0	108	27.43	942	61.15	1	3	3
568	KC Wessels	13	13	1	90	47.33	1004	56.57	0	6	0
555	DJ Cullinan	16	15	0	106	37.00	814	68.18	1	4	0

Record Partnership for each wicket:
India:

Wkt	Runs	Players		Venue	Season
1st	193	SC Ganguly	SR Tendulkar	Johannesburg	05 Oct 2001
2nd	180	SR Tendulkar	R Dravid	Nagpur	19 Mar 2000
3rd	88	SC Ganguly	R Dravid	Jamshedpur	12 Mar 2000
4th	105	R Dravid	M Azharuddin	Port Elizabeth	02 Feb 1997
5th	110*	M Kaif	D Mongia	Dhaka	13 Apr 2003
6th	92	A Jadeja	RR Singh	Kochi	09 Mar 2000
7th	51	A Jadeja	NR Mongia	Mumbai WS	06 Nov 1996
8th	39	Yuvraj Singh	AB Agarkar	Hyderabad	16 Nov 2005
9th	32	KS More	A Kumble	Port Elizabeth	09 Dec 1992
10th	62	A Jadeja	J Srinath	Sharjah	22 Mar 2000

South Africa:

Wkt	Runs	Players		Venue	Season
1st	235	G Kirsten	HH Gibbs	Kochi	09 Mar 2000
2nd	178*	HH Gibbs	JH Kallis	Colombo (RPS)	25 Sep 2002
3rd	113	DJ Cullinan	WJ Cronje	Jaipur	23 Oct 1996
4th	154	G Kirsten	WJ Cronje	Sharjah	14 Apr 1996
5th	107	ND McKenzie	MV Boucher	Dhaka	18 Apr 2003
6th	84*	JH Kallis	JM Kemp	Hyderabad	16 Nov 2005
7th	114	MV Boucher	L Klusener	Nagpur	19 Mar 2000
8th	88	DJ Richardson	PL Symcox	Mumbai WS	06 Nov 1996
9th	20	N Boje	R Telemachus	Nairobi (Gym)	13 Oct 2000
10th	21*	DJ Richardson	AA Donald	Mohali	22 Nov 1993

Best Bowling in a match:
India:

Wkts	Runs	Balls	Bowler	Venue	Date
5	6	60	SB Joshi	Nairobi (Gym)	26 Sep 1999
4	25	50	A Kumble	Mumbai WS	06 Nov 1996
4	27	48	BKV Prasad	Mumbai WS	14 Dec 1996
4	38	60	SB Joshi	Jamshedpur	12 Mar 2000
4	40	60	A Kumble	Hamilton	18 Feb 1995
4	56	60	SR Tendulkar	Faridabad	15 Mar 2000

South Africa:

Wkts	Runs	Balls	Bowler	Venue	Date
5	29	52	AA Donald	Kolkata	10 Nov 1991
5	32	60	WJ Cronje	Cape Town	07 Dec 1992
5	37	59	SM Pollock	Centurion	10 Oct 2001
5	42	52	L Klusener	Bloemfontein	23 Jan 1997
4	31	60	N Hayward	Sharjah	27 Mar 2000
4	32	58	BM McMillan	Port Elizabeth	09 Dec 1992
4	49	55	AC Dawson	Dhaka	18 Apr 2003

Leading wicket-takers:
India:

Wkts	Bowler	Mts	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Best	5W	Ave	SR	RpO
44	A Kumble	37	2076	10	1373	4-25	0	31.20	47.18	3.97
28	J Srinath	33	1744	12	1407	2-34	0	50.25	62.29	4.84
25	BKV Prasad	20	1056	13	778	4-27	0	31.12	42.24	4.42
20	SB Joshi	14	732	7	564	5-6	1	28.20	36.60	4.62
17	Harbhajan Singh	11	582	3	353	3-27	0	20.76	34.24	3.64

South Africa:

Wkts	Bowler	Mts	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Best	5W	Ave	SR	RpO
46	AA Donald	26	1441	22	973	5-29	1	21.15	31.33	4.05
38	SM Pollock	29	1527	19	1092	5-37	1	28.74	40.18	4.29
31	L Klusener	23	886	2	745	5-42	1	24.03	28.58	5.05
21	PS de Villiers	17	930	21	514	3-19	0	24.48	44.29	3.32
20	WJ Cronje	34	1074	5	782	5-32	1	39.10	53.70	4.37
17	JH Kallis	24	950	7	794	2-23	0	46.71	55.88	5.01
17	M Ntini	13	689	7	518	3-36	0	30.47	40.53	4.51

Best all-round performance in a match:
India:

Performance	Player	Venue	Season
59 & 3-25	V Sehwag	Colombo (RPS)	25 Sep 2002
37 & 3-28	V Sehwag	Dhaka	13 Apr 2003
37 & 3-23	IK Pathan	Bangalore	19 Nov 2005
30 & 3-23	Kapil Dev	Durban	17 Dec 1992

South Africa:

Performance	Player	Venue	Season
75* & 3-59	L Klusener	Nagpur	19 Mar 2000
48* & 3-36	AJ Hall	Kolkata	25 Nov 2005
39 & 3-29	WJ Cronje	Mohali	22 Nov 1993
25 & 3-47	DN Crookes	Nairobi (Gym)	03 Oct 1999

Most Dismissals by a 'keeper in a match:
India:

Dismissals	Keeper	Venue	Date
4 (all ct)	SS Dighe	Jamshedpur	12 Mar 2000
3 (2 ct + 1 st)	V Dahiya	Nairobi (Gym)	13 Oct 2000

South Africa:

Dismissals	Keeper	Venue	Date
3 (all ct)	DJ Richardson	Durban	17 Dec 1992
3 (all ct)	MV Boucher	Sharjah	27 Mar 2000

Most catches by a fielder in a match:
India:

Ct	Player	Venue	Date
3	M Azharuddin	Mumbai WS	06 Nov 1996
3	Yuvraj Singh	Colombo (RPS)	25 Sep 2002

South Africa:

Ct	Player	Venue	Date
3	G Kirsten	Sharjah	17 Apr 1996

Most Man of the Match awards:
India:

MoMs	Player
4	SC Ganguly
3	SR Tendulkar

South Africa:

MoMs	Player
5	G Kirsten
3	WJ Cronje
3	JN Rhodes

Captains:
India:

Captain	Mts	Won	Lost	NR	Won%	Lost%	Toss	Toss%
M Azharuddin	17	6	11	0	35.29	64.71	9	52.94
RJ Shastri	1	0	1	0	0.00	100.00	1	100.00
SR Tendulkar	10	2	7	1	20.00	70.00	7	70.00
A Jadeja	2	1	1	0	50.00	50.00	1	50.00
SC Ganguly	16	7	8	1	43.75	50.00	9	56.25
R Dravid	4	2	2	0	50.00	50.00	2	50.00

South Africa:

Captain	Mts	Won	Lost	NR	Won%	Lost%	Toss	Toss%
CEB Rice	3	1	2	0	33.33	66.66	1	33.33
KC Wessels	10	6	4	0	60.00	40.00	4	40.00
WJ Cronje	24	17	6	1	70.83	25.00	11	45.83
SM Pollock	6	3	3	0	50.00	50.00	3	50.00
GC Smith	7	3	3	1	42.86	42.86	2	28.57

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