The South African cricket team visited India for cricket matches in the 2005–06 season. All the matches were one-day games, with five One Day Internationals and a tour match against a team from Hyderabad. Both sides were coming off series wins, India beating Sri Lanka 6–1 at home while South Africa had enjoyed a 5–0 win over New Zealand. Before the series, the BBC Sport website had a preview which argued that India and South Africa were both "more serious challengers to Australia's crown" as defending World Champions, and that the crowds "could be in for some seriously good cricket" [1]
| South African cricket team in India in 2005–06 | |||
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| India | South Africa | ||
| Dates | 14 November 2005 – 28 November 2005 | ||
| Captains | Graeme Smith | Rahul Dravid | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | 5-match series drawn 2–2 | ||
| Most runs | Graeme Smith (209) | Yuvraj Singh (259) | |
| Most wickets | Shaun Pollock (7) | Irfan Pathan (6) | |
| Player of the series | Yuvraj Singh (Ind) | ||
It was a close series, at any rate – South Africa took the lead twice in the series, but couldn't hold on, and with the third ODI at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium rained off, the series was won by India 3–2. The Man of the Series award was also shared, between Graeme Smith of South Africa and Yuvraj Singh of India, who topped the batting averages of their teams with 209 runs. On the bowling side, Shaun Pollock contributed with seven wickets and nine maiden overs, but went for 5.5 an over in the final ODI, when India were set 222 runs to win in 50 overs.
Squads
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ODI series
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- It was the first international match played in this venue.[1]
- Johan Botha (SA) made his debut in ODIs.
- This was South Africa's 20th successive unbeaten ODI match.[2]
2nd ODI
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
Third ODI
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
A huge Bengali crowd showed support for South Africa in this match.[3] They were angry over Greg Chappell's decision to exclude Saurav Ganguly leading to[4] Chappell–Ganguly controversy. Later Greg allegedly showed midfinger to the crowd.[5]
Fifth ODI
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
References
edit- ^ Vaidyanathan, Siddhartha (16 November 2005). "Kallis steers South Africa home". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ "South Africa open series with win". BBC. 16 November 2005. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ Mukhopadhyay, Indrasena. "Blast from the Past: When the Indian crowd cheered for South Africa at the Eden Gardens". Sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "Eden Gardens jeers Indian failure". Rediff.com. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "Chappell to be censured over finger gesture". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ World Cup contenders?, by Oliver Brett, published on BBC Sport 14 November 2005
- ^ South Africa Squad from Cricinfo, retrieved 15 December 2005
- ^ Gibbs and Boje pull out of India tour published 31 October 2005 on Cricinfo
- ^ India Squad from Cricinfo, retrieved 15 December 2005
- ^ Hyderabad XI v South Africans scorecard, from Cricinfo, retrieved 15 December 2005
- ^ Kallis steers South Africa home, from Cricinfo, published 16 November 2005
- ^ 1st ODI: India v South Africa, Run-Rate Comparison, published 25 November 2005
- ^ 1st ODI: India v South Africa scorecard, from Cricinfo, retrieved 15 December 2005
- ^ 2nd ODI: India v South Africa scorecard, from Cricinfo, retrieved 15 December 2005
- ^ 3rd ODI: India v South Africa scorecard, from Cricinfo, retrieved 15 December 2005
- ^ 4th ODI: India v South Africa scorecard, from Cricinfo, retrieved 15 December 2005
- ^ 5th ODI: India v South Africa scorecard, from Cricinfo, retrieved 15 December 2005