South African cricket team in India in 2005–06

South African cricket team in India in 2005–06
 
  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)

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]

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

India India [2] South Africa South Africa [3]

ODI series

1st ODI

16 November 2005
Scorecard
India 
249/9 (50 overs)
v
 South Africa
252/5 (48.5 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 103 (122)
Ajit Agarkar 2/55 (9.5 overs)
Jacques Kallis 68 (97)
Shaun Pollock 2/37 (10 overs)
South Africa won by 5 wickets
Vishaka Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: Krishna Hariharan (Ind) and Daryl Harper (Aus)
Player of the match: Yuvraj Singh (Ind)
  • 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

19 November 2005 (D/N)
Scorecard
South Africa 
169/9 (50 overs)
v
 India
171/4 (35.4 overs)
Andrew Hall 32 (43)
Shaun Pollock 1/10 (6 overs)
Virender Sehwag 77 (62)
Irfan Pathan 3/23 (6 overs)
India won by 6 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and Arani Jayaprakash (Ind)
Player of the match: Irfan Pathan (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.

Third ODI

India 
Did not bat
v
 South Africa
Did not bat
  • No toss made.
  • Match abandoned due to rain

Fourth ODI

25 November 2005 (D/N)
Scorecard
India 
188 (45.5 overs)
v
 South Africa
189/0 (35.5 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 53 (78)
Shaun Pollock 3/25 (10 overs)
Graeme Smith 134* (124)
Harbhajan Singh 0/37 (10 overs)
South Africa won by 10 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and Arani Jayaprakash (Ind)
Player of the match: Graeme Smith (SA)
  • 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

28 November 2005 (D/N)
Scorecard
South Africa 
221/6 (50 overs)
v
 India
224/5 (47.3 overs)
Jacques Kallis 91 (146)
Irfan Pathan 3/20 (8 overs)
Rahul Dravid 78* (106)
Andre Nel 2/35 (10 overs)
India won by 5 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and Krishna Hariharan (Ind)
Player of the match: Rahul Dravid (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.

References

  1. ^ Vaidyanathan, Siddhartha (16 November 2005). "Kallis steers South Africa home". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  2. ^ "South Africa open series with win". BBC. 16 November 2005. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  3. ^ Mukhopadhyay, Indrasena. "Blast from the Past: When the Indian crowd cheered for South Africa at the Eden Gardens". Sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Eden Gardens jeers Indian failure". Rediff.com. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Chappell to be censured over finger gesture". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  1. ^ World Cup contenders?, by Oliver Brett, published on BBC Sport 14 November 2005
  2. ^ South Africa Squad from Cricinfo, retrieved 15 December 2005
  3. ^ Gibbs and Boje pull out of India tour published 31 October 2005 on Cricinfo
  4. ^ India Squad from Cricinfo, retrieved 15 December 2005
  5. ^ Hyderabad XI v South Africans scorecard, from Cricinfo, retrieved 15 December 2005
  6. ^ Kallis steers South Africa home, from Cricinfo, published 16 November 2005
  7. ^ 1st ODI: India v South Africa, Run-Rate Comparison, published 25 November 2005
  8. ^ 1st ODI: India v South Africa scorecard, from Cricinfo, retrieved 15 December 2005
  9. ^ 2nd ODI: India v South Africa scorecard, from Cricinfo, retrieved 15 December 2005
  10. ^ 3rd ODI: India v South Africa scorecard, from Cricinfo, retrieved 15 December 2005
  11. ^ 4th ODI: India v South Africa scorecard, from Cricinfo, retrieved 15 December 2005
  12. ^ 5th ODI: India v South Africa scorecard, from Cricinfo, retrieved 15 December 2005