Gary Kirsten and Gibbs's 235-run partnership is SA's highest for the 1st wicket in ODIs, breaking the record of 190 between Gary Kirsten and Mike Rindel

603

This is the highest match aggregate (603) involving South Africa & India in ODIs

Victory may prove to be a turning point

The venue was Nagpur and the South Africans were playing India A on their last tour to India

10-Mar-2000•Woorkheri Raman

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Scorecard summary

South Africa • 301/3(50 overs)

115 (123)

2/43 (9)

111 (127)

1/52 (10)

India • 302/7(49.4 overs)

92 (109)

2/48 (8)

42* (43)

2/59 (9.4)

Match details

Nehru Stadium, Kochi
Toss	South Africa, elected to bat first
Series	South Africa tour of India
Season	1999/00
Player Of The Match	Ajay Jadeja
Series result	India led the 5-match series 1-0
Match number	ODI no. 1572
Match days	day (50-over match)
Umpires	MR Singh Rangachari Vijayaraghavan
TV Umpire	Laliteshwar Verma
Match Referee	Raman Subba Row

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India v South Africa, 1999-2000

At Kochi, March 9

Victory may prove to be a turning point

The venue was Nagpur and the South Africans were playing India A on their last tour to India

India win amid scenes of low farce

India won the first ODI against South Africa in a grandstand finish at Kochi's Nehru stadium which ended in a grotesque manner after the teams had walked off thinking the match was over and had to be called back to complete it a second time

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India Innings

Player Name		R	B
SC Ganguly	caught	31	28
SR Tendulkar	caught	26	25
R Dravid	caught	17	21
SB Joshi	run out	13	14
M Azharuddin	caught	42	51
A Jadeja	caught	92	109
RR Singh	not out	42	43
SS Dighe	caught	5	9
A Kumble	not out	7	5
Extras	(b 1, lb 6, nb 7, w 13)
Total	302(7 wkts; 49.4 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
SM Pollock	9.4	0	59	2	6.1 (1 nb)
JH Kallis	6	0	42	1	7
WJ Cronje	8	0	48	2	6
M Hayward	6	0	35	1	5.83 (2 nb)
HS Williams	9	1	40	0	4.44 (4 nb)
N Boje	6	0	34	0	5.66
DN Crookes	5	0	37	0	7.4

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	45	Sachin Tendulkar	Sourav Ganguly
2nd	25	Sachin Tendulkar	Rahul Dravid
3rd	12	Sachin Tendulkar	Sunil Joshi
4th	19	Mohammad Azharuddin	Sunil Joshi
5th	79	Mohammad Azharuddin	Ajay Jadeja
6th	92	Robin Singh	Ajay Jadeja
7th	15	Robin Singh	Sameer Dighe
8th	15	Robin Singh	Anil Kumble

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