Match Details
Toss
South Africa , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
3-match series level 1-1
Match number
Season
Match days
27,28,29,30 November, 1 December 1996 (5-day match)
11/26Result
2nd Test, South Africa tour of India at Kolkata, Nov 27 - Dec 1 1996
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![South Africa]( "South Africa")
428 & 367/3d -
![India]( "India")
329 & 137 (53.3 ov)
Player of the Match
11/26Result
2nd Test, South Africa tour of India at Kolkata, Nov 27 - Dec 1 1996
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![South Africa]( "South Africa")
428 & 367/3d -
![India]( "India")
329 & 137 (53.3 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Scorecard Summary
SOUTH AFRICA 428 (121.1 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Andrew Hudson146 (244)
- Gary Kirsten102 (170)
- Anil Kumble2/78 (20.1)
- Venkatesh Prasad6/104 (35)
INDIA 329 (81.2 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Mohammad Azharuddin109 (77)
- Anil Kumble88 (124)
- Allan Donald3/72 (21.2)
- Brian McMillan2/52 (16)
SOUTH AFRICA 367/3d (93.2 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Daryll Cullinan*153 (261)
- Gary Kirsten133 (196)
- Anil Kumble1/101 (32)
- Javagal Srinath1/101 (24.2)
INDIA 137 (53.3 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Mohammad Azharuddin52 (55)
- Rahul Dravid23 (127)
- Lance Klusener8/64 (21.3)
- Pat Symcox1/28 (6)
South Africa tour of India 1996-97 News
Azhar makes Tendulkar a very happy captain
By the time South Africa came to India for their next visit, they hadbeen playing international cricket the world over for five years and hadbecome strong enough to defeat Pakistan and England and had provedcapable of sharing two rubbers with
Sachin's boys too good at home
The Indians dished out home style treatment to the South Africans whenthey came to India in November 1996
Why Azhar stakes a claim for a place in the Indian side
If the selectors go by the performance of the players around the Indian domestic circuit, then they cannot ignore the showing of former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin