result
2nd Test, Kolkata, Nov 27 - Dec 1 1996, South Africa tour of India
428 & 367/3d
(53.3 ov, target 467)329 & 137
South Africa won by 329 runs
player of the match

South Africa
Match centreÂ
Eden Gardens, Kolkata | |
Toss | South Africa, elected to bat first |
Series | South Africa tour of India |
Season | 1996/97 |
Player Of The Match | ![]() Gary Kirsten |
Series result | 3-match series level 1-1 |
Match number | TEST No. 1341 |
Match days | Â - day match (5-day match) |
Test debut | ![]() Herschelle Gibbs![]() Lance Klusener |
Umpires | ![]() B.C. Cooray![]() V.K.Ramaswamy |
TV Umpire | ![]() Subroto Porel |
Match Referee | ![]() John Reid |
Player Name | R | B | |
NR Mongia | caught | 8 | 57 |
R Dravid | bowled | 23 | 127 |
SC Ganguly | caught | 0 | 4 |
SR Tendulkar | caught | 2 | 25 |
VVS Laxman | bowled | 1 | 5 |
M Azharuddin | caught | 52 | 55 |
SB Joshi | caught | 1 | 8 |
A Kumble | bowled | 17 | 22 |
J Srinath | caught | 19 | 24 |
BKV Prasad | not out | 3 | 3 |
ND Hirwani | bowled | 0 | 2 |
Extras | (lb 2, nb 9) | ||
Total | 137(10 wkts; 53.3 ovs) |
Player Name | O | M | R | W | Econ |
BM McMillan | 19 | 8 | 33 | 1 | 1.74 (2 nb) |
L Klusener | 21.3 | 4 | 64 | 8 | 2.98 (10 nb) |
WJ Cronje | 7 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1.43 |
PL Symcox | 6 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 4.67 |
WKT | RUNS | Players | |
1st | 17 | Nayan Mongia | Rahul Dravid |
2nd | 1 | Sourav Ganguly | Rahul Dravid |
3rd | 9 | Sachin Tendulkar | Rahul Dravid |
4th | 1 | Rahul Dravid | VVS Laxman |
5th | 60 | Mohammad Azharuddin | Rahul Dravid |
6th | 4 | Mohammad Azharuddin | Sunil Joshi |
7th | 5 | Mohammad Azharuddin | Anil Kumble |
8th | 35 | Anil Kumble | Javagal Srinath |
9th | 5 | Anil Kumble | Venkatesh Prasad |
10th | 0 | Narendra Hirwani | Venkatesh Prasad |