Freedom Trophy | |
Country: | |
Administrator: | BCCI and CSA |
Cricket Format: | Test cricket |
First: | 2015–16 (India) |
Last: | 2021–22 (South Africa) |
Next: | 2023–24(South Africa) |
Tournament Format: | Test Series |
Participants: | 2 |
Most Successful: | (2 series wins each) |
Most Runs: | Virat Kohli (964 runs)[1] |
Most Wickets: | Ravichandran Ashwin (56 wickets)[2] |
The Freedom Trophy (also known as Gandhi-Mandela trophy) is a cricket trophy that is awarded to the winner of Test series, known as The Freedom Series,[3] between India and South Africa. First awarded in 2015, the trophy is dedicated to famous Indian and South African freedom fighters Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela respectively.
Prior to the trophy's inception, India and South Africa had played eleven series, six in South Africa and five in India. The overall record was six South African victories, two Indian victories, and three drawn series.[4] [5]
Season | Host | Tests | India | South Africa | Drawn | Result |
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1992–93 | South Africa | |||||
1996–97 | India | |||||
1996–97 | South Africa | |||||
1999–2000 | South Africa | |||||
2001–02 | South Africa | |||||
2004–05 | India | |||||
2006–07 | South Africa | |||||
2007–08 | Drawn | |||||
2009–10 | Drawn | |||||
2010–11 | Drawn | |||||
2013–14 | South Africa | |||||
Total | 29 | 7 | 13 | 9 |
In 2015 BCCI and CSA announced that all future bilateral tours of India and South Africa to be named as Mahatma Gandhi-Nelson Mandela Bilateral series. The series is played in Test cricket format. The series is named after leaders of both countries to pay tribute to them for playing a major role in winning independence by nonviolence. This has also helped in gaining an "iconic and traditional status" to the series.[6]
Season | Host | First Match | Tests | India | South Africa | Drawn | Result | Holder | Player of the series |
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2015–16 | 5 November 2015 | India | India | Ravichandran Ashwin | |||||
2017–18 | 5 January 2018 | South Africa | South Africa | Vernon Philander | |||||
2019–20 | 2 October 2019 | India | India | Rohit Sharma | |||||
2021–22 | 26 December 2021 | South Africa | South Africa | Keegan Petersen | |||||
2023–24 | 26 December 2023 | Drawn | South Africa | Jasprit Bumrah Dean Elgar | |||||
Played | Won by India | Won by South Africa | Drawn | ||
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Tests in India | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |
Tests in South Africa | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
All Tests | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | |
Series in India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Series in South Africa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
All series | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
As of 4 January 2023[7] |
In India | |||||||||||||
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Stadium | First Test | Last Test | Played | wins | Draws* | wins | Ref | ||||||
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali | 2015-16 | 2015-16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [8] | ||||||
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | 2015-16 | 2015-16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | [9] | ||||||
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur | 2015-16 | 2015-16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [10] | ||||||
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi | 2015-16 | 2015-16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [11] | ||||||
Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, Vishakhapatnam | 2019-20 | 2019-20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [12] | ||||||
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune | 2019-20 | 2019-20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [13] | ||||||
JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi | 2019-20 | 2019-20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [14] | ||||||
In South Africa | |||||||||||||
Stadium | First Test | Last Test | Played | wins | Draws* | wins | Ref | ||||||
Newlands, Cape Town | 2017-18 | 2023-24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | [15] | ||||||
Centurion Park, Centurion | 2017-18 | 2023-24 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | [16] | ||||||
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | 2017-18 | 2021-22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | [17] |