South African cricket team in India in 2005–06 explained

Series Name:South African cricket team in India in 2005–06
Team1 Image:Flag of India.svg
Team1 Name:India
Team2 Image:Flag of South Africa.svg
Team2 Name:South Africa
From Date:14 November 2005
To Date:28 November 2005
Team1 Captain:Graeme Smith
Team2 Captain:Rahul Dravid
No Of Odis:5
Team1 Odis Won:2
Team2 Odis Won:2
Team1 Odis Most Runs:Graeme Smith (209)
Team2 Odis Most Runs:Yuvraj Singh (259)
Team1 Odis Most Wickets:Shaun Pollock (7)
Team2 Odis Most Wickets:Irfan Pathan (6)
Player Of Odi 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"

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.

ODI series

Fourth ODI

A huge Bengali crowd showed support for South Africa in this match.[1] They were angry over Greg Chappell's decision to exclude Saurav Ganguly leading to[2] Chappell–Ganguly controversy. Later Greg allegedly showed midfinger to the crowd.[3]

Fifth ODI

References

  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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Blast from the Past: When the Indian crowd cheered for South Africa at the Eden Gardens. Indrasena. Mukhopadhyay. Sportskeeda.com. 16 November 2021.
  2. Web site: Eden Gardens jeers Indian failure. Rediff.com. 16 November 2021.
  3. Web site: Chappell to be censured over finger gesture. ESPNcricinfo. 16 November 2021.