Freedom Trophy (cricket)

Freedom Trophy
Virat Kohli with The Freedom Trophy
Countries India and South Africa
Administrator BCCI and CSA
Format Test cricket
First tournament 2015-16
Last tournament 2017-18
Next tournament TBA
Tournament format Test Series
Number of teams 2
( India &  South Africa)
Current trophy holder  South Africa (1st title)
Most successful  India and  South Africa (1 title each)
Most runs India Virat Kohli
(486 runs)
Most wickets India Ravichandran Ashwin
(38 wickets)

Freedom Trophy is a cricket trophy that is awarded to the winner of Test series, known as Gandhi-Mandela series[1], between India and South Africa. It was first awarded in 2015. The trophy is dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela, two figures who were pivotal in securing freedom in their respective countries.[2]

Background

BCCI and CSA announced that all future bilateral tours of India and South Africa to be named as Mahatma Gandhi-Nelson Mandela series. The series is named after great leaders of both countries to pay them tribute for playing a major role in winning independence by nonviolence. This has also helped in gaining an "iconic and traditional status" to the series.[3]

The Test Series has been christened as the 'Freedom Trophy'. Freedom for which Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela sacrificed their lives and thereby allowed a nation to be born free from years of bondage and suppression. BCCI, on behalf of every citizen of our country, is able to pay tribute to these great leaders by naming the series after them, and appeals to each and every citizen of our country to imbibe their ideals and follow the path advised by them

— BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur

For the people of both our countries there is no greater duty than to uphold the ideals of both Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela. As cricket-loving people we must fight hard to win on the field of play but never forget to do battle in the spirit of these two great men.

— CSA chief executive, Haroon Lorgat

Pre-Freedom Trophy Test series summary

TourTotalIndia
won		South
Africa
won		Draw
India in South Africa[4]Series6051
Matches15287
South Africa in India[5]Series5212
Matches12552


List of Test series, until 2015

Season: 1992-93, Venue : South Africa, Winner: South Africa. Tests: 4, India: 0, South Africa 1, Drawn 3
Season: 1996-97, Venue : India, Winner: India. Tests: 3, India: 2, South Africa 1, Drawn 0
Season: 1996-97, Venue : South Africa, Winner: South Africa. Tests: 3, India: 0, South Africa 2, Drawn 1
Season: 1999-00, Venue : India, Winner: South Africa. Tests: 2, India: 0, South Africa 2, Drawn 0
Season: 2001-02, Venue : South Africa, Winner: South Africa. Tests: 2, India: 0, South Africa 1, Drawn 1
Season: 2004-05, Venue : India, Winner: India. Tests: 2, India: 1, South Africa 0, Drawn 1

List of Test series, for Freedom Trophy, from 2015

Season Host First Match Tests India South Africa Drawn Result Holder Player of the series
2015–16  India 5 November 2015
4
3
0
1
  India  India India Ravichandran Ashwin
2017–18  South Africa 5 January 2018
3
1
2
0
  South Africa  South Africa South Africa Vernon Philander
2019–20  India October 2019
3
–
–
–
2021–22  South Africa January 2022
3
–
–
–
Total
–
–
7
4
2
1

See also

References

  1. ↑ "BCCI-CSA title bilateral series - "The Mahatma Gandhi-Nelson Mandela Series"". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Freedom Trophy". first post. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Gandhi-Mandela Series". espncricinfo. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  4. ↑ India in South Africa
  5. ↑ South Africa in India
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