South African cricket team in India in 2004–05

The South Africa national cricket team visited India in 2004 for a 2-match test series.[1] India won the test series with 1-0.[2] Indian cricketer Virendra Sehwag scored 262 run in two test and becomes player of the series. Harbhajan Singh took highest number of wicket 13.

South Africa cricket team in India in 2004/05
 
  India South Africa
Dates 14 November – 02 December 2004
Captains Sourav Ganguly Graeme Smith
Test series
Result India won the 2-match series 1–0
Most runs Virender Sehwag (262) Jacques Kallis (241)
Most wickets Harbhajan Singh (13) Makhaya Ntini (8)
Player of the series Virender Sehwag (Ind)

Squads
Tests
 India[3]  South Africa[4]

Tests

1st Test
20–24 November
(scorecard)
v
510/9 dec (190.4 overs)
Andrew Hall 163 (454)
Anil Kumble 6/131 (54 overs)
466 (134.4 overs)
Virender Sehwag 164 (228)
Makhaya Ntini 3/135 (39 overs)
169/4 (64 overs)
Andrew Hall 47 (100)
Murali Kartik 2/17 (14 overs)
Match Drawn
Green Park, Kanpur
Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus), Simon Taufel (Aus) & Arani Jayaprakash(Ind)
Player of the match: Andrew Hall (SA)

2nd Test
28 November – 02 December
(scorecard)
v
305 (121.3 overs)
Jacques Kallis 121 (259)
Irfan Pathan 3/72 (31 overs)
411 (150.1 overs)
Virender Sehwag 88 (118)
Makhaya Ntini 4/112 (44 overs)
222 (74.4 overs)
Graeme Smith 71 (124)
Harbhajan Singh 7/87 (30 overs)
120/2 (39.4 overs)
Rahul Dravid 47 (104)
Makhaya Ntini 1/11 (4 overs)
 India won by 8 wickets
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus), Simon Taufel (Aus) & Ivaturi Shivram (Ind)
Player of the match: Harbhajan Singh (Ind)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat
  • Test Debuts: Hashim Amla (SA)

Statistics

Batting

Most runs[5]

No Team PlayerMatchesInningsRunsHSAvg SRBalls Faced
1 Virender Sehwag2326216487.33 71.98364
2 Jacques Kallis2424112180.33 41.76577
3 Andrew Hall2421716354.25 37.22583
4 Rahul Dravid231818090.50 34.15530
5 Graeme Smith241557138.75 53.08292

Bowling

Most wickets[6]

No Team PlayerMatchesWicketsRunsBBIBBMEcon
1 Harbhajan Singh2133077/879/1412.73
2 Anil Kumble2103416/1316/1832.44
3 Makhaya Ntini282584/1125/1232.96
4 Andrew Hall241633/933/932.92
5 Shaun Pollock242232/1002/1002.47

References
  1. Tournament Fixtures
  2. Result Summary
  3. Indian Test Squad
  4. South African Test Squad
  5. "Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  6. "Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
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