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South African cricket team in India in 2004–05

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South Africa cricket team in India in 2004/05
 
  India South Africa
Dates 14 November – 2 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)

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 Virender Sehwag scored 262 run in two test and becomes player of the series. Harbhajan Singh took highest number of wicket 13.

Squads

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Tests
 India[3]  South Africa[4]

Tests

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1st Test

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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

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28 November – 2 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

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Batting

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Most runs[5]

No Team Player Matches Innings Runs HS Avg SR Balls Faced
1 India Virender Sehwag 2 3 262 164 87.33 71.98 364
2 South Africa Jacques Kallis 2 4 241 121 80.33 41.76 577
3 South Africa Andrew Hall 2 4 217 163 54.25 37.22 583
4 India Rahul Dravid 2 3 181 80 90.50 34.15 530
5 South Africa Graeme Smith 2 4 155 71 38.75 53.08 292

Bowling

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Most wickets[6]

No Team Player Matches Wickets Runs BBI BBM Econ
1 India Harbhajan Singh 2 13 307 7/87 9/141 2.73
2 India Anil Kumble 2 10 341 6/131 6/183 2.44
3 South Africa Makhaya Ntini 2 8 258 4/112 5/123 2.96
4 South Africa Andrew Hall 2 4 163 3/93 3/93 2.92
5 South Africa Shaun Pollock 2 4 223 2/100 2/100 2.47

References

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  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.