# Indian cricket team in South Africa in 2006–07

The Indian cricket team toured South Africa for three Tests, five Odis & one T20I from 16 November 2006 to 6 January 2007.
South Africa won the Test series 2–1. After India won the first Test at New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa rallied to win the 2nd Test at Kingsmead in Durban and the third Test at Newlands in Cape Town.
South Africa won the ODI series 4–0, which was India's first ODI series without a win since 1997.
There was also one Twenty20 International, which India won.

## Schedule (The Order It Happened)

| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| Tour Games ||||||
| One Day | 16 Nov 2006 | Ashwell Prince | Rahul Dravid | Willowmoore Park | South Africa won by 37 runs |
| FC match | 7–10 Dec 2006 | Jacques Rudolph | VVS Laxman | Sedgars Park | India won by 96 runs |
| One-day International Series ||||||
| 1st ODI | 19 Nov 2006 | Graeme Smith | Rahul Dravid | New Wanderers Stadium | Match abandoned due to rain. |
| 2nd ODI | 22 Nov 2006 | Graeme Smith | Rahul Dravid | Kingsmead | South Africa won by 157 runs |
| 3rd ODI | 26 Nov 2006 | Graeme Smith | Rahul Dravid | Newlands | South Africa won by 106 runs |
| 4th ODI | 29 Nov 2006 | Graeme Smith | Virender Sehwag | St George's Park | South Africa won by 80 runs |
| 5th ODI | 3 Dec 2006 | Graeme Smith | Virender Sehwag | SuperSport Park | South Africa won by 9 wickets |
| Twenty20 International ||||||
| 1st 20/20 | 1 Dec 2006 | Graeme Smith | Virender Sehwag | New Wanderers Stadium | India won by 6 wickets |
| Test Series ||||||
| 1st Test | 15–19 Dec 2006 | Graeme Smith | Rahul Dravid | New Wanderers Stadium | India won by 123 runs |
| 2nd Test | 26–30 Dec 2006 | Graeme Smith | Rahul Dravid | Kingsmead | South Africa won by 174 runs |
| 3rd Test | 2–6 Jan 2007 | Graeme Smith | Rahul Dravid | Newlands | South Africa won by 5 wickets |

## Squads

* Indian Test Squad
* Rahul Dravid (Captain) | Sachin Tendulkar | Virender Sehwag | V. R. V. Singh | | Sourav Ganguly | Gautam Gambhir | Harbhajan Singh
* Anil Kumble | Wasim Jaffer | Zaheer Khan | Irfan Pathan* | Mahendra Dhoni (wk) | Munaf Patel | Dinesh Karthik (wk) | S Sreesanth | VVS Laxman
* Irfan Pathan was sent back home before the second test due to poor bowling form.
* South Africa ODI Squad
* Graeme Smith (Captain) | Loots Bosman | Mark Boucher (wk) | AB de Villiers (wk) | Boeta Dippenaar | Herschelle Gibbs
* Andrew Hall | Justin Kemp | Jacques Kallis | Charl Langeveldt | André Nel | Makhaya Ntini | Robin Peterson | Shaun Pollock | Ashwell Prince
* South Africa Test Squad
* Graeme Smith (Captain) | Jacques Kallis | Mark Boucher (wk) | Abraham de Villiers | Jacques Rudolph | Herschelle Gibbs
* Andrew Hall | Nicky Boje | Paul Harris | Dale Steyn | André Nel | Makhaya Ntini | Hashim Amla | Shaun Pollock | Ashwell Prince

## Tour Match
### Tour Match: Rest of South Africa v Indians, 16 November

* 16 November (D/N) Scorecard
| Rest of South Africa 255/8 (50 overs) | v | Indians 218 (49.1 overs) |
| Jacques Rudolph 72* (53) Zaheer Khan 3/43 (10 overs) | | Rahul Dravid 79 (99) Dale Steyn 5/22 (10 overs) |
* Rest of South Africa won by 37 runs Willowmoore Park, Benoni Umpires: Ian Howell and Brian Jerling Player of the match: Dale Steyn (Rest of South Africa)
* Rest of South Africa won the toss and decided to bat

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 19 November (D/N) Scorecard
| South Africa | v | India |
* Match abandoned New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Brian Jerling (SA)
* No toss.
* Persistent rain prevented any play.

### 2nd ODI

* 22 November (D/N) Scorecard
| South Africa 248/8 (50 overs) | v | India 91 (29.1 overs) |
| Jacques Kallis 119* (160) Munaf Patel 2/39 (10 overs) | | Sachin Tendulkar 35 (51) André Nel 4/13 (8 overs) |
* South Africa won by 157 runs Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Ian Howell (SA) Player of the match: Jacques Kallis (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first.
* Wasim Jaffer (Ind) made his ODI debut.

### 3rd ODI

* 26 November Scorecard
| South Africa 274/7 (50 overs) | v | India 168 (41.3 overs) |
| Justin Kemp 100* (89) Zaheer Khan 3/42 (10 overs) | | Rahul Dravid 63 (103) Shaun Pollock 4/26 (9 overs) |
* South Africa won by 106 runs Newlands, Cape Town Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Brian Jerling (SA) Player of the match: Justin Kemp (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first.

### 4th ODI

* 29 November (D/N) Scorecard
| South Africa 243/8 (50 overs) | v | India 163 (38.1 overs) |
| Herschelle Gibbs 93* (123) Anil Kumble 2/42 (10 overs) | | Irfan Pathan 47* (55) Justin Kemp 3/21 (4.1 overs) |
* South Africa won by 80 runs St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Brian Jerling (SA) Player of the match: Herschelle Gibbs (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first.
Virender Sehwag captained India after Rahul Dravid was ruled out for rest of the series following an injury. South Africa recovered from a bad start to reach 243 at the end of 50 overs. Gibbs remained unbeaten on 93 while Kallis and Pollock chipped in with 49 and 37 respectively. Anil Kumble was the best bowler for India on the day picking up 2 wickets for 42 runs. Chasing 244 under lights, India got off to a steady start losing their first wicket in the 6th over with 23 runs on the board. Wickets fell at regular intervals and this meant that India never had a chance of overhauling the South African score. Irfan Pathan was the pick of the batsmen scoring 47 runs.

### 5th ODI

* 3 December Scorecard
| India 200/9 (50 overs) | v | South Africa 201/1 (31.2 overs) |
| Sachin Tendulkar 55 (97) Makhaya Ntini 3/32 (10 overs) | | AB de Villiers 92* (98) Harbhajan Singh 1/39 (8 overs) |
* South Africa won by 9 wickets SuperSport Park, Centurion Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Ian Howell (SA) Player of the match: Shaun Pollock (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
India put on another abysmal batting performance scoring just 200 off the allocated 50 overs. Sachin Tendulkar topscored for the visitors with a sedate 55 off 97 balls. Mongia and Dhoni chipped in with useful 40's.
South Africa reached the target in just 31.2 overs. Pollock was named Man of the Match for his bowling performance which included 4 maidens and 2 wickets.
With this victory, South Africa wrapped up the series 4–0 with the first game washed out.

## Only T20I

* 1 December Scorecard
| South Africa 126/9 (20 Overs) | v | India 127/4 (19.5 Overs) |
| Albie Morkel 26 (18) Ajit Agarkar 2/10 (2.3 Overs) | | Dinesh Mongia 38 (45) Charl Langeveldt 2/20 (4 Overs) |
* India won by 6 wickets New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Ian Howell (SA) and Brian Jerling (SA) Player of the match: Dinesh Karthik (Ind)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
* This is India's first T20I match.
* Tyron Henderson (SA), Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Dinesh Mongia, MS Dhoni, Dinesh Karthik, Suresh Raina, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ajit Agarkar and S Sreesanth (Ind) all made their T20I debuts.
* Virender Sehwag (Ind) captained India for the first time in T20Is.
India pulled off its first victory of the tour with a close Twenty20 win after Dinesh Karthik steered India towards victory with a controlled innings by Twenty20 standards. This was India's first Twenty20 International ever.

## Test Series
### Tour Match: Rest of South Africa v India (7–10 December)

* 6–10 December Scorecard
* India won by 96 runs Sedgars Park, Potchefstroom Umpires: Marais Erasmus and Karl Hurter Player of the match: Irfan Pathan (Indians)
* Rest of South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

### First Test

* 15–19 December Scorecard
* India won by 123 runs New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Daryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match: S. Sreesanth (Ind)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.
India beat South Africa by 123 runs and took a 1–0 lead in the series. This was also India's first test victory in South African soil.

### Second Test

* 26–30 December Scorecard
* South Africa won by 174 runs Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak), Mark Benson (Eng) and Ian Howell (SA) Player of the match: Makhaya Ntini (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

### Third Test

* 2–6 January Scorecard
* South Africa won by 5 Wickets Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Daryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match: Graeme Smith (SA)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.