# South African cricket team in India in 1999–2000

The South Africa national cricket team visited India in 2000 for a two-match Test series and a five-match ODI series. The Test teams were led by Hansie Cronje and Sachin Tendulkar respectively for South Africa and India, while the latter's ODI side was led by Sourav Ganguly. South Africa won the Test series 2–0, while India took the ODI series by a 3–2 margin. The ODI series was later marred by a dramatic match fixing scandal. It was the first time that a visiting Test team had won in India for thirteen years, and the last Test matches to be played by Cronje.

## Squads

| Test squads | Test squads | ODI squads | ODI squads |
| India | South Africa | India | South Africa |
| Sachin Tendulkar (c) | Hansie Cronje (c) | Sachin Tendulkar | Hansie Cronje (c) |
| Rahul Dravid | Gary Kirsten | Sourav Ganguly (c) | Gary Kirsten |
| Mohammad Azharuddin | Jacques Kallis | Rahul Dravid | Jacques Kallis |
| Sourav Ganguly | Lance Klusener | Ajay Jadeja | Lance Klusener |
| Wasim Jaffer | Mark Boucher (w/k) | Robin Singh | Herschelle Gibbs |
| Javagal Srinath | Nicky Boje | Sunil Joshi | Nicky Boje |
| Nayan Mongia (w/k) | Herschelle Gibbs | Mohammad Azharuddin | Mark Boucher (w/k) |
| Anil Kumble | Daryll Cullinan | Sridharan Sriram | Dale Benkenstein |
| Ajay Jadeja | Allan Donald | Nikhil Chopra | Derek Crookes |
| Mohammad Kaif | Shaun Pollock | Javagal Srinath | Shaun Pollock |
| VVS Laxman | Pieter Strydom | Saba Karim (w/k) | Neil McKenzie |
| Murali Kartik | Clive Eksteen | Anil Kumble | Pieter Strydom |
| Nikhil Chopra | Nantie Hayward | Venkatesh Prasad | Steve Elworthy |
| Ajit Agarkar | | Ajit Agarkar | Nantie Hayward |
| | | Sameer Dighe (w/k) | Henry Williams |
| | | T Kumaran | |

## Tour match

* 19–21 February 2000 Scorecard
* Match drawn Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: K. Murali and Sundaram Ravi
* South Africans won the toss and elected to bat.

## Test series
### 1st Test

* 24–28 February 2000 Scorecard
* South Africa won by 4 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: David Shepherd (Eng) and S. Venkataraghavan (Ind) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.
* Wasim Jaffer and Murali Kartik (both Ind), and Nicky Boje (SA) made their Test debut.
* David Shepherd (Eng) officiated his 50th Test.
* Nayan Mongia became the third India wicket-keeper to complete 100 dismissals in Tests.
* Ajit Agarkar and Murali Kartik's 52-run partnership in the first innings was India's against South Africa for that wicket in Tests.
* Hansie Cronje was dismissed for a duck for the eighth time in Tests, the most for any captain.
* Javagal Srinath became the first Indian bowler to claim 50 wickets against South Africa in Tests.
* Anil Kumble surpassed Kapil Dev to become the bowler with most wickets in India in Tests (104).
* Jacques Kallis (SA) passed 2,000 runs in Tests.
* This was India's narrowest defeat in Tests at home, in terms of wickets (4).

### 2nd Test

* 2–6 March 2000 Scorecard
* South Africa won by an innings and 71 runs M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Russell Tiffin (Zim) and A. V. Jayaprakash (Ind) Player of the match: Nicky Boje (SA)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.
* Nikhil Chopra and Mohammad Kaif (both Ind) made their Test debut.
* Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) surpassed Javed Miandad (Pak) to become the youngest player to reach 6,000 runs in Tests (26 years, 313 days).
* Gary Kirsten became the first South Africa player to reach 4,000 runs in Tests.
* Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind) played his last Test. His century meant, as of 2020, he is among only five players to have scored hundreds in their first and final Tests.

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 9 March Scorecard
| South Africa 301/3 (50 overs) | v | India 302/7 (49.2 overs) |
| Gary Kirsten 115 (123) Rahul Dravid 2/43 (9 overs) | | Ajay Jadeja 92 (109) Hansie Cronje 2/48 (8 overs) |
* India won by 3 wickets Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi Umpires: M. R. Singh (Ind) and C. R. Vijayaraghavan (Ind) Player of the match: Ajay Jadeja (Ind)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

### 2nd ODI

* 12 March Scorecard
| South Africa 199 (47.2 overs) | v | India 203/4 (47.1 overs) |
| Hansie Cronje 71 (86) Sunil Joshi 4/38 (10 overs) | | Sourav Ganguly 105* (139) Shaun Pollock 1/25 (8 overs) |
* India won by 6 wickets Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur Umpires: Jasbir Singh (Ind) and C. R. Mohite (Ind) Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly (Ind)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
* This was India's first win in six ODIs played at this venue.

### 3rd ODI

* 15 March Scorecard
| India 248/8 (50 overs) | v | South Africa 251/8 (48 overs) |
| Rahul Dravid 73 (109) Jacques Kallis 2/37 (10 overs) | | Gary Kirsten 93 (111) Sachin Tendulkar 4/56 (10 overs) |
* South Africa won by 2 wickets Nahar Singh Stadium, Faridabad Umpires: Vijay Chopra (Ind) and T. R. Kashyappan (Ind) Player of the match: Hansie Cronje (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
* This was T. R. Kashyappan's first ODI as an umpire.
* South Africa were set a target of 249 in 49 overs; they were fined one over due to slow over rate.

### 4th ODI

* 17 March Scorecard
| South Africa 282/5 (50 overs) | v | India 283/6 (49.5 overs) |
| Jacques Kallis 81 (106) Sunil Joshi 2/69 (10 overs) | | Sachin Tendulkar 122 (138) Shaun Pollock 2/54 (9 overs) |
* India won by 4 wickets IPCL Sports Complex Ground, Vadodara Umpires: Krishna Hariharan (Ind) and Ivaturi Shivram (Ind) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
* Gary Kirsten (SA) completed 1,000 ODI runs against India.
* Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar's partnership of 153 runs was India's highest against South Africa for the first wicket, before the same pair surpassed it in 2001 (193).
* Sachin Tendulkar scored his 25th ODI century.

### 5th ODI

* 19 March Scorecard
| South Africa 320/7 (50 overs) | v | India 310 (48.5 overs) |
| Lance Klusener 75 (58) Anil Kumble 2/61 (10 overs) | | Sachin Tendulkar 93 (89) Lance Klusener 3/59 (9 overs) |
* South Africa won by 10 runs Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Umpires: S. K. Bansal (Ind) and Francis Gomes (Ind) Player of the match: Lance Klusener (SA)
* India won the toss and chose to field.
* Herschelle Gibbs scored the fastest half-century by a South Africa batsman in ODIs (30 balls).
* Mark Boucher's 68 was the highest individual score by a South Africa wicket-keeper in ODIs, surpassing Dave Richardson's 53.
* Lance Klusener's 75 was the highest by any South Africa player batting at number eight, surpassing Shaun Pollock's 66, and highest against India.
* Lance Klusener passed 2,000 runs in ODIs. He also became the second South Africa player to complete the double of 2,000 runs and 100 wickets in ODIs.
* Mark Boucher and Lance Klusener's partnership of 114 runs was the highest for the 7th wicket for South Africa and by any team against India for that wicket in ODIs.
* Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) became the second batsman to complete 9,000 runs, and third to complete 1,000 runs against South Africa in ODIs.
* Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid's partnership of 180 runs was the highest for second wicket against South Africa by any side.
* This was India's highest total against South Africa in ODIs (310).