South African cricket team in India in 2007–08
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| South African cricket team in India in 2007–08 | |||
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| South Africa | India | ||
| Dates | 20 March 2008 – 15 April 2008 | ||
| Captains | Graeme Smith |
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (3rd Test) | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | 3-match series drawn 1–1 | ||
| Most runs | Neil McKenzie (341) | Virender Sehwag (372) | |
| Most wickets | Dale Steyn (15) | Harbhajan Singh (19) | |
| Player of the series | Harbhajan Singh (IND) | ||
The
South African cricket team toured India between 26 March and 13 April 2008, playing 3 Tests against India
. The series was tied 1–1.
Squads
| Test Squads | |
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 India
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 South Africa
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| Anil Kumble (c) | Graeme Smith (c) |
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk ) |
Mark Boucher (wk) |
| Wasim Jaffer | Ashwell Prince |
| Virender Sehwag | Hashim Amla |
| Rahul Dravid | AB de Villiers |
| Sachin Tendulkar | Jean-Paul Duminy
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Saurav Ganguly |
Paul Harris
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V V S Laxman |
Jacques Kallis |
| Yuvraj Singh | Charl Langeveldt |
| Irfan Pathan | Neil McKenzie |
| Harbhajan Singh | Morné Morkel |
| Murali Kartik | Makhaya Ntini |
| Rudra Pratap Singh | Robin Peterson |
S. Sreesanth |
Dale Steyn |
Test series
1st Test
26 March – 30 March
Scorecard |
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- Virender Sehwag's 309* on day three was the second time an Indian has scored a triple century. Sehwag also scored the first one.[1]
- Sehwag became the first Indian batsman to score two triple centuries in tests.
- Sehwag also scored the fastest triple century in terms of deliveries (278).
- Sehwag is the third batsman after Brian Lara and Don Bradman to score two triple centuries.
- Sehwag scored 257 runs on day three, making him the first batsman to score more than 250 runs in a day in a test match in over 50 years. There are only three other batsman that bettered this: Don Bradman twice (309) and (271), Wally Hammond (295), and Denis Compton(273).
- Sehwag is also the first batsman to be involved in two double century stands, 213 for the first wicket and a 268 run partnership for the second wicket. This also the first time that a double century stand has occurred for the first and second wicket in an innings.
- Each of Sehwag's last ten centuries have been greater than 150.
- In the 14 innings when Sehwag has scored a century, his strike rate has been 77.79. Among batsmen with at least ten Test hundreds, only Adam Gilchrist has a faster strike-rate in centuries (99.64).
2nd Test
3 – 7 April
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3rd Test
References
- ^ "Sehwag smashes triple ton". Fox Sports. 28 March 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
External links
- South African cricket team in India in 2007–08 at ESPN Cricinfo
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