South Africa v India 1st Test

India tour of South Africa - 2001 (2001/02) · Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein · 3 November 2001

South Africa won by 9 wickets

South Africa won by 9 wickets. Sachin Tendulkar top-scored with 155 for India. Shaun Pollock took 6/56.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: India tour of South Africa - 2001 (2001/02)
Ground: Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein (then Goodyear Park)
Dates: 3 November 2001 to 6 November 2001
Toss: South Africa, chose to field
Result: South Africa won by 9 wickets
Player of the match: Shaun Pollock
Captains: Sourav Ganguly (India), Shaun Pollock (South Africa)
Debuts: Virender Sehwag (India), Deep Dasgupta (India)
Umpires: EAR de Silva and DL Orchard
Match referee: MH Denness

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

South Africa won the toss and chose to field. Virender Sehwag and Deep Dasgupta played their first Tests.

India batted first and made 379 all out. Sachin Tendulkar top-scored with 155 off 184 balls, and Virender Sehwag made 105. Shaun Pollock took 4 for 91 for South Africa. The innings was built on a 220-run stand for the fifth wicket between Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag, 58% of the total.

South Africa replied with 563 all out. Lance Klusener top-scored with 108 off 124 balls, and Herschelle Gibbs made 107. Javagal Srinath took 5 for 140 for India. The innings was built on a 189-run stand for the first wicket between Gary Kirsten and Herschelle Gibbs. South Africa led by 184 on first innings.

India made 237 all out in their second innings. Shiv Sunder Das top-scored with 62 off 96 balls. Shaun Pollock took 6 for 56 for South Africa. From 188 for 5 they lost 4 wickets for 18 runs, to 206 for 9.

Set 54 to win, South Africa made 54 for 1. Gary Kirsten top-scored with 30 not out off 48 balls.

South Africa won by 9 wickets. Shaun Pollock's 6 for 56 are the best innings figures at Mangaung Oval.

INDIA, FIRST INNINGS: 379 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Shiv Sunder Das	b Nantie Hayward	9	50
Rahul Dravid	c Jacques Kallis b Shaun Pollock	2	10
VVS Laxman	c Mark Boucher b Nantie Hayward	32	30
Sachin Tendulkar	c Neil McKenzie b Makhaya Ntini	155	184
Sourav Ganguly	c Gary Kirsten b Jacques Kallis	14	18
Virender Sehwag	b Shaun Pollock	105	173
Deep Dasgupta	c Mark Boucher b Shaun Pollock	34	71
Anil Kumble	c Mark Boucher b Jacques Kallis	6	27
Javagal Srinath	c Herschelle Gibbs b Nantie Hayward	1	10
Zaheer Khan	c Mark Boucher b Shaun Pollock	0	4
Ashish Nehra	not out	0	1

Extras 21 · Total 379 all out

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
Shaun Pollock	27	8	91	4
Nantie Hayward	20.3	5	70	3
Jacques Kallis	22	6	87	2
Makhaya Ntini	14.4	2	71	1
Lance Klusener	6	1	32	0
Nicky Boje	5	1	21	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-7 (Rahul Dravid, 4.2 ov), 2-43 (Shiv Sunder Das, 13.5 ov), 3-51 (VVS Laxman, 15.2 ov), 4-68 (Sourav Ganguly, 20.3 ov), 5-288 (Sachin Tendulkar, 67.5 ov), 6-351 (Virender Sehwag, 84.4 ov), 7-372 (Anil Kumble, 89.6 ov), 8-378 (Deep Dasgupta, 94.2 ov), 9-379 (Zaheer Khan, 94.5 ov), 10-379 (Javagal Srinath, 95.1 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Rahul Dravid (2) and Shiv Sunder Das (4)	7	20
second	VVS Laxman (25) and Shiv Sunder Das (5)	36	59
third	Sachin Tendulkar (0) and VVS Laxman (7)	8	10
fourth	Sachin Tendulkar (3) and Sourav Ganguly (14)	17	31
fifth	Sachin Tendulkar (152) and Virender Sehwag (62)	220	285
sixth	Virender Sehwag (43) and Deep Dasgupta (16)	63	101
seventh	Anil Kumble (6) and Deep Dasgupta (13)	21	34
eighth	Javagal Srinath (1) and Deep Dasgupta (5)	6	26
ninth	Javagal Srinath (0) and Zaheer Khan (0)	1	3
tenth	Javagal Srinath (0) and Ashish Nehra (0)	0	2

SOUTH AFRICA, FIRST INNINGS: 563 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Herschelle Gibbs	c Zaheer Khan b Javagal Srinath	107	145
Gary Kirsten	b Anil Kumble	73	132
Jacques Kallis	c VVS Laxman b Ashish Nehra	68	138
Neil McKenzie	lbw b Anil Kumble	68	134
Boeta Dippenaar	b Javagal Srinath	20	62
Lance Klusener	c & b Anil Kumble	108	124
Shaun Pollock	c Shiv Sunder Das b Javagal Srinath	0	1
Mark Boucher	c Rahul Dravid b Javagal Srinath	47	85
Nicky Boje	c Deep Dasgupta b Ashish Nehra	6	26
Makhaya Ntini	c Deep Dasgupta b Javagal Srinath	23	23
Nantie Hayward	not out	0	4

Extras 43 · Total 563 all out

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Javagal Srinath	33	6	140	5
Ashish Nehra	22	3	121	2
Zaheer Khan	26	7	98	0
Anil Kumble	50	12	132	3
Sachin Tendulkar	7	0	27	0
Virender Sehwag	5	0	22	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-189 (Gary Kirsten, 43.5 ov), 2-197 (Herschelle Gibbs, 44.4 ov), 3-327 (Neil McKenzie, 81.5 ov), 4-359 (Jacques Kallis, 96.6 ov), 5-377 (Boeta Dippenaar, 101.3 ov), 6-377 (Shaun Pollock, 101.4 ov), 7-498 (Mark Boucher, 127.3 ov), 8-517 (Nicky Boje, 134.3 ov), 9-548 (Lance Klusener, 141.2 ov), 10-563 (Makhaya Ntini, 142.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Gary Kirsten (73) and Herschelle Gibbs (99)	189	267
second	Jacques Kallis (4) and Herschelle Gibbs (4)	8	5
third	Jacques Kallis (45) and Neil McKenzie (68)	130	227
fourth	Jacques Kallis (19) and Boeta Dippenaar (12)	32	91
fifth	Lance Klusener (10) and Boeta Dippenaar (8)	18	27
sixth	Shaun Pollock (0) and Lance Klusener (0)	0	1
seventh	Lance Klusener (67) and Mark Boucher (47)	121	157
eighth	Nicky Boje (6) and Lance Klusener (12)	19	42
ninth	Lance Klusener (19) and Makhaya Ntini (9)	31	41
tenth	Nantie Hayward (0) and Makhaya Ntini (14)	15	10

INDIA, SECOND INNINGS: 237 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Shiv Sunder Das	c Mark Boucher b Nantie Hayward	62	96
Rahul Dravid	c Gary Kirsten b Shaun Pollock	11	17
VVS Laxman	c Jacques Kallis b Shaun Pollock	29	63
Sachin Tendulkar	c Herschelle Gibbs b Jacques Kallis	15	35
Sourav Ganguly	c Mark Boucher b Makhaya Ntini	30	71
Virender Sehwag	b Shaun Pollock	31	36
Deep Dasgupta	c Mark Boucher b Shaun Pollock	4	31
Anil Kumble	lbw b Nantie Hayward	4	19
Javagal Srinath	c Neil McKenzie b Shaun Pollock	16	25
Zaheer Khan	c Mark Boucher b Shaun Pollock	0	2
Ashish Nehra	not out	17	29

Extras 18 · Total 237 all out

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
Shaun Pollock	21.4	10	56	6
Nantie Hayward	23	8	74	2
Jacques Kallis	15	3	56	1
Makhaya Ntini	10	3	39	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-29 (Rahul Dravid, 6.1 ov), 2-108 (VVS Laxman, 28.5 ov), 3-108 (Shiv Sunder Das, 29.1 ov), 4-154 (Sachin Tendulkar, 42.1 ov), 5-188 (Sourav Ganguly, 51.1 ov), 6-195 (Virender Sehwag, 53.3 ov), 7-202 (Anil Kumble, 60.1 ov), 8-206 (Deep Dasgupta, 61.3 ov), 9-206 (Zaheer Khan, 61.5 ov), 10-237 (Javagal Srinath, 69.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Rahul Dravid (8) and Shiv Sunder Das (13)	29	37
second	VVS Laxman (29) and Shiv Sunder Das (49)	79	137
third	Sachin Tendulkar (0) and Shiv Sunder Das (0)	0	2
fourth	Sachin Tendulkar (15) and Sourav Ganguly (21)	46	80
fifth	Sourav Ganguly (9) and Virender Sehwag (25)	34	54
sixth	Virender Sehwag (6) and Deep Dasgupta (1)	7	14
seventh	Anil Kumble (4) and Deep Dasgupta (3)	7	40
eighth	Javagal Srinath (4) and Deep Dasgupta (0)	4	8
ninth	Javagal Srinath (0) and Zaheer Khan (0)	0	2
tenth	Javagal Srinath (12) and Ashish Nehra (17)	31	49

SOUTH AFRICA, SECOND INNINGS: 54 FOR 1

Batter	How out	R	B
Herschelle Gibbs	lbw b Anil Kumble	1	8
Gary Kirsten	not out	30	48
Jacques Kallis	not out	21	34

Did not bat: Neil McKenzie, Boeta Dippenaar, Lance Klusener, Shaun Pollock, Mark Boucher, Nicky Boje, Makhaya Ntini, Nantie Hayward

Extras 2 · Total 54 for 1

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Javagal Srinath	5	1	13	0
Anil Kumble	4	0	23	1
Ashish Nehra	3	0	9	0
Zaheer Khan	2.4	0	9	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-6 (Herschelle Gibbs, 3.1 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Gary Kirsten (4) and Herschelle Gibbs (1)	6	14
second	Gary Kirsten (26) and Jacques Kallis (21)	48	70

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