A BRIEF HISTORY-INDIA Vs SOUTH AFRICA IN CRICKET WORLD CUP.

A BRIEF HISTORY-INDIA Vs SOUTH AFRICA IN CRICKET WORLD CUP.
  • In the year 1992 South Africa returned to international cricket. The World Cup of 1992 was the first World Cup for the team which was led by Kepler Wessels. In their very first tournament, they reached till semi-finals.
  • The team played a total 8 matches out of which they won 5. They defeated Australia, West-Indies, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, and India. Were defeated by Sri-Lanka, New-Zealand and England.
  • Jonty Rhodes redefine the fielding. He was the centre of attraction of the team. The team had one of the finest all-rounders, Brian McMillian and one of the worlds fastest bowler Allan Donald.
  • The match between India and South Africa was in Adelaide. India’s captain was Mohammad Azharuddin and the other key members of the team were Kapil Dev and Sachin Tendulkar.
  • South Africa defeated India. India scored just 180 runs. The Indian batsmen who survived against the pace of Donald were Mohammad Azharuddin he scored 79 runs and Kapil Dev he contributed 42 runs.
  • The South African easily reached the target. Their openers Andrew Hudson scored 53 and Peter Kirsten made 84 runs. Man Of The Match was Peter Kirsten.

1999-ICC WORLD CUP .

  • 2nd match between India versus South Africa at New County Ground Hove England. South Africa won the match.
  • The Indian openers Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar gave a solid start to the innings. The former fell 3 runs short of his century and was well supported by Rahul Dravid in the middle order.
  • The innings of all-rounder Jacques Kallis overshadowed the performance of Indians. He scored 96 runs and was well supported by Jonty Rhodes in the middle of the South African innings. Another all-rounder Lance Klusner took 3 crucial Indian wickets.The Man Of The Match was Jacques Kallis.
  • In the World Cups of 2003 and 2007, there was no match between India and South Africa.

2011- WORLD CUP RETURNS TO SUB-CONTINENT.

  • India, South Africa match was at Vidarbha Cricket Ground. It was a day-night match. South Africa won the match.
  • Indian openers Sachin Tendulkar scored a century (111) and Virender Sehwag hit a quick half century (73) and a well supported innings by Gautam Gambhir who scored 69 runs. The total was 296 runs.
  • Key players for both the teams.
  • Hashim Amla (61), Jacques Kallis (69) and AB de Villers (52) made the chase look easy. The quicky Dale Steyn claimed 5 wickets which is a record of an African bowler against India in World Cup. The Man Of The Match was Dale Steyn.

2015-INDIA DEFEATS SOUTH AFRICA IN THE WORLD CUP.

  • It was the 13th match of ICC World Cup where India for the first time defeated South Africa for the first time in World Cup.
  • The match was at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The star performers for India in that match were Shikhar Dhawan who scored 139 runs along with Ajinkya Rahane who scored quick 79 runs and in bowling department Ravichandran Ashwin took 3 wickets. India put 307 runs onboard. South Africans were all out at 177 runs only.
  • After Sachin Tendulkar, Dhawan became the second Indian to hit a century against South Africa in a World Cup.

SOME FACTS.

MOST RUNS.SACHIN TENDULKAR.153 RUNS.
HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORE.SHIKHAR DHAWAN139 RUNS.
MOST WICKETS.
DALE STEYN.6 WICKETS.
HIGHEST WICKETS IN A MATCH.DALE STEYN.5 WICKETS.
MOST HALF CENTURIES. JACQUES KALLIS. 2

INDIA MAKES IT 3-2 IN THE WORLD CUP.

Date.Match.Teams.Venue.Winner.Man Of The Match.
5th June 2019.Eight.India Vs South Africa. The Rose Bowl, Southampton.India.Rohit Gurunath Sharma.
  • It is India’s second victory against South Africa in the World Cups.
  • Since the Champions Trophy 2017, India have won 19 out of the 26 One Day Internationals and have picked two-plus wickets in the first ten overs.
  • This is 23rd century of Rohit Sharma.He scored 122 of 144 balls in the match. This is his third hundred against South Africa in One Day Internationals He had scored a century against the same opponent in the T-20 internationals. The only batsman in the history of cricket who had scored 3 double hundreds.
  • He became the third Indian to score century in the World Cups against the South Africa. The first two are Sachin Tendulkar (111) and Shikhar Dhawan (139).
  • Yuzvendra Chahal claimed 4 wickets in the match.
  • Chris Morris was the highest run getters among the South Africans.

Madhvendra Mishra

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