South African cricket team in India in 2009–10

South African cricket team in India in 2009–10
		India		South Africa
Dates		2 February 2010 – 27 February 2010
Captains		MS Dhoni		GC Smith(Tests) JH Kallis (ODIs)
Test series
Result		2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs		V Sehwag (290)		HM Amla (494)
Most wickets		H Singh (10)		DW Steyn (11)
Player of the series		HM Amla (SA)
One Day International series
Result		India won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs		Sachin Tendulkar (204)		AB de Villiers (241)
Most wickets		RA Jadeja (5) S Sreesanth (5)		LL Tsotsobe (3) JH Kallis (3) RE van der Merwe (3) WD Parnell (3) DW Steyn (3)
Player of the series		Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)

The South Africa national cricket team toured India for a two-match Test series, and a three-match One Day International (ODI) series in February 2010.

Squads

South Africa Batsmen Graeme Smith (captain) Hashim Amla Loots Bosman AB de Villiers JP Duminy Herschelle Gibbs Alviro Petersen Ashwell Prince All-rounders Johan Botha Jacques Kallis Ryan McLaren Albie Morkel Wicket-keepers Mark Boucher Bowlers Paul Harris Roelof van der Merwe Morné Morkel Wayne Parnell Dale Steyn Lonwabo Tsotsobe

India Batsmen Subramaniam Badrinath Gautam Gambhir VVS Laxman Virender Sehwag Sachin Tendulkar Murali Vijay Wicket-keepers MS Dhoni (captain) Wriddhiman Saha Bowlers Zaheer Khan Amit Mishra Abhimanyu Mithun Pragyan Ojha Ishant Sharma Harbhajan Singh Sudeep Tyagi

Test series

1st Test

6–10 February Scorecard	South Africa 558/6d (176 overs)	v	India 233 (64.4 overs)	South Africa won by an innings and 6 runs Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur Umpires: SJ Davis (Aus) and IJ Gould (Eng) Player of the match: HM Amla (SA)
	HM Amla 253* (473) Z Khan 3/96 [31]		V Sehwag 109 (139) DW Steyn 7/51 [16.4]
			319 (107.1 overs) (f/o)
			SR Tendulkar 100 (179) DW Steyn 3/57 [18.1]
South Africa won the toss and elected to bat Subramaniam Badrinath and Wriddhiman Saha made Test cricket debuts for Indian cricket team. Hashim Amla accumulated the highest Test score by a South African in India.

2nd Test

14–18 February Scorecard	South Africa 296 (85 overs)	v	India 643/6d (153 overs)	India won by an innings and 58 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: SJ Davis (Aus) and IJ Gould (Eng) Player of the match: HM Amla
	HM Amla 114 (166) Z Khan 4/90 [22]		V Sehwag 165 (174) M Morkel 2/115 [26]
	289 (131.3 overs)
	HM Amla 127* (394) H Singh 5/59 [48.3]
South Africa won the toss and elected to bat. Alviro Petersen's score of 100 in the first innings is the third highest by a South African cricketer on a Test debut. The partnership of 249 runs between Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag is the highest partnership for 3rd wicket at the Eden Gardens. Hashim Amla scored 494 runs throughout the series, having been dismissed only once, retaining an average of 494, the second highest batting average ever in a Test series, after Wally Hammond.''

ODI series

1st ODI

21 February D/N Scorecard	India 298/9 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 297 (50 overs)	India won by 1 run Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: AM Saheba (Ind) and SK Tarapore (Ind) Player of the match: RA Jadeja (Ind)
	SK Raina 58 (63) JH Kallis 3/29 [7]		JH Kallis 89 (97) RA Jadeja 2/29 [10]
South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

2nd ODI

24 February D/N Scorecard	India 401/3 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 248 (42.5 overs)	India won by 153 runs Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior Umpires: IJ Gould (Eng) and SK Tarapore (Ind) Player of the match: SR Tendulkar (Ind)
	SR Tendulkar 200* (147) WD Parnell 2/95 [10]		AB de Villiers 114* (101) S Sreesanth 3/49 [7]
India won the toss and elected to bat first. Sachin Tendulkar's score of 200* is the first double century and the highest individual score in an ODI innings by a male cricketer. He also hit the highest number of fours (25) in a single ODI innings. India's total of 401/3 (50 overs) is the ninth highest Innings total in an ODI match.

3rd ODI

27 February D/N Scorecard	South Africa 365/2 (50 overs)	v	India 275 (44.3 overs)	South Africa won by 90 runs Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad Umpires: IJ Gould (Eng) and SS Hazare (Ind) Player of the match: AB de Villiers (SA)
	JH Kallis 104* (94) RA Jadeja 1/53 [10]		V Kohli 57 (71) DW Steyn 3/37 [8]
South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first.

Tour matches

2-day tour match: Indian Board President's XI v South Africans

2 – 3 February Scorecard	Indian Board President's XI 318 (74.4 overs)	v	South Africa 354 (82 overs)	Match drawn Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur Umpires: S Asnani and UV Gandhe
	AM Nayar 100 (140) M Morkel 3/24 [7.4]		HM Amla 72 (122) PP Chawla 4/88 [18]

Media coverage

Television

• NEO Cricket](live) - India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Hong Kong (China) and UAE
• Doordarshan (live) (only one-day matches) - India
• Sky Sports (live) - United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland
• Zee Sports (live) - United States of America
• Supersport]] (live) – South Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe
• Setanta Sports Australia (live) - Australia
• GEO Super (live) - Pakistan
• Astro Box Office (pay per view) - Malaysia
• StarHub (pay per view) - Singapore

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