Statistical Highlights
Mohandas Menon
1st ODI, India vs South Africa
Shiv Sunder Das and Deep Dasgupta became the 138th and 139th players to
represent India in LOIs. The latter also became the 16th player to keep
wickets for India in LOIs.
Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble was making a comeback to the side after
missing 26 matches since 22-10-2000 at Sharjah, while Javagal Srinath was
appearing in his first away game in 18 months since 22-3-2000 against the
South Africans at Sharjah.
The 193 run partnership for the first wicket between Saurav Ganguly and
Sachin Tendulkar bettered the following records:
* on 118, the pair bettered India's best for the first wicket in South
Africa, which was the 117 between Ganguly and Rahul Dravid at East London on
4-2-1997 against the home side.
* on 154, the pair bettered the previous highest partnership for the first
wicket for India against South Africa, which was the 153 between this same
pair at Baroda (IPCL) on 17-3-2000.
* on 166, the pair bettered the previous highest partnership for the first
wicket against the South Africans by any team, which was the 165 by
Englishmen Nick Knight and Nasser Hussain at Bloemfontein on 23-1-2000.
* on 181, the pair bettered the previous highest partnership for any wicket
for India against South Africa, which was the 180 by Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid
for the second wicket at Nagpur on 19-3-2000.
* on 191, the pair bettered the previous highest partnership for any wicket
at this ground and also the highest for the first wicket in South Africa,
which was the 190 between South Africans Kepler Wessels and Mike Rindle
against Pakistan on 12-1-1995.
The Ganguly-Tendulkar opening combination has now been involved in
fourteen 100-plus partnerships for the first wicket in LOIs. They are just
one short of the record 15 such partnerships by the West Indian pair of
Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes.
Ganguly's 127 was his 17th hundred in 175 matches. It was his first after
18 matches since the 144 he made against Zimbabwe at Ahmedabad on 5-12-2000.
Ganguly's was the highest score by a "captain" in South Africa, bettering
the 104 by teammate Tendulkar against Zimbabwe at Benoni on 9-2-1997.
Ganguly became the first visiting batsman to score a hundred at this
ground. The previous highest was the 89 by Australian Michael Di Venuto
against the home side on 8-4-1997.
Tendulkar's 101 was his 30th hundred in LOIs in 274 matches. He is
followed by a long way behind by Pakistani Saeed Anwar with just 19
hundreds.
Both Ganguly and Tendulkar recorded their respective third hundreds
against South Africa, which is the maximum by any batsman against this team
in LOIs.
India's total of 279-5 was by far the highest in 16 matches played at
this venue, which was later surpassed by the home side when it made the
winning total of 280-4. The previous highest was the 266-5 by South Africa
against Pakistan on 12-1-1995.
Gary Kirsten's unbeaten 133 was his 11th of his career in 157 matches. It
was his fourth against India, which equals the tally of New Zealand's Nathan
Astle and Sri Lankan Sanath Jayasuriya, - the maximum hundreds against India
in LOIs.
Kirsten's was the highest score made by any South African batsman against
India obliterating his own unbeaten 115 at Sharjah on 19-4-1996. Andrew
Hudson's 108 at Bloemfontein on 15-12-1992, was the previous highest score
by a South African against India at home.
Only Dave Callaghan's unbeaten 169 against New Zealand at Centurion on
11-12-1994 exceeds Kirsten's effort, which still remains the highest score
by a South African batsman at home.
South Africa achieved its 9th win in the last ten matches since 2-5-2001.
Its only loss was against the West Indies at Arnos Vale in Kingstown on
16-5-2001.
South Africa recorded its 12th win in 14 matches at his ground. Its only
two losses came against Australia (by 8 runs) on 8-4-1997 and against Sri
Lanka (by 4 runs) on 17-1-2001.
The man of the match award was Kirsten's 14th of his career in 157
matches. It was his fifth in 24 matches against India.
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