Indian national cricket team in South Africa in the 1996/97 season

The tour of the Indian national cricket team to South Africa in the 1996/97 season took place from December 26, 1996 to January 20, 1997. The international cricket tour was part of the 1996/97 international cricket season and included three tests . South Africa won the series 2-0.

prehistory

Both teams previously played a tour against each other in India , with India winning both the test and the ODI series.

Stages

Durban (SSK) Johannesburg Cape Town

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Sahara Stadium Kingsmead	Durban	25,000	1st test
Wanderers Stadium	Johannesburg	34,000	3rd test
Newlands Cricket Ground	Cape Town	25,000	2nd test

Squad lists

The following squads were named by the teams.

test
South Africa	India
Paul Adams Adam Bacher Hansie Cronje Daryll Cullinan Allan Donald Herschelle Gibbs Andrew Hudson Gary Kirsten Lance Klusener Shaun Pollock Brian McMillan David Richardson	Mohammad Azharuddin Rahul Dravid Dodda Ganesh Sourav Ganguly David Johnson Anil Kumble VVS Laxman Nayan Mongia Venkatesh Prasad Woorkeri Raman Vikram Rathour Javagal Srinath Sachin Tendulkar

Testing

First test in Durban

December 26-28 Scorecard	Durban	Sri Lanka 235 (86) & 258 (70)	-	Pakistan 100 (39.1) & 66 (34.1)
		South Africa wins with 328 runs

Second test in Cape Town

January 2-6 scorecard	Cape Town	South Africa 529 (162.5) & 256 (72)	-	India 359 (92.2) & 144 (66.2)
		South Africa wins with 282 runs

Third test in Johannesburg

January 16-20 Scorecard	Johannesburg	India 410 (150.3) & 266 (83)	-	South Africa 321-8d (89.1) & 228-8 (68)
		draw

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo