Indian national cricket team in South Africa in the 2001/02 season

The tour of the Indian national cricket team to South Africa in the 2001/02 season took place from October 1 to November 27, 2001. The international cricket tour was part of the 2001/02 international cricket season and included two test matches . South Africa won the test series 1-0.

prehistory

Both teams previously competed in a three-nation tournament with Kenya in South Africa. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in India in the 1999/2000 season .

Stages

Bloemfontein Port Elizabeth

Tour venues

The following stages were planned as venues for the tour and announced on June 5, 2001.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Chevrolet Park	Bloemfontein	20,000	1st test
Sahara Oval St George's	Port Elizabeth	19,000	2nd test

Squad

India named its roster on September 7, 2001. South Africa named its roster on October 27, 2001.

test
South Africa	India
Shaun Pollock ( K ) Nicky buoy Mark Boucher ( wk ) Boeta Dippenaar Herschelle Gibbs Nantie Hayward Jacques Kallis Gary Kirsten Lance Klusener Neil McKenzie Makhaya Ntini	Sourav Ganguly ( K ) Ajit Agarkar Shiv Sunder That Deep Dasgupta ( wk ) Rahul Dravid Zaheer Khan Anil Kumble VVS Laxman Ashish Nehra Virender Sehwag Harbhajan Singh Javagal Srinath Sachin Tendulkar

Tour matches

October 1st scorecard	Randjesfontein	Nicky Oppenheimer XI 244-3d (52)	-	Indians XI 245-5 (48.1)
		Indians wins with 5 wickets

There was only one innings per team in this game.

October 3rd scorecard	Benoni	South Africa A 241-6 (50)	-	Indians 245-7 (49.1)
		Indians wins with 3 wickets

October 29th - 31st scorecard	Chatsworth	South African Board President's XI	-	Indians
		Game canceled

November 10-13 Scorecard	East London	South Africa A	-	Indians
		Game canceled

November 23-27 Scorecard	Centurion	India 232 (97.4) & 261 (84.1)	-	South Africa 566-8d (157.1)
		South Africa wins with one innings and 73 runs

After the incidents in the second test, this game was a so-called "Unofficial Test", which was not part of the actual test series.

Test matches

First test in Bloemfontein

November 3-6 scorecard	Bloemfontein	India 379 (95.1) & 237 (69.4)	-	South Africa 563 (143) & 54-1 (14.4)
		South Africa wins with 9 wickets

Second test in Port Elizabeth

November 16-20 Scorecard	Port Elizabeth	South Africa 362 (121) & 233-5d (78)	-	India 201 (62) & 206-3 (96.2)
		draw

On the fourth day, Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar was interrogated by match referee Mike Denness for tampering with the ball. As a result, Tendulkar was suspended from a test. Dennes also punished five other players with game and fines. While Virender Sehwag was banned from a test due to excessive appealing, Harbhajan Singh , Shiv Sunder Das and Deep Dasgupta received probation and fines. In addition, the captain Sourav Ganguly was given a three-game suspension on probation because he was unable to control his team. At a press conference the next day, when the media wanted to find out why the bans had been issued, Dennes withdrew from the fact that, according to the rules of the world association, he was not allowed to talk to the media. It was also announced at the press conference that the Indian association president Jagmohan Dalmiya would declare the tour over if Dennes was not withdrawn from the planned final game of the tour. The exact penalties were only announced in a press release after the press conference. The South African association supported the Indian in calling for Dennes to be withdrawn and the Indian media condemned the punishments as racism, which led to protests. The world association ICC stood behind the referee and refused to deduct him from the last test. The two national associations then announced that they would conduct the test without the referee as an unofficial test by refusing Dennes access to the stadium. The incident led the world association to set up a committee for match referees, which had already been drawn up by a committee and thus professionalized refereeing in international cricket. Mike Dennes was then only active as match referee on one tour and the Indian Association withdrew his request for a review of his performance when Dennes had to undergo heart surgery.

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	2	4th	316	79.00	196	2	0
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	2	4th	202	101.00	89 *	0	2
Sachin Tendulkar	India	2	4th	193	64.33	155	1	0
VVS Laxman	India	2	3	150	50.00	89	0	1
Virender Sehwag	India	2	3	149	49.66	105	1	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Shaun Pollock	South Africa	2	90.4	16	14.12	6/56	2	1
Javagal Srinath	India	2	85	13	19.76	6/76	2	0
Nantie Hayward	South Africa	2	85.3	8th	30.87	3/70	0	0
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	2	58.2	5	41.60	2/50	0	0
Anil Kumble	India	2	92	5	48.80	3/132	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Herschelle Gibbs

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Shaun Pollock
2nd test	Herschelle Gibbs

Web links

• The series on espncricinfo.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Peter Robinson: Tests allocated to the usual suspects ( English ) Cricinfo. June 5, 2001. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
2. ↑ Anand Vasu: Dighe axed, Das included, as injured players return ( English ) Cricinfo. September 7, 2001. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
3. ↑ Peter Rob Inson: [Boje and Hayward recalled to South African Test Squad http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/109387.html ] ( English ) Cricinfo. October 27, 2001. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
4. ↑ Peter Robinson: Tendulkar appears before match referee ( English ) Cricinfo. November 19, 2001. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
5. ↑ Tendulkar handed suspended ban ( English ) Cricinfo. November 19, 2001. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
6. ↑ Tendulkar handed suspended ban ( English ) Cricinfo. November 19, 2001. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
7. ↑ Peter Robinson: No enlightment from Denness at farcical press conference ( English ) Cricinfo. November 20, 2001. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
8. ↑ Fines and bans handed down to Indian players ( English ) Cricinfo. November 20, 2001. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
9. ^ South Africa will back India in Denness affair ( English ) Cricinfo. November 20, 2001. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
10. ↑ Indian media fury over Tendulkar ( English ) BBC. November 21, 2001. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
11. ↑ Stephen Lamb: ICC rules out replacing Denness for final test ( English ) Cricinfo. January 29, 2013. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
12. ↑ Peter Robinson: South Africa and India to go ahead with unofficial Test without Denness ( English ) Cricinfo. November 22, 2001. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
13. ↑ Mohali Test will go ahead after BCCI agree to exclude Sehwag ( English ) Cricinfo. November 30, 2001. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
14. ↑ Subba Row joins umpiring reform team ( English ) BBC. March 26, 2001. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
15. ↑ India to 'forget' Mike Denness affair ( English ) Cricinfo. June 22, 2001. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
16. ↑ Records / India in South Africa Test Series, 2001/02 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
17. ↑ Records / India in South Africa Test Series, 2001/02 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 6, 2016.