South African national cricket team in India in the 2007-08 season

The tour of the South African national cricket team to India in the 2007/08 season took place from March 26 to April 15, 2007. The international cricket tour was part of the 2007/08 international cricket season and included three tests . The series ended 1-1 in a draw.

prehistory

India previously played a three-nation tournament in Australia and South Africa in Bangladesh . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2006/07 season in South Africa .

Stages

Ahmedabad Chennai Kanpur

Tour venues

The following stages were planned as venues for the tour and announced on November 11, 2007.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Sardar Patel Stadium	Ahmedabad	54,000	1st test
MA Chidambaram Stadium	Chennai	46,000	2nd test
Green Park Stadium	Kanpur	33,000	3rd test

Squad lists

South Africa named its roster on March 11, 2008. India named its roster on March 17, 2008.

test
India	South Africa
Anil Kumble ( K ) Mahendra Singh Dhoni ( wk ) Rahul Dravid Saurav Ganguly Wasim Jaffer Murali Kartik VVS Laxman Irfan Pathan Virender Sehwag Harbhajan Singh Rudra Pratap Singh Yuvraj Singh Shanthakumaran Sreesanth Sachin Tendulkar	Graeme Smith ( K ) Mark Boucher ( wk ) Ashwell Prince Hashim Amla AB de Villiers Jean-Paul Duminy Paul Harris Jacques Kallis Charl Langeveldt Neil McKenzie Morné Morkel Makhaya Ntini Robin Peterson Dale Steyn

Testing

First test in Chennai

March 26-30 scorecard	Chennai	South Africa 540 (152.5) ​​& 331-5d (109)	-	India 627 (155.1)
		draw

Second test in Ahmedabad

April 3-7 Scorecard	Ahmedabad	India 76 (20) & 328 (94.2)	-	South Africa 494-7d (141.2)
		South Africa wins with one innings and 90 runs

Third test in Kanpur

April 11-15 Scorecard	Kanpur	South Africa 265 (87.3) & 121 (55.5)	-	India 325 (99.4) & 64-2 (13.1)
		India wins with 8 wickets

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Virender Sehwag	India	3	5	372	74.40	319	1	0
Neil McKenzie	South Africa	3	5	341	85.25	155 *	1	1
Hashim Amla	South Africa	3	5	307	61.40	159	1	2
AB de Villiers	South Africa	3	5	304	76.00	217 *	1	0
Graeme Smith	South Africa	3	5	246	49.20	73	0	2
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Harbhajan Singh	India	3	172.5	19th	26.10	5/164	1	0
Dale Steyn	South Africa	3	85	15th	20.20	5/23	1	0
Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	3	72.2	10	24.20	3/18	0	0
Morné Morkel	South Africa	3	71	8th	31.75	3/63	0	0
Paul Harris	South Africa	3	116	8th	51.00	3/101	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Harbhajan Singh

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Virender Sehwag
2nd test	AB de Villiers
3rd test	Sourav Ganguly

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ South Africa face tough India itinerary ( English ) Cricinfo. January 23, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
2. ↑ South Africa pick two left-arm spinners ( English ) Cricinfo. March 11, 2008. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
3. ↑ Ishant ruled out of first test ( English ) Cricinfo. March 17, 2008. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
4. ↑ Records / South Africa in India Test Series, 2007/08 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
5. ↑ Records / South Africa in India Test Series, 2007/08 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 30, 2016.