The

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toured

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in the 1991–92 season. The tour was significant in that it was

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's first official international

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series since their suspension from the sport in 1970 due to the

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policy. The tour consisted of a series of three

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(ODI) matches against the Indian national team and were the first-ever official ODIs played by South Africa. India won the series 2–1, and the Men of the Series were

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of India and

Kepler Wessels Kepler Christoffel Wessels (born 14 September 1957) is a South African-Australian cricket commentator and former cricketer who captained South Africa after playing 24 Tests for Australia. Since retiring he has been a lawn bowls competitor. He ...

of South Africa.

Squads

Match details

1st ODI

The first match was South Africa's first-ever ODI and their first cricket match of any sort against India. The attendance was reported to be over 90,000.India v South Africa 1st ODI Match Report
/ref> The match was reduced to 47 overs per side. India won the toss and chose to field. South Africa scored 177/8 in their 47 overs with notable contributions from Wessels (50) and Adrian Kuiper (43). In their reply, India started badly with

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grabbing the first 3 wickets to leave India at 20/3.

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(62) and debutant

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(55) guided India close to victory and despite Donald dismissing both of them to complete a 5-wicket haul, the lower order finished the game for India to give them a 1–0 lead in the series.

2nd ODI

The second match of the series was reduced to 45 overs per side. South Africa won the toss and inserted India. Half-centuries from

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(68), Navjot Sidhu (61) and

(52*) helped India to a total of 223/6. In reply, South Africa could only score 185/8 leaving India with a 2–0 lead in the series.

again top-scored for South Africa with 71.

3rd ODI

In the third match, India won the toss and

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, the stand-in captain for the absent

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, chose to bat. Shastri (109),

(53) and

(105) again scored the bulk of the runs with India finishing on 287/4. South Africa reached their target with more than 3 overs to spare thanks to half-centuries from

(90), Peter Kirsten (86*) and Adrian Kuiper (63*). This was South Africa's first-ever ODI victory.

External links

Cricinfo

References

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