Welcome to the highlights of India vs South Africa Only ODI - 1996 South Africa tour of India (Mohinder Amarnath Benefit Match) - The one-off One-Day International cricket match between India and South Africa was played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on December 14, 1996.
Match Overview:
A terrific tenth ODI century by captain Sachin Tendulkar and a brilliant knock of unbeaten 54 by Ajay Jadeja before Venkatesh Prasad's four-wickets helped to India's record 74-run victory over South Africa in the one-off one-day international.
Match Stats:
- India's 74-run win was their eighth largest victory by terms of runs in one-day international and It is their biggest win by terms-of-runs against South Africa in ODIs, previous biggest win by 43-runs at Mohali in the 1993 Hero Cup.
- Sachin Tendulkar's 114 was his fifth highest score for India in one-day international and the joint highest-score by an Indian batsman against South Africa in ODIs, jointly with 114 held by Woorkeri Raman at Centurion in 1992.
- Sachin Tendulkar became the fourth Indian batsman to score a century against South Africa in ODIs after Ravi Shastri, Sanjay Manjrekar and Woorkeri Raman.
- Sachin Tendulkar became the first Indian batsman to scored ten centuries in ODI cricket history and overall the fourth player to achieved this feat in ODIs after Desmond Haynes (17), Gordon Greenidge, Viv Richards and Saeed Anwar each had 11 hundreds.
- 10 : Sachin Tendulkar hit the fifth most centuries by any batsman in one-day internationals.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
India scored 267-6 in 50 overs with top scorer by Sachin Tendulkar struck 114 off 126-balls - which was his 10th ODI hundred and his
Ajay Jadeja blasted a unbeaten 54 off 44-balls including 4-sixes & 2-fours with strike rate of 122.72, Woorkeri Raman cracked a 29 off 51-balls included 2-fours & a six.
Mohammad Azharuddin cracked a 22 off 34-balls including a boundary and Rahul Dravid scored 16 off 32-balls contained a four.
South Africa best bowler by Paul Adams captured two-wickets, Nicky Boje, Derek Crookes and Pat Symcox each took one-wickets.
South Africa bowled out for 193 in 46 overs with top scorer by Andrew Hudson hit 45 off 60-balls including 6-fours.
Daryll Cullinan cracked a 44 off 71-balls including three boundaries, Herschelle Gibbs hit 31 off 46-balls included 3-fours.
Derek Crookes hit 18 off 27-balls including a six and Brian McMillan scored 16 off 26-balls contained 2-fours.
India best bowler by Venkatesh Prasad claimed a 4-wickets for 27-runs in 8-overs including a maiden with economy rate of 3.37, Javagal Srinath captured two-wickets, Sunil Joshi, Robin Singh and Anil Kumble each took one-wickets.
Sachin Tendulkar named Player of the match for his terrific 114-runs knocked off facing 126-balls including 14-fours.
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