Indian cricket team in South Africa in 1992–93

The Indian cricket team toured South Africa for four Tests and seven ODIs from 29 October 1992 to 6 January 1993.

India in South Africa 1992-93
	South Africa	India
Dates	29 October 1992 – 6 January 1993
Captains	Kepler Wessels	Mohammad Azharuddin
Test series
Result	South Africa won the 4-match series 1–0
Most runs	Kepler Wessels (295)	Kapil Dev (202)
Most wickets	Allan Donald (20)	Anil Kumble (18)
Player of the series	Allan Donald (SA)
One Day International series
Results	South Africa won the 7-match series 5–2
Most runs	Kepler Wessels (342)	Mohammad Azharuddin (232)
Most wickets	Craig Matthews (11)	Manoj Prabhakar (6)
Player of the series	Kepler Wessels (SA)

South Africa won the Test series 1–0.

South Africa won the ODI series 5–2.

Test matches

1st Test

13–17 November 1992 Scorecard

South Africa	v	India
254 (103.4 overs) Kepler Wessels 118 (266) Kapil Dev 3/43 (22 overs)		277 (134 overs) Pravin Amre 103 (299) Brian McMillan 3/52 (37 overs)
176/3 (82 overs) Andrew Hudson 55 (171) Javagal Srinath 2/42 (16 overs)

Match drawn Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI), Karl Liebenberg (SA) Player of the match: Pravin Amre (Ind)

• India won the toss and decided to field.
• Pravin Amre and Ajay Jadeja (Ind), and Jimmy Cook, Omar Henry, Brian McMillan, Jonty Rhodes and Brett Schultz (SA) made their Test debuts.
• Kepler Wessels (SA) became the first batsman to score centuries for two countries.
• Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) became the first batsman to be given run out by a TV umpire.^[1]

2nd Test

26–30 November 1992 scorecard

South Africa	v	India
292 (110.5 overs) Brian McMillan 98 (203) Manoj Prabhakar 4/90 (29 overs)		227 (108 overs) Sachin Tendulkar 111 (270) Brian McMillan 4/74 (29 overs)
252 (118.2 overs) Andrew Hudson 53 (157) Anil Kumble 6/53 (44 overs)		141/4 (82 overs) Ajay Jadeja 43 (117) Craig Matthews 2/23 (20 overs)

Match drawn New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Barry Lambson (SA) Player of the match: Brian McMillan (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and decided to bat.
• Craig Matthews (SA) made his Test debut.

3rd Test

26–29 December 1992 scorecard

India	v	South Africa
212 (95.5 overs) Mohammad Azharuddin 60 (88) Allan Donald 5/55 (27 overs)		275 (138.4 overs) Hansie Cronje 135 (410) Venkatapathy Raju 3/73 (46 overs)
215 (73 overs) Kapil Dev 129 (180) Allan Donald 7/84 (28 overs)		155/1 (51.1 overs) Kepler Wessels 95* (169) Sachin Tendulkar 1/9 (3 overs)

South Africa won by 9 wickets St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Allan Donald (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and decided to field.

4th Test

2–6 January 1993 scorecard

South Africa	v	India
360/9d (171 overs) Jonty Rhodes 86 (236) Anil Kumble 3/101 (47 overs)		276 (151.4 overs) Sachin Tendulkar 73 (208) Craig Matthews 3/32 (28 overs)
130/6d (97 overs) Kepler Wessels 34 (122) Javagal Srinath 4/33 (27 overs)		29/1 (14 overs) Ajay Jadeja 20* (47) Craig Matthews 1/17 (6 overs)

Match drawn Newlands, Cape Town Umpires: Barry Lambson (SA) Karl Liebenberg (SA) Player of the match: Javagal Srinath (Ind)

• South Africa won the toss and decided to bat.
• Daryll Cullinan (SA) made his Test debut.

ODI series

1st ODI

7 December 1992 (D/N) Scorecard

India  184 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 185/4 (49.3 overs)
AD Jadeja 48 (69) WJ Cronje 5/32 (10 overs)		PN Kirsten 56 (90) SR Tendulkar 1/25 (10 overs)

South Africa won by 6 wickets Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Umpires: SB Lambson and KE Liebenberg Player of the match: WJ Cronje (SA)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• DJ Callaghan and PS de Villiers (both SA) made their ODI debuts.

2nd ODI

9 December 1992 (D/N) Scorecard

India  147 (49.4 overs)	v	South Africa 148/4 (46.4 overs)
WV Raman 33 (60) BM McMillan 4/32 (9.4 overs)		DJ Callaghan 45* (82) Kapil Dev 1/19 (9 overs)

South Africa won by 6 wickets St George's Park Cricket Ground, Port Elizabeth Umpires: RE Koertzen and CJ Mitchley Player of the match: BM McMillan (SA)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• BN Schultz (SA) made his ODI debut.

3rd ODI

11 December 1992 (D/N) Scorecard

South Africa  214/5 (50 overs)	v	India 215/6 (49.1 overs)
AC Hudson 87 (130) A Kumble 2/29 (10 overs)		WV Raman 114 (148) CR Matthews 3/56 (10 overs)

India won by 4 wickets Centurion Park, Verwoerdburg Umpires: WA Diedricks and SB Lambson Player of the match: WV Raman (IND)

• India won the toss and elected to field.

4th ODI

13 December 1992 (D/N) Scorecard

India  161/9 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 165/4 (48.3 overs)
M Azharuddin 49 (84) AA Donald 3/27 (10 overs)		KC Wessels 45 (96) J Srinath 2/39 (9.3 overs)

South Africa won by 6 wickets New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: KE Liebenberg and CJ Mitchley Player of the match: JN Rhodes (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

5th ODI

15 December 1992 (D/N) Scorecard

India  207/4 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 208/2 (47.2 overs)
M Azharuddin 86* (106) PS de Villiers 1/37 (10 overs)		AC Hudson 108 (147) A Kumble 1/34 (10 overs)

South Africa won by 8 wickets Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein Umpires: RE Koertzen and SB Lambson Player of the match: AC Hudson (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• V Yadav (IND) made his ODI debut.

6th ODI

17 December 1992 (D/N) Scorecard

South Africa  216/8 (50 overs)	v	India 177 (47.5 overs)
KC Wessels 78 (120) Kapil Dev 3/23 (10 overs)		M Azharuddin 41 (73) MW Pringle 3/51 (10 overs)

South Africa won by 39 runs Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Umpires: WA Diedricks and KE Liebenberg Player of the match: Kapil Dev (IND)

• India won the toss and elected to field.

7th ODI

19 December 1992 (D/N) Scorecard

South Africa  203/8 (50 overs)	v	India 204/5 (47.2 overs)
KC Wessels 57 (99) SLV Raju 3/37 (10 overs)		PK Amre 84* (98) CR Matthews 2/44 (10 overs)

India won by 5 wickets Buffalo Park, East London Umpires: RE Koertzen and CJ Mitchley Player of the match: PK Amre (IND)

• India won the toss and elected to field.