Match Details
Toss
India , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
South Africa led the 2-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Match days
24,25,26 February 2000 (5-day match)
24/02Result
1st Test, South Africa tour of India at Mumbai, Feb 24-26 2000
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![India]( "India")
225 & 113 -
![South Africa]( "South Africa")
176 & 164/6 (63 ov)
Player of the Match
24/02Result
1st Test, South Africa tour of India at Mumbai, Feb 24-26 2000
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![India]( "India")
225 & 113 -
![South Africa]( "South Africa")
176 & 164/6 (63 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Scorecard Summary
INDIA 225 (79.2 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Ajit Agarkar*41 (42)
- Sachin Tendulkar97 (163)
- Allan Donald2/23 (16)
- Jacques Kallis3/30 (16)
SOUTH AFRICA 176 (64 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Herschelle Gibbs47 (101)
- Gary Kirsten50 (139)
- Javagal Srinath3/45 (12)
- Sachin Tendulkar3/10 (5)
INDIA 113 (50.2 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Rahul Dravid37 (127)
- Sourav Ganguly31 (42)
- Hansie Cronje3/23 (12)
- Shaun Pollock4/24 (12.2)
SOUTH AFRICA 164/6 (63 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Herschelle Gibbs46 (75)
- Jacques Kallis*36 (129)
- Murali Kartik1/50 (19)
- Anil Kumble4/56 (28)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsMongia completes the double
When he caught Mark Boucher off the bowling of Murali Kartik in theSouth African first innings in the first Test at Mumbai, Nayan Mongiabecame third Indian and 22nd wicketkeeper in Test history to complete100 dismissals in a Test career
Ist Test: India v South Africa, Statistical highlights
It was the 1484th match in Test history
India lose first round of the battle
The last day's play in the first Test in Mumbai raised anintriguing question
The absence of a third spinner was felt
Hansie Cronje, the South African captain, was not exactly on top ofthe world when he arrived in India
Indians have their task cut out
The scorecards of both India and South Africa do not reflect the truenature of the pitch at the Wankhede Stadium