- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras19 (lb 6, nb 4, w 9)TOTAL301/3 (50 Overs, RR: 6.02)Fall of wickets: 1-235 (Herschelle Gibbs, 39.3 ov), 2-249 (Gary Kirsten, 42.2 ov), 3-249 (Lance Klusener, 42.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB AB Agarkar 7 0 55 0 7.85 4 0 T Kumaran 5 0 41 0 8.20 0 0 A Kumble 8 0 48 0 6.00 1 2 SB Joshi 10 0 52 1 5.20 1 0 SR Tendulkar 10 0 44 0 4.40 0 1 R Dravid 9 1 43 2 4.77 0 0 RR Singh 1 0 12 0 12.00 0 1
09/03Result
1st ODI, South Africa tour of India at Kochi, Mar 9 2000
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![South Africa]( "South Africa")
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![India]( "India")
302/7 (49.4/50 ov)
Player of the Match
09/03Result
1st ODI, South Africa tour of India at Kochi, Mar 9 2000
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![South Africa]( "South Africa")
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![India]( "India")
302/7 (49.4/50 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras27 (b 1, lb 6, nb 7, w 13)TOTAL302/7 (49.4 Overs, RR: 6.08)Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Sourav Ganguly, 6.5 ov), 2-70 (Rahul Dravid, 11.1 ov), 3-82 (Sachin Tendulkar, 12.6 ov), 4-101 (Sunil Joshi, 15.4 ov), 5-180 (Mohammad Azharuddin, 32.6 ov), 6-272 (Ajay Jadeja, 44.5 ov), 7-287 (Sameer Dighe, 47.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB SM Pollock 9.4 0 59 2 6.10 0 1 JH Kallis 6 0 42 1 7.00 3 0 WJ Cronje 8 0 48 2 6.00 1 0 M Hayward 6 0 35 1 5.83 5 2 HS Williams 9 1 40 0 4.44 0 4 N Boje 6 0 34 0 5.66 2 0 DN Crookes 5 0 37 0 7.40 2 0
Match Details
Toss
South Africa , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
India led the 5-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Match days
9 March 2000 (50-over match)
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Match Coverage
All Match NewsVictory may prove to be a turning point
The venue was Nagpur and the South Africans were playing India A on their last tour to India
India win amid scenes of low farce
India won the first ODI against South Africa in a grandstand finish atKochi's Nehru stadium which ended in a grotesque manner after the teamshad walked off thinking the match was over and had to be called back tocomplete it a second time