India v South Africa (1151)

a10225 o1151	India v South Africa
	Pepsi Challenge (Mohinder Amarnath Benefit Match) 1996/97
Venue	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on 14th December 1996 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	India won the toss and decided to bat
Result	India won by 74 runs
Umpires	K Parthasarathy, SK Porel
Third umpire	RC Sharma
Referee	JR Reid
Man of the Match	SR Tendulkar

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India innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s *SR Tendulkar st Kirsten b Boje 114 126 157 14 - WV Raman c Cronje b Symcox 29 51 83 2 1 M Azharuddin c Kirsten b Crookes 22 34 43 1 - RS Dravid run out (Cullinan) 16 32 44 1 - AD Jadeja not out 54 44 54 2 4 RR Singh c Symcox b Adams 10 14 24 - 1 J Srinath c Gibbs b Adams 3 4 8 - - SB Joshi not out 1 1 5 - - +NR Mongia did not bat A Kumble did not bat BKV Prasad did not bat Extras (1 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 12 w) 18 Total (6 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) 267 Fall of wickets: 1-90 (Raman), 2-150 (Azharuddin), 3-188 (Tendulkar), 4-202 (Dravid), 5-230 (Singh), 6-249 (Srinath) South Africa bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls de Villiers 5 0 24 0 - - McMillan 6 0 33 0 - - Cronje 6 0 36 0 - - Symcox 10 1 51 1 1 - Boje 10 1 33 1 2 - Crookes 6 0 35 1 4 - Adams 7 0 50 2 1 2 South Africa innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s AC Hudson b Joshi 45 60 87 6 - +G Kirsten c Azharuddin b Prasad 1 5 7 - - *WJ Cronje c Singh b Prasad 10 19 28 2 - DJ Cullinan c Joshi b Singh 44 71 87 3 - HH Gibbs c Raman b Prasad 31 46 73 3 - DN Crookes run out (Azharuddin) 18 27 25 - 1 BM McMillan c Mongia b Srinath 16 26 39 2 - N Boje c Prasad b Kumble 3 4 16 - - PL Symcox not out 3 12 22 - - PS de Villiers b Srinath 0 1 1 - - PR Adams c Mongia b Prasad 0 8 8 - - Extras (13 lb, 2 nb, 7 w) 22 Total (all out, 46 overs) 193 Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Kirsten), 2-35 (Cronje), 3-80 (Hudson), 4-122 (Cullinan), 5-161 (Crookes), 6-166 (Gibbs), 7-174 (Boje), 8-188 (McMillan), 9-188 (de Villiers), 10-193 (Adams) India bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Srinath 10 1 40 2 1 2 Prasad 8 1 27 4 2 1 Joshi 7 0 25 1 - - Singh 6 0 29 1 - - Kumble 9 1 34 1 - - Raman 6 1 25 0 - -

Notes
--> SR Tendulkar passed 7500 runs in ListA Matches when he reached 86
--> RR Singh equalled his previous highest ODIs score of 10
--> DJ Cullinan passed 5500 runs in ListA Matches when he reached 33
--> BKV Prasad achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODIs when he dismissed PR Adams in the South Africa innings (previous best was 3-22)
--> J Srinath reached 150 wickets in ODIs when he dismissed BM McMillan, his 1st wicket in the South Africa innings

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When India were 155/2 after 30 overs, crowd trouble forced the play to stop for 18 minutes. There was no reduction in overs, and instead the lunch interval was shortened.