South African cricket team in India in 2009–10
International cricket tour
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The South Africa national cricket team toured India for a two-match Test series, and a three-match One Day International (ODI) series in February 2010.[1]
Dates
2 February 2010 – 27 February 2010
Captains
MS Dhoni
Result
2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs
V Sehwag (290)
| South African cricket team in India in 2009–10 | |||
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| India | South Africa | ||
| Dates | 2 February 2010 – 27 February 2010 | ||
| Captains | MS Dhoni |
GC Smith(Tests) JH Kallis (ODIs) | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | 2-match series drawn 1–1 | ||
| Most runs | V Sehwag (290) | HM Amla (494) | |
| Most wickets | H Singh (10) | DW Steyn (11) | |
| Player of the series | HM Amla (SA) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | India won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Sachin Tendulkar (204) | AB de Villiers (241) | |
| Most wickets |
RA Jadeja (5) S Sreesanth (5) |
LL Tsotsobe (3) JH Kallis (3) RE van der Merwe (3) WD Parnell (3) DW Steyn (3) | |
| Player of the series | Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) | ||
Squads
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Tour matches
2-day: Board President's XI v South Africans
Test series
1st Test
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat
- Subramaniam Badrinath and Wriddhiman Saha made Test cricket debuts for Indian cricket team.
- Hashim Amla accumulated the highest Test score by a South African in India by scoring in 253* runs.
- This was India's first Test defeat under the leadership of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
2nd Test
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- Alviro Petersen's score of 100 in the first innings is the third highest by a South African cricketer on a Test debut.[2]
- The partnership of 249 runs between Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag is the highest partnership for 3rd wicket at the Eden Gardens.[3]
- Hashim Amla scored 494 runs throughout the series, having been dismissed only once, retaining an average of 494, the second highest batting average ever in a Test series, after Wally Hammond.[4]
ODI series
1st ODI
2nd ODI
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) became the first men's cricketer ever to score a double century in ODIs.
3rd ODI
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first.
- Abhimanyu Mithun and Murali Vijay (Ind) both made their ODI debuts.
Media coverage
Television
- NEO Cricket (live) - India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Hong Kong (China) and UAE
- Doordarshan (live) (only one-day matches) - India
- Sky Sports (live) - Ireland and the United Kingdom
- Zee Sports (live) - United States of America
- Supersport (live) – South Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe
- Setanta Sports Australia (live) - Australia
- GEO Super (live) - Pakistan
- Astro Box Office (pay per view) - Malaysia
- StarHub (pay per view) - Singapore
