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South Africa v India @ Springbok Park, Bloemfontein
23 January 1997
Toss: South Africa (bat)
Umpires: SB Lambson, CJ Mitchley
Third Umpire: DF Becker
Match Referee: BN Jarman
Match Result: South Africa won by 39 runs
1st Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Andrew Hudson | c Sachin Tendulkar b Venkatesh Prasad | 15 | 35 | 42 | 1 | - |
| 2. Gary Kirsten | c Robin Singh b Venkatesh Prasad | 73 | 99 | 161 | 5 | - |
| 3. Lance Klusener | run out (Venkatesh Prasad > ) | 15 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 1 |
| 4. Daryll Cullinan | c Ajay Jadeja b Anil Kumble | 51 | 77 | 95 | 2 | 1 |
| 5. Jonty Rhodes | not out | 57 | 39 | 63 | 5 | - |
| *6. Hansie Cronje | not out | 44 | 41 | 59 | 2 | 1 |
| 7. Shaun Pollock | ||||||
| +8. Dave Richardson | ||||||
| 9. Pat Symcox | ||||||
| 10. Craig Matthews | ||||||
| 11. Allan Donald |
| FOW | 1-36 (Andrew Hudson), 2-54 (Lance Klusener), 3-165 (Daryll Cullinan), 4-168 (Gary Kirsten). |
| Extras | 0b, 6lb, 7w, 2nb, 0pen) 15 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 50 ovs) 270 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Javagal Srinath | 10 | 0 | 50 | 0 | (5w,0nb) |
| Venkatesh Prasad | 10 | 1 | 63 | 2 | (0w,1nb) |
| Salil Ankola | 10 | 0 | 45 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 9 | 0 | 44 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Robin Singh | 8 | 0 | 40 | 0 | (2w,2nb) |
| Ajay Jadeja | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sourav Ganguly | c Jonty Rhodes b Allan Donald | 40 | 64 | 97 | 6 | - |
| *2. Sachin Tendulkar | b Shaun Pollock | 0 | 4 | 12 | - | - |
| 3. Javagal Srinath | c Daryll Cullinan b Lance Klusener | 37 | 45 | 62 | 4 | - |
| 4. Mohammad Azharuddin | b Lance Klusener | 52 | 59 | 101 | 2 | 1 |
| 5. Rahul Dravid | b Pat Symcox | 8 | 22 | 26 | - | - |
| 6. Ajay Jadeja | c Dave Richardson b Hansie Cronje | 1 | 8 | 8 | - | - |
| 7. Robin Singh | b Pat Symcox | 0 | 11 | 12 | - | - |
| +8. Saba Karim | b Lance Klusener | 55 | 48 | 77 | 3 | 1 |
| 9. Salil Ankola | b Lance Klusener | 3 | 9 | 10 | - | - |
| 10. Anil Kumble | c Dave Richardson b Lance Klusener | 7 | 15 | 21 | - | - |
| 11. Venkatesh Prasad | not out | 10 | 8 | 10 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-14 (Sachin Tendulkar), 2-87 (Javagal Srinath), 3-107 (Sourav Ganguly), 4-128 (Rahul Dravid), 5-129 (Ajay Jadeja), 6-136 (Robin Singh), 7-179 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 8-183 (Salil Ankola), 9-211 (Anil Kumble), 231 (Saba Karim). |
| Extras | 1b, 3lb, 10w, 4nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 47.4 ovs) 231 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shaun Pollock | 8 | 0 | 46 | 1 | (3w,1nb) |
| Craig Matthews | 5 | 0 | 31 | 0 | (3w,0nb) |
| Lance Klusener | 8.4 | 0 | 42 | 5 | (3w,4nb) |
| Allan Donald | 9 | 0 | 43 | 1 | (1w,2nb) |
| Pat Symcox | 10 | 0 | 38 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Hansie Cronje | 7 | 1 | 27 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
South Africa:
Andrew Hudson, Gary Kirsten, Lance Klusener, Daryll Cullinan, Jonty Rhodes, Hansie Cronje, Shaun Pollock, Dave Richardson, Pat Symcox, Craig Matthews, Allan Donald