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India v South Africa @ Sharjah C.A. Stadium
17 April 1996
Toss: India (bat)
Umpires: BC Cooray, MJ Kitchen
Third Umpire: DB Cowie
Match Referee: RS Madugalle
Match Result: South Africa won by 5 wickets
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Vikram Rathour | c Hansie Cronje b Paul Adams | 50 | 91 | 120 | 4 | - |
| 2. Sachin Tendulkar | c Gary Kirsten b Fanie de Villiers | 17 | 26 | 32 | 2 | - |
| 3. Navjot Sidhu | lbw b Fanie de Villiers | 1 | 10 | 8 | - | - |
| 4. Sanjay Manjrekar | c Gary Kirsten b Jacques Kallis | 14 | 33 | 51 | - | - |
| *5. Mohammad Azharuddin | st Dave Richardson b Paul Adams | 4 | 8 | 11 | - | - |
| 6. Ajay Jadeja | not out | 71 | 69 | 95 | 2 | 2 |
| +7. Nayan Mongia | c Gary Kirsten b Paul Adams | 13 | 35 | 34 | - | - |
| 8. Anil Kumble | run out (Jonty Rhodes > Shaun Pollock) | 16 | 21 | 28 | 1 | - |
| 9. Javagal Srinath | c sub b Shaun Pollock | 15 | 8 | 8 | 2 | - |
| 10. Venkatesh Prasad | not out | 1 | 1 | 6 | - | - |
| 11. Venkatapathy Raju |
| FOW | 1-23 (Sachin Tendulkar), 2-26 (Navjot Sidhu), 3-72 (Sanjay Manjrekar), 4-89 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 5-100 (Vikram Rathour), 6-140 (Nayan Mongia), 7-177 (Anil Kumble), 8-199 (Javagal Srinath). |
| Extras | 0b, 4lb, 7w, 2nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs) 215 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shaun Pollock | 8 | 0 | 39 | 1 | (2w,1nb) |
| Fanie de Villiers | 10 | 2 | 28 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Brian McMillan | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 7 | 0 | 34 | 1 | (3w,1nb) |
| Paul Adams | 10 | 0 | 30 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Derek Crookes | 10 | 0 | 55 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gary Kirsten | c Nayan Mongia b Anil Kumble | 39 | 57 | 86 | 2 | - |
| 2. Jacques Kallis | run out (Ajay Jadeja > ) | 22 | 32 | 52 | 2 | - |
| 3. Daryll Cullinan | c Venkatesh Prasad b Venkatapathy Raju | 64 | 100 | 120 | 3 | - |
| *4. Hansie Cronje | b Venkatapathy Raju | 1 | 4 | 8 | - | - |
| 5. Derek Crookes | b Venkatapathy Raju | 54 | 61 | 84 | 2 | 2 |
| 6. Shaun Pollock | not out | 11 | 15 | 19 | 1 | - |
| 7. Jonty Rhodes | not out | 12 | 14 | 15 | - | 1 |
| 8. Brian McMillan | ||||||
| +9. Dave Richardson | ||||||
| 10. Fanie de Villiers | ||||||
| 11. Paul Adams |
| FOW | 1-53 (Jacques Kallis), 2-85 (Gary Kirsten), 3-98 (Hansie Cronje), 4-192 (Derek Crookes), 5-193 (Daryll Cullinan). |
| Extras | 3b, 2lb, 8w, 0nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 47.1 ovs) 216 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Javagal Srinath | 10 | 0 | 55 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venkatesh Prasad | 10 | 0 | 43 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 10 | 0 | 37 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Venkatapathy Raju | 10 | 0 | 38 | 3 | (1w,0nb) |
| Ajay Jadeja | 7 | 0 | 37 | 0 | (5w,0nb) |
| Navjot Sidhu | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
India:
Vikram Rathour, Sachin Tendulkar, Navjot Sidhu, Sanjay Manjrekar, Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Nayan Mongia, Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath, Venkatesh Prasad, Venkatapathy Raju