Indian cricket team in South Africa in 2001–02

India in South Africa 2001–02

	South Africa	India
Dates	1 October – 23 November 2001
Captains	Shaun Pollock	Sourav Ganguly
Test series
Result	South Africa won the 2-match series 1–0
Most runs	Herschelle Gibbs (316)	Sachin Tendulkar (193)
Most wickets	Shaun Pollock (16)	Javagal Srinath (13)
Player of the series	Herschelle Gibbs (SA)

The Indian cricket team toured South Africa for two Tests from 1 November to 20 November 2001. South Africa won the Test series 1-0.

Test matches

1st Test

3–6 November 2001
Scorecard

India	v	South Africa
379 (95.1 overs) Sachin Tendulkar 155 (184) Shaun Pollock 4/91 (27 overs)		563 (143 overs) Lance Klusener 108 (124) Javagal Srinath 5/140 (33 overs)
237 (69.4 overs) Shiv Sunder Das 62 (96) Shaun Pollock 6/56 (21.4 overs)		54/1 (14.4 overs) Gary Kirsten 30* (48) Anil Kumble 1/23 (4 overs)

South Africa won by 9 wickets
Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein
Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and Dave Orchard (SA)
Player of the match: Shaun Pollock (SA)

South Africa won the toss and decided to field.
Virender Sehwag (Ind) scored his first century in Tests.

2nd Test

16–20 November 2001
Scorecard

South Africa	v	India
362 (121 overs) Herschelle Gibbs 196 (354) Javagal Srinath 6/76 (30 overs)		201 (62 overs) VVS Laxman 89 (121) Shaun Pollock 5/40 (16 overs)
233/5d (78 overs) Jacques Kallis 89* (229) Javagal Srinath 2/28 (17 overs)		206/3 (96.2 overs) Rahul Dravid 87 (241) Nantie Hayward 2/58 (25 overs)

Match drawn
St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth
Umpires: Ian Howell (SA) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Herschelle Gibbs (SA)

India won the toss and decided to field.

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v t e International cricket in 2001–02
Preceding season: International cricket in 2001
September 2001	Asian Test Challenge South Africa in Zimbabwe
October 2001	England in Zimbabwe Standard Bank Triangular Tournament New Zealand in Australia Khaleej Times Trophy
November 2001	West Indies in Sri Lanka Zimbabwe in Bangladesh England in India
December 2001	South Africa in Australia Bangladesh in New Zealand LG Abans Triangular Series Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka
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February 2002	Zimbabwe in India New Zealand in Australia Australia in South Africa New Zealand women in Australia
March 2002	Australia women in New Zealand India women in South Africa India in South Africa
April 2002	Sharjah Cup
Following season: International cricket in 2002

Test matches

1st Test

2nd Test

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