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(15/20 ov) 138/2

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India vs South Africa, 3rd ODI at Faridabad, , Mar 15 2000 - Cricket Photos

RESULT

3rd ODI, Faridabad, March 15, 2000, South Africa tour of India

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India

248/8

South Africa

(48/49 ov, T:249) 251/8

South Africa won by 2 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)

Player Of The Match

Hansie Cronje

, SA

66 (71) & 1/69

Rahul Dravid about to launch into a drive•Mar 19, 2000•Raveendran/AFP

Pollock congratulated after snaring Tendulkar•Mar 19, 2000•Raveendran/AFP

Former Indian captain Sachin Tendulkar (C) being congratulated by team-mate Sunil Joshi (R) after Tendulkar claimed the important wicket of South African captain Hansie Cronjie, as team captain Sourav Ganguly (L) walks past during the third one-day international cricket match between South Africa and India played at Faridabad, 15 March 2000. Tendulkar went on to take four wickets but could not prevent India from losing to South Africa by two wickets. The five match series stands at 2-1 in favour of India.

Tendulkar and Joshi embrace after picking the wicket of Cronje•Mar 19, 2000•Raveendran/AFP

South African captain Hansie Conjie (R) sweeps the ball to the fence on his way to scoring a quick 66 runs off 77 balls, fetching him the ' man of the match during the third one-day international cricket match between South Africa and India played at Faridabad, 15 March 2000, as Indian wicket keeper Sameer Dighe (R) looks on. South Africa went on to beat India by two wickets as the five match series stands at 2-1 in favour of India

Hansie Cronje plays a characteristic sweep shot•Mar 19, 2000•Raveendran/AFP

Indian captain and opening batsman Saurav Ganguly, blocks a delivery on his way to scoring a quick 56 runs during the one-day cricket international between India and South Africa, 15 March 2000 in Faridabad. South Africa are chasing India's challenging 248. In the background is South African wicket keeper Mark Boucher.

Ganguly middles the ball in his essay of 56 at Faridabad•Mar 19, 2000•Raveendran/AFP

South African batsman Gary Kirsten (C) slams a ball to the boundary on his way to scoring 93 runs, the highest in the match, as Indian wicket keeper Sameer Dighe (L) and Rahul Dravid (R) look on during the third one-day international cricket match between South Africa and India played at Faridabad 15 March 2000. South Africa went on to beat India by two wickets as the five match series stands at 2-1 in favour of India.

Kirsten on his toes whipping the ball through the onside•Mar 19, 2000•Raveendran/AFP

Indian wicket keeper Sameer Dighe stumps South African batsman Jacques Kallis on a delivery from Sunil Joshi during the third one-day international cricket match between South Africa and India played at Faridabad, 15 March 2000. South Africa went to beat India by two wickets as the five match series stands at 2-1 in favour of India

Dighe watches as Kallis has the timber disturbed•Mar 19, 2000•Raveendran/AFP

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India v South Africa, 1999-2000

At Faridabad, March 15

India v South Africa 3rd ODI - Statistical Highlights

It was the 1574th ODI match in cricket history

South Africans handled the pressure situation admirably

The Springboks were 0-2 down and it was a must win situation for them at Faridabad, to stay in the series

Late rally by India fails after Kirsten, Cronje lay victory platform

South Africa tried hard to make a simple task look difficult as they beat India by 2 wickets with an over to spare in the third match of the one-day series at the Nahar Singh Stadium in Faridabad today

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South Africa Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
G Kirsten	bowled	93	111
HH Gibbs	caught	19	29
N Boje	caught	14	12
JH Kallis	bowled	10	15
WJ Cronje	lbw	66	71
DM Benkenstein	bowled	0	4
L Klusener	caught	6	16
SM Pollock	bowled	14	15
MV Boucher	not out	17	14
PC Strydom	not out	1	3
Extras	(b 1, nb 2, w 8)
Total	251(8 wkts; 48 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	R	W	Econ
AB Agarkar	8	36	0	4.5
T Kumaran	5	31	0	6.2
SB Joshi	10	56	1	5.6
A Kumble	10	39	2	3.9 (1 nb)
SR Tendulkar	10	56	4	5.6
SC Ganguly	3	16	0	5.33 (1 nb)
R Dravid	2	16	1	8

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	42	Gary Kirsten	Herschelle Gibbs
2nd	21	Gary Kirsten	Nicky Boje
3rd	28	Gary Kirsten	Jacques Kallis
4th	113	Hansie Cronje	Gary Kirsten
5th	1	Hansie Cronje	Dale Benkenstein
6th	12	Hansie Cronje	Lance Klusener
7th	2	Shaun Pollock	Lance Klusener
8th	25	Shaun Pollock	Mark Boucher
9th	7	Mark Boucher	Pieter Strydom

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