South African cricket team in India in 2007–08

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{{Infobox cricket tour
| series_name = South African cricket team in India in 2007–08
| team1_image = Flag of South Africa.svg
| team1_name = South Africa
| team2_image = Flag of India.svg
| team2_name = India
| from_date = 20 March 2008
| to_date = 15 April 2008
| team1_captain = [[Graeme Smith]]
| team2_captain = [[Anil Kumble]]<br/>[[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]]<br/>(3rd Test)
| no_of_tests = 3
| team1_tests_won = 1
| team2_tests_won = 1
| team1_tests_most_runs = [[Neil McKenzie]] (341)
| team2_tests_most_runs = [[Virender Sehwag]] (372)
| team1_tests_most_wickets = [[Dale Steyn]] (15)
| team2_tests_most_wickets = [[Harbhajan Singh]] (19)
| player_of_test_series = [[Harbhajan Singh]] (IND)
}}

The [[South African cricket team]] toured [[India]] between 26 March and 13 April 2008, playing 3 [[Test cricket|Tests]] against [[India national cricket team|India]]. The series was tied 1–1.

==Squads==
[[Image:Harbhajan Singh bowling.jpg|thumb|Harbhajan, pictured here bowling in the nets, was the man of the series.]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan=2 | Test Squads
|-
! {{cr|IND}}
! {{cr|RSA}}
|-
| [[Anil Kumble]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]]) || [[Graeme Smith]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
|-
| [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]]) || [[Mark Boucher]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
|-
| [[Wasim Jaffer]] || [[Ashwell Prince]]
|-
| [[Virender Sehwag]] || [[Hashim Amla]]
|-
| [[Rahul Dravid]] || [[AB de Villiers]]
|-
| [[Sachin Tendulkar]] || [[Jean-Paul Duminy]]
|-
| [[Saurav Ganguly]] || [[Paul Harris (cricketer, born 1978)|Paul Harris]]
|-
| [[V V S Laxman]] || [[Jacques Kallis]]
|-
| [[Yuvraj Singh]] || [[Charl Langeveldt]]
|-
| [[Irfan Pathan]] || [[Neil McKenzie]]
|-
| [[Harbhajan Singh]] || [[Morné Morkel]]
|-
| [[Murali Kartik]] || [[Makhaya Ntini]]
|-
| [[R. P. Singh|Rudra Pratap Singh]] || [[Robin Peterson]]
|-
| [[Shanthakumaran Sreesanth|S. Sreesanth]] || [[Dale Steyn]]
|}

==Test series==

===1st Test===
{{Test match |
date = 26 March – 30 March|
team1 = {{cr-rt|RSA}}|
team2 = {{cr|IND}}|

score-team1-inns1 = 540 (152.5 overs)|
runs-team1-inns1 = [[Hashim Amla]] 159 (262)|
wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Harbhajan Singh]] 6/164 (44.5 overs)|

score-team2-inns1 = 627 (155.1 overs)|
runs-team2-inns1 = [[Virender Sehwag]] 319 (304)|
wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Dale Steyn]] 4/103 (32 overs)|

score-team1-inns2 = 331/5([[declaration and forfeiture|dec]]) (109 overs)|
runs-team1-inns2 = [[Neil McKenzie]] 155[[not out|*]] (339)|
wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Harbhajan Singh]] 3/101 (34 overs)|

score-team2-inns2 = |
runs-team2-inns2 = |
wickets-team2-inns2 = |

result = Match Drawn|
venue = [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium]], [[Chennai]] |
umpires = [[Asad Rauf]] and [[Tony Hill (umpire)|Tony Hill]]|
motm = [[Virender Sehwag]] (IND)|
report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/332911.html Scorecard]|
rain = [[Virender Sehwag]]'s 309[[Not out|*]] on day three was the second time an Indian has scored a triple century. Sehwag also scored the first one.
*Sehwag became the first Indian batsman to score two triple centuries in tests.
*Sehwag also scored the fastest triple century in terms of deliveries (278).
*Sehwag is the third batsman after [[Brian Lara]] and [[Don Bradman]] to score two triple centuries.
*Sehwag scored 257 runs on day three, making him the first batsman to score more than 250 runs in a day in a [[Test Cricket|test]] match in over 50 years. There are only three other batsman that bettered this: [[Don Bradman]] twice (309) and (271), [[Wally Hammond]] (295), and [[Denis Compton]] (273).
*Sehwag is also the first batsman to be involved in two double century stands, 213 for the first wicket and a 268 run partnership for the second wicket. This also the first time that a double century stand has occurred for the first and second wicket in an innings.
*Each of Sehwag's last ten centuries have been greater than 150.
*In the 14 innings when Sehwag has scored a century, his strike rate has been 77.79. Among batsmen with at least ten Test hundreds, only [[Adam Gilchrist]] has a faster strike-rate in centuries (99.64).|
}}

===2nd Test===
{{Test match |
date = April 3 – April 7|
team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}|
team2 = {{cr|RSA}}|

score-team1-inns1 = 76 (20 overs)|
runs-team1-inns1 = [[Irfan Pathan]] 21[[not out|*]] (17)|
wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Dale Steyn]] 5/23 (8 overs)|

score-team2-inns1 = 494/7([[declaration and forfeiture|dec]]) (141.2 overs)|
runs-team2-inns1 = [[AB de Villiers]] 217[[not out|*]] (333)|
wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Harbhajan Singh]] 4/135 (40 overs)|

score-team1-inns2 = 328 (94.2 overs)|
runs-team1-inns2 = [[Sourav Ganguly]] 87 (149)|
wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Makhaya Ntini]] 3/44 (16.2 overs)|

score-team2-inns2 = |
runs-team2-inns2 = |
wickets-team2-inns2 = |

result = South Africa won by an innings & 90 runs
|venue = [[Sardar Patel Stadium]], [[Motera]], [[Ahmedabad]] |
umpires = [[Billy Doctrove]] (WIN) and [[Tony Hill (umpire)|Tony Hill]] (NZL)|
motm=[[AB de Villiers]] (SA) |
report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/332912.html Scorecard] |
rain = |
}}

===3rd Test===
{{Test match |
date = April 11 – April 15|
team1 = {{cr-rt|RSA}}|
team2 = {{cr-rt|IND}}|

score-team1-inns1 = 265 (87.3 overs)|
runs-team1-inns1 = [[Graeme Smith]] 69 (134)|
wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Harbhajan Singh]] 3/52 (31 overs)|

score-team2-inns1 = 325 (99.4 overs)|
runs-team2-inns1 = [[Sourav Ganguly]] 87 (119)|
wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Morné Morkel]] 3/57 (13 overs)|

score-team1-inns2 = 121 (55.5 overs)|
runs-team1-inns2 = [[Graeme Smith]] 35 (90)|
wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Harbhajan Singh]] 4/44 (23 overs)|

score-team2-inns2 = 64/2 (13.1 overs)|
runs-team2-inns2 = [[Virender Sehwag]] 22 (12)|
wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Morné Morkel]] 1/8 (5 overs)|

result = India won by 8 wickets|
venue = [[Green Park Stadium]], [[Kanpur]] |
umpires = [[Asad Rauf]] (PAK) and [[Billy Doctrove]] (WIN)|
motm = [[Sourav Ganguly]] (IND)|
report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/332913.html Scorecard]|
rain = |
notes= [[MS Dhoni]] (Ind) [[List of India national cricket captains#Test match captains|captained India]] for the first time in Tests.
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/332905.html South African cricket team in India in 2007–08] at [[ESPN Cricinfo]]

{{International cricket in 2007-08}}
{{International cricket tours of India}}

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