| South Africa tours India to play 3 Test
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| | 2006-07 in South Africa - Africa won the
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| Cricket Matches from 26th March to 15th
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| | Test series 2-1. South Africa won the ODI
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| April.
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| | series 4-0. India won the only Twenty20
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| Both teams are coming from successful
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| | international.
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| overseas tours. South Africa just
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| | Here is the schedule for this series
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| finished their tour of Bangladesh where
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| | 1st Test - 26th to 30th March 2008 - MA
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| they won all the test and ODI matches and
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| | Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
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| even moved past the world champions
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| | 2nd Test - 3rd to 7th April 2008 - Sardar
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| Australia as the best ranked ODI side.
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| | Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
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| Even though India lost the test series
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| | 3rd Test - 11th to 15th April 2008 -
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| 2-1 in Australia they won the
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| | Green Park, Kanpur
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| Commonwealth Bank ODI Series beating
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| | The Teams
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| Australia in the finals 2-0. Both teams
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| | Both sides got many experienced as well
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| are equal strong but the home environment
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| | as young talented players.
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| will give India a small advantage.
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| | Indian Team - Anil Kumble (Captain), MS
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| A Brief History
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| | Dhoni (Vice-captain/wicket keeper), Rahul
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| In 1991, nearly 22 years after being
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| | Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, Harbhajan Singh,
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| isolated from the international fold due
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| | Wasim Jaffer, Murali Kartik, VVS Laxman,
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| to apartheid, South Africa arrived in
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| | Irfan Pathan, Piyush Chawla, Virender
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| India for a three-match one-day series.
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| | Sehwag, RP Singh, Sreesanth, Sachin
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| And in 1992 India had the privilege of
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| | Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh
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| being the first international side to
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| | South African Team - Graeme Smith
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| play a Test in South Africa since 1970.
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| | (Captain), Ashwell Prince (Vice-captain),
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| Here are the past series and results.
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| | Hashim Amla, Mark Boucher(Wicket keeper),
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| 1991-92 in India - India won the ODI
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| | AB de Villiers, Jean-Paul Duminy, Paul
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| series 2-1
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| | Harris, Jacques Kallis, Neil McKenzie,
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| 1992-93 in South Africa - South Africa
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| | Morne Morkel, Makhaya Ntini, Robin
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| won the Test and ODI series 1-0 and 5-2
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| | Peterson, Dale Steyn, Monde Zondeki
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| 1996-97 in India - India won the Test
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| | Watch the Matches Live
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| series 2-1
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| | As the Information and Broadcasting (I&B)
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| 1996-97 in South Africa - South Africa
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| | Ministry of India decided not to term
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| won the Test series 2-0
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| | this test series a "event of a national
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| 1999-00 in India - South Africa won the
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| | importance", the first match will not be
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| Test series 2-0. India won the ODI series
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| | aired on Doordarshan (DD), nor on All
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| 3-2
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| | India Radio (AIR), leaving several
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| 2001-02 in South Africa - South Africa
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| | hundred million fans without access to
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| won the Test series 1-0
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| | the game. The fates of the other two
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| 2004-05 in India - India won the Test
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| | matches are also uncertain. Most probably
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| series 1-0
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| | they also will not be aired for the
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| 2005-06 in India - ODI Series drawn 2-2
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| | general public.
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