As South Africa prepare to take in India in the four-Test series to begin soon, we look back at the previous tours of the Proteas to India. We begin with their first-full tour, in 1996-97
South Africa defeated India 3-2 in the recently concluded one-day series. Here’s a look at some of the best performers from the series, not surprisingly, most of them being from South Africa
Although the India-South Africa ODI series finished with a 3-2 margin in favour of the visitors, the Proteas were undoubtedly the dominant force in the series, which culminated with a massive win for them at the Wankhede stadium
The decider at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai between India and South Africa on Sunday was expected to be a close contest looking at how the previous matches had unveiled.
Going into the decider at Wankhede, no team in the series had won games chasing. And so, when AB de Villiers won the toss, and decided to bat, it wasn’t a great omen for MS Dhoni
Following India’s impressive win at Chennai a couple of days ago, the teams will now go into the fifth and final ODI at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on Sunday with everything to play for