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India v South Africa @ Sharjah C.A. Stadium
14 April 1996
Toss: South Africa (bat)
Umpires: BC Cooray, MJ Kitchen
Third Umpire: DB Cowie
Match Referee: RS Madugalle
Match Result: South Africa won by 80 runs
1st Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gary Kirsten | b Venkatapathy Raju | 106 | 116 | 182 | 9 | - |
| 2. Andrew Hudson | c Sachin Tendulkar b Javagal Srinath | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 3. Daryll Cullinan | c Rahul Dravid b Anil Kumble | 28 | 33 | 47 | 6 | - |
| 4. Pat Symcox | b Anil Kumble | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| *5. Hansie Cronje | run out | 90 | 82 | 102 | 4 | 3 |
| 6. Jonty Rhodes | c Rahul Dravid b Venkatapathy Raju | 23 | 33 | 42 | 1 | - |
| 7. Brian McMillan | not out | 14 | 24 | 28 | - | - |
| 8. Shaun Pollock | not out | 15 | 11 | 10 | 1 | - |
| +9. Dave Richardson | ||||||
| 10. Craig Matthews | ||||||
| 11. Fanie de Villiers |
| FOW | 1-1 (Andrew Hudson), 2-56 (Daryll Cullinan), 3-56 (Pat Symcox), 4-210 (Hansie Cronje), 5-249 (Gary Kirsten), 6-266 (Jonty Rhodes). |
| Extras | 0b, 7lb, 4w, 1nb, 0pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 50 ovs) 288 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Javagal Srinath | 9 | 0 | 43 | 1 | (1w,1nb) |
| Prashant Vaidya | 6 | 0 | 42 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 10 | 0 | 45 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Venkatapathy Raju | 10 | 0 | 67 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 7 | 0 | 40 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Ajay Jadeja | 8 | 0 | 44 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Ajay Jadeja | c Dave Richardson b Craig Matthews | 42 | 48 | 60 | 3 | 1 |
| 2. Sachin Tendulkar | c Gary Kirsten b Fanie de Villiers | 2 | 15 | 23 | - | - |
| 3. Prashant Vaidya | lbw b Shaun Pollock | 12 | 9 | 14 | 2 | - |
| 4. Navjot Sidhu | c Gary Kirsten b Shaun Pollock | 1 | 5 | 7 | - | - |
| 5. Sanjay Manjrekar | c Hansie Cronje b Pat Symcox | 53 | 80 | 118 | 3 | 1 |
| *6. Mohammad Azharuddin | c Andrew Hudson b Pat Symcox | 28 | 62 | 88 | 1 | - |
| 7. Javagal Srinath | b Fanie de Villiers | 35 | 31 | 42 | 1 | 2 |
| 8. Rahul Dravid | c Jonty Rhodes b Shaun Pollock | 11 | 21 | 28 | - | - |
| +9. Nayan Mongia | not out | 9 | 14 | 25 | - | - |
| 10. Anil Kumble | not out | 9 | 16 | 17 | - | - |
| 11. Venkatapathy Raju |
| FOW | 1-20 (Sachin Tendulkar), 2-41 (Prashant Vaidya), 3-45 (Navjot Sidhu), 4-62 (Ajay Jadeja), 5-143 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 6-147 (Sanjay Manjrekar), 7-188 (Rahul Dravid), 8-194 (Javagal Srinath). |
| Extras | 1b, 1lb, 3w, 1nb, 0pen) 6 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs) 208 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shaun Pollock | 10 | 0 | 42 | 3 | (1w,1nb) |
| Fanie de Villiers | 10 | 0 | 54 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Brian McMillan | 7 | 0 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Craig Matthews | 10 | 0 | 26 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Pat Symcox | 7 | 0 | 43 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Hansie Cronje | 6 | 0 | 23 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
India:
Ajay Jadeja, Sachin Tendulkar, Prashant Vaidya, Navjot Sidhu, Sanjay Manjrekar, Mohammad Azharuddin, Javagal Srinath, Rahul Dravid, Nayan Mongia, Anil Kumble, Venkatapathy Raju