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India v South Africa @ Sharjah C.A. Stadium
19 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 38 runs
1st Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gary Kirsten | not out | 115 | 142 | 212 | 4 | 1 |
| 2. Andrew Hudson | c Mohammad Azharuddin b Javagal Srinath | 0 | 1 | 6 | - | - |
| 3. Daryll Cullinan | b Venkatesh Prasad | 2 | 19 | 23 | - | - |
| 4. Pat Symcox | c Ajay Jadeja b Venkatapathy Raju | 61 | 49 | 64 | 5 | 2 |
| *5. Hansie Cronje | c Vikram Rathour b Anil Kumble | 25 | 34 | 39 | 1 | - |
| 6. Derek Crookes | c Vikram Rathour b Anil Kumble | 26 | 30 | 41 | 1 | - |
| 7. Brian McMillan | not out | 37 | 25 | 34 | 2 | 3 |
| 8. Shaun Pollock | ||||||
| +9. Dave Richardson | ||||||
| 10. Craig Matthews | ||||||
| 11. Fanie de Villiers |
| FOW | 1-5 (Andrew Hudson), 2-20 (Daryll Cullinan), 3-115 (Pat Symcox), 4-175 (Hansie Cronje), 5-227 (Derek Crookes). |
| Extras | 0b, 5lb, 16w, 0nb, 0pen) 21 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 50 ovs) 287 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Javagal Srinath | 10 | 1 | 51 | 1 | (4w,0nb) |
| Venkatesh Prasad | 10 | 0 | 50 | 1 | (5w,0nb) |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 7 | 0 | 51 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 10 | 1 | 42 | 2 | (5w,0nb) |
| Venkatapathy Raju | 9 | 0 | 70 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ajay Jadeja | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Vikram Rathour | c Dave Richardson b Craig Matthews | 23 | 35 | 55 | 1 | 1 |
| 2. Sachin Tendulkar | run out | 57 | 71 | 104 | 6 | - |
| 3. Anil Kumble | run out | 10 | 9 | 14 | 1 | - |
| 4. Navjot Sidhu | c Craig Matthews b Hansie Cronje | 26 | 44 | 50 | 2 | - |
| 5. Sanjay Manjrekar | run out | 41 | 47 | 75 | 1 | - |
| *6. Mohammad Azharuddin | run out | 39 | 43 | 51 | 3 | - |
| 7. Ajay Jadeja | c Daryll Cullinan b Brian McMillan | 2 | 3 | 4 | - | - |
| 8. Javagal Srinath | c Dave Richardson b Fanie de Villiers | 10 | 22 | 31 | - | - |
| +9. Nayan Mongia | c & b Shaun Pollock | 23 | 24 | 35 | 1 | - |
| 10. Venkatesh Prasad | not out | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | - |
| 11. Venkatapathy Raju | not out | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-59 (Vikram Rathour), 2-78 (Anil Kumble), 3-112 (Sachin Tendulkar), 4-130 (Navjot Sidhu), 5-204 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 6-208 (Ajay Jadeja), 7-209 (Sanjay Manjrekar), 8-243 (Javagal Srinath), 9-249 (Nayan Mongia). |
| Extras | 0b, 10lb, 1w, 2nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 50 ovs) 249 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Fanie de Villiers | 10 | 0 | 42 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Shaun Pollock | 10 | 0 | 57 | 1 | (0w,2nb) |
| Brian McMillan | 10 | 0 | 48 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Craig Matthews | 10 | 1 | 46 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Pat Symcox | 6 | 0 | 23 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Hansie Cronje | 4 | 0 | 23 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
India:
Vikram Rathour, Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble, Navjot Sidhu, Sanjay Manjrekar, Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Javagal Srinath, Nayan Mongia, Venkatesh Prasad, Venkatapathy Raju