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India v South Africa @ Nehru Stadium, Kochi
9 March 2000
Toss: South Africa (bat)
Umpires: MR Singh, CR Vijayaraghavan
Third Umpire: LP Verma
Match Referee: R Subba Row
Match Result: India won by 3 wickets
1st Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gary Kirsten | c Ajay Jadeja b Rahul Dravid | 115 | 123 | 174 | 12 | - |
| 2. Herschelle Gibbs | c Ajit Agarkar b Sunil Joshi | 111 | 127 | 164 | 11 | 2 |
| 3. Jacques Kallis | not out | 37 | 30 | 43 | 3 | - |
| 4. Lance Klusener | c & b Rahul Dravid | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | - |
| *5. Hansie Cronje | not out | 19 | 20 | 32 | - | - |
| 6. Shaun Pollock | ||||||
| +7. Mark Boucher | ||||||
| 8. Henry Williams | ||||||
| 9. Nantie Hayward | ||||||
| 10. Derek Crookes | ||||||
| 11. Nicky Boje |
| FOW | 1-235 (Herschelle Gibbs), 2-249 (Gary Kirsten), 3-249 (Lance Klusener). |
| Extras | 0b, 6lb, 9w, 4nb, 0pen) 19 |
| Total | (for 3 wickets, 50 ovs, 208 mins) 301 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ajit Agarkar | 7 | 0 | 55 | 0 | (4w,0nb) |
| Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran | 5 | 0 | 41 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 8 | 0 | 48 | 0 | (1w,2nb) |
| Sunil Joshi | 10 | 0 | 52 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 10 | 0 | 44 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Rahul Dravid | 9 | 1 | 43 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Robin Singh | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
2nd Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Sourav Ganguly | c Mark Boucher b Shaun Pollock | 31 | 28 | 36 | 6 | - |
| 2. Sachin Tendulkar | c Henry Williams b Nantie Hayward | 26 | 25 | 66 | 4 | - |
| 3. Rahul Dravid | c Henry Williams b Hansie Cronje | 17 | 21 | 19 | 2 | - |
| 4. Sunil Joshi | run out (Derek Crookes > Henry Williams) | 13 | 14 | 26 | 2 | - |
| 5. Mohammad Azharuddin | c Shaun Pollock b Jacques Kallis | 42 | 51 | 94 | 2 | 1 |
| 6. Ajay Jadeja | c Derek Crookes b Hansie Cronje | 92 | 109 | 142 | 8 | 3 |
| 7. Robin Singh | not out | 42 | 43 | 93 | 2 | - |
| +8. Sameer Dighe | c Hansie Cronje b Shaun Pollock | 5 | 9 | 14 | - | - |
| 9. Anil Kumble | not out | 7 | 5 | 13 | - | - |
| 10. Ajit Agarkar | ||||||
| 11. Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran |
| FOW | 1-45 (Sourav Ganguly), 2-70 (Rahul Dravid), 3-82 (Sachin Tendulkar), 4-101 (Sunil Joshi), 5-180 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 6-272 (Ajay Jadeja), 7-287 (Sameer Dighe). |
| Extras | 1b, 6lb, 13w, 7nb, 0pen) 27 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 49.4 ovs, 255 mins) 302 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Shaun Pollock | 9.4 | 0 | 59 | 2 | (0w,1nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 6 | 0 | 42 | 1 | (3w,0nb) |
| Hansie Cronje | 8 | 0 | 48 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Nantie Hayward | 6 | 0 | 35 | 1 | (5w,2nb) |
| Henry Williams | 9 | 1 | 40 | 0 | (0w,4nb) |
| Nicky Boje | 6 | 0 | 34 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Derek Crookes | 5 | 0 | 37 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
Squads
India:
Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sunil Joshi, Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Robin Singh, Sameer Dighe, Anil Kumble, Ajit Agarkar, Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran