Related Link : Titan Cup 1996/97
Venue : Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai (D/N)
Toss : India won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : VK Ramaswamy and S Venkataraghavan
Match Result : India won by 35 runs to lift the Titan Cup
Man of the Match : Anil Kumble
Man of the Series : Allan Donald
India (50 Overs Maximum)
Sanjay Manjrekar c Richardson b de Villiers 7 (31)
Sachin Tendulkar (C) c Cronje b Boje 67 (88) 6 ‘4s’
Javagal Srinath c de Villiers b Donald 5 (7) 1 ‘4s’
Mohammad Azharuddin c Richardson b Boje 26 (40) 2 ‘4s’
Rahul Dravid b de Villiers 31 (41) 2 ‘4s’
Robin Singh run out (Rhodes) 5 (24)
Ajay Jadeja not out 43 (42) 2 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Nayan Mongia (WK) c Boje b de Villiers 15 (22)
Sunil Joshi not out 8 (8) 1 ‘4s’
Anil Kumble
Venkatesh Prasad
Extras: 13 (Wides: 5 No Balls: 2 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 6)
Total: 220/7 (Overs: 50.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-34 (Manjrekar), 2-43 (Srinath), 3-91 (Azharuddin), 4-137 (Tendulkar), 5-147 (Dravid), 6-153 (Robin Singh), 7-204 (Mongia)
South Africa Bowling
de Villiers 10-3-32-3 (1nb)
Klusener 4-0-26-0 (2w)
Donald 10-1-36-1 (2w 1nb)
Symcox 10-0-42-0 (1w)
Boje 10-0-51-2
Cronje 6-0-27-0
South Africa (Target : 221 from 50 Overs)
Andrew Hudson c Azharuddin b Prasad 7 (14) 1 ‘4s’
Gary Kirsten c Dravid b Kumble 23 (42) 2 ‘4s’
Lance Klusener c Dravid b Prasad 7 (8) 1 ‘4s’
Daryll Cullinan c Azharuddin b Robin Singh 31 (50) 1 ‘4s’
Jonty Rhodes c Joshi b Kumble 6 (9)
Hansie Cronje (C) c Joshi b Robin Singh 6 (28)
Nicky Boje c Azharuddin b Joshi 3 (7)
Dave Richardson (WK) c Singh b Prasad 43 (66) 3 ‘4s’
Pat Symcox st Mongia b Kumble 46 (61) 4 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Fanie de Villiers not out 0 (0)
Allan Donald b Kumble 0 (1)
Extras: 13 (Wides: 11 No Balls: 1 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 1)
Total: 185 all out (Overs: 47.2)
Fall of Wickets : 1-19 (Hudson), 2-29 (Klusener), 3-49 (Kirsten), 4-60 (Rhodes), 5-84 (Cronje), 6-92 (Cullinan), 7-96 (Boje), 8-184 (Richardson), 9-185 (Symcox), 10-185 (Donald)
India Bowling
Srinath 10-0-45-0 (2w)
Prasad 9-0-28-3 (2w 2nb)
Kumble 8.2-0-25-4
Robin Singh 10-1-40-2 (3w)
Joshi 10-0-46-1 (4w)