south africa won the test series india vs south africa.
south africa won the test series india vs south africa.
who win the test series india vs south africa?
south africa
men's full member cricket started with new zealand's tour to india. india's 3–0 win over new zealand in the test series saw india move up to first in the test rankings. this tour also saw several milestones in indian cricket with the first test of the series being india's 500th test match, the second test of the series being india's 250th test at home, and the first odi being india's 900th odi. notable highlights in this season include bangladesh's first ever test victory over england in a two-match series tied 1–1, and south africa's third consecutive test series victory against australia in australia. however, south africa's tour to australia suffered from controversy as the international cricket council (icc) charged faf du plessis, south africa's captain with ball tampering. new zealand managed to win its first test series against pakistan since 1985. india won the test series against england, contested for the anthony de mello trophy, for the first time since 2008. the tenth edition of the chappell–hadlee trophy, which was held in australia, was won by australia 3–0, and the eleventh edition, which was held in new zealand, was won by new zealand 2–0. bangladesh played its first ever test match in india, which india won by 208 runs. there was one international tournament, a tri-series in zimbabwe which also contained sri lanka and the west indies, which was won by sri lanka. the season also witnessed sri lanka's first ever series win in any format against south africa in south africa when they won the t20i series 2–1. south africa recorded twelve consecutive odi wins that included a whitewash of australia and sri lanka at home. the final test series of the season saw pakistan win their first ever test series in the west indies.
international cricket in 2016–17
solkar made his test debut against new zealand at hyderabad in 1969–70 and volunteered to field at short-leg. he became the first indian test cricketer to be born post independence. he had a successful series against australia the same season and against the west indies in 1971. he was selected to open the bowling along with abid ali against england in england in 1971. in the first test match of that series, he scored 67 and formed a 92-run partnership with gundappa viswanath which helped india take first innings lead. in the third test at the oval, he returned figures of 3/28 in the first innings, scored 44 runs, and took two catches, thereby played an important part in india's win. in the 1972–73 home series against england, he scored 75 in the first test at delhi. he took 12 catches in the five-test series. he did not play well against england in the away series of 1974, but dismissed geoffrey boycott in three successive innings (india vs yorkshire and india vs mcc – first class fixtures). he scored his only test century against the west indies in mumbai in 1975. apart from his 53 catches in 27 tests, he made 1,068 runs at an average of 25.42 and claimed 18 wickets at an average of 59.44. in the 16 years of his first-class cricket career, he scored 6,851 runs at an average of 29.27, including eight centuries, took 276 wickets at an average of 30.01 and took 190 catches. in test cricket, his job as bowler was to bowl 4–5 overs to take the shine off the new ball as much as possible before the indian spinners took over. for mumbai's ranji team he formed an opening bowlers' tandem with abdul ismail. in the 1973 ranji final, he bowled off-breaks on a notorious turner and took 5 wickets to help mumbai to a famous victory in a match dominated by the spin bowling of venkat, v. v. kumar, and shivalkar.
eknath solkar