South African cricket team in India in 2015–16
| South African cricket team in India in 2015–16 | |||
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| India | South Africa | ||
| Dates | 29 September 2015 – 7 December 2015 | ||
| Captains |
Virat Kohli (Tests) MS Dhoni (ODIs, T20Is) |
Hashim Amla (Tests) AB de Villiers (ODIs) Faf du Plessis (T20Is) |
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| Test series | |||
| Result | India won the 4-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | Ajinkya Rahane (266) | AB de Villiers (258) | |
| Most wickets | Ravichandran Ashwin (31) | Imran Tahir (14) | |
| Player of the series | Ravichandran Ashwin (Ind) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | South Africa won the 5-match series 3–2 | ||
| Most runs | Rohit Sharma (255) | AB de Villiers (358) | |
| Most wickets | Bhuvneshwar Kumar (7) |
Kagiso Rabada (10) Dale Steyn (10) |
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| Player of the series | AB de Villiers (SA) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | South Africa won the 3-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Rohit Sharma (128) | JP Duminy (98) | |
| Most wickets | Ravichandran Ashwin (4) |
Albie Morkel (3) Chris Morris (3) |
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| Player of the series | JP Duminy (SA) | ||
The South African cricket team toured India from 29 September to 7 December 2015. The tour consisted of four Test matches, five One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. This was the first time a four-match Test series between the two nations has been played in India and the first time that South Africa played a T20I against India in India. India won the Test series while South Africa won both the ODI and T20I series.
Starting with this series, all bilateral tours between India and South Africa were called the Mahatma Gandhi-Nelson Mandela series, with the teams playing for the Freedom Trophy.
South Africa's David Wiese was ruled out of the T20I series with a fractured hand and was replaced by Albie Morkel.Rilee Rossouw was ruled out of the ODI series following a stress fracture to his foot and was replaced by Khaya Zondo.Harbhajan Singh was added to India's ODI squad as Ravichandran Ashwin sustained a left side strain injury during the first ODI.JP Duminy was ruled out of the last two ODI matches after suffering a hand injury. He was replaced by Dean Elgar. Duminy is expected to be fit for the Test series.Vernon Philander was ruled out of the last three Test matches after suffering an ankle injury and was replaced by Kyle Abbott.Marchant de Lange was added to South Africa's Test squad as cover for Dale Steyn.
South Africa won the toss and chose to bat first reaching 5/303 in its innings. Three of its top four batsmen — Hashim Amla (37), Faf du Plessis (62) and AB de Villiers — passed thirty runs setting a strong platform, with the latter putting on 65 runs for the sixth wicket Farhaan Behardien (35 off 19). De Villiers finished unbeaten on 104 off 73 balls, getting to his 21st hundred with a six off the last ball of the innings.
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