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India tour of South Africa 1992-93
Tue, December 16 2014
Pravin Amre scores a gem of a hundred on debut
With India tottering on 38 for 4 at Durban, debutant Amre saved the day for the visitors.
Tue, November 12 2013
ICC CEO Dave Richardson rates Sachin Tendulkar’s 169 against South Africa at Newlands one of his best
He was behind the stumps in 10 Test matches against Sachin Tendulkar but former South African glovesman and current ICC Chief Executive Dave Richardson never found Tendulkar perturbed by the raw pace and short-pitched stuff bowled by Allan Donald and Co.
Tue, August 19 2014
When Kapil Dev scored a sensational hundred, fighting fire with fire against a rampaging Allan Donald
Jaideep Vaidya recounts the day when one of the finest all-rounders the world of cricket has seen single-handedly, quite literally, resuscitated India’s innings from 27 for five.
Fri, December 09 2016
When India’s Kapil Dev ‘Mankaded’ South Africa’s Peter Kirsten…and got hit on the shin for it
On December 9, 1992, the "Friendship Series" between India and South Africa in the Rainbow Nation took an unfriendly turn when Kapil Dev 'Mankaded’ South African batsman Peter Kirsten. Jaideep Vaidya revisits that evening at St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth, exactly 20 years ago which recorded the seventh and final instance of 'Mankading’ in cricket till date.
Wed, July 02 2014
Pravin Amre talks about the ‘Nostradamus’ who prophesised his debut century
When Pravin Amre scored 103 against South Africa in the 1992-93 series.