1996/97 South Africa vs India - Test Series REVIEW

[@alexisverpakovskis857]

Oh God, the "David Johnson" test in Durban!... Faulty speedometers ablaze - had David Johnson bowling at 125 km/h, bouncing the ball over the wicket keeper unintentionally, untouched. AT LEAST 145, visible to the naked eye. ... aaaand!... The fastest bowler in the world at the time was, actually, none other than - the Mysore Express, Javagal Srinath! A legend! In many ways, like Rob: not quite as complete - but just a fraction quicker. Thank YOU Rob you gem: but I saw joy from watching Javagal Srinath long before I knew you existed. Live, no less. And long live Robelinda, for all the nostalgic moments that we never would have had - but for the grace of his brilliantly presented and edited work of genius. You, Sir, are to be credited with a contribution to humanity - and awarded a Nobel Prize for history - on short order. Right after that, a well-deserved knighthood - together with a plot of land in fair, rainy England. At the very least! Anyway: at that point in time, Javagal Srinath happened to be faster than anyone really, including Allan Donald. (Ooooooh, you never know! Who, really, could be faster than Allan Donald?!! ... and yet!.…) Yes, ladies and gentlemen. Before Shoaib Akhtar, there was Javagal Srinath. He would casually glide to the crease, only to release a cracker - then go back - and bowl 155+ once again. Not throughout his entire career - but for the three years was in which he was the fastest bowler in the world, HE GENUINELY WAS. Nevermind the gentle run-up and the contained action: he was lightning fast - to the shock of many pretentious batsmen in international cricket. And he done 'em for pace, too! ... ever so skillful, it never got in the way of his line, length, swing and game plan in general. He was good - but GOOD. He was THAT good. What a shame, virtually no support... Or he would have done even better.

[@mayankkumawat8802]

Great comment brother :)

[@ingaming8519]

Srinath fastest bowler 😂😂😂😂😂ur kidding son....in this test series macmillian hits 3 sixes against fastest bowler srinath...

[@indianscammer7846]

U think srinanth was the fastest bowler? How were the South African batsman continuously pulling him for 4😂. And by the way, Devon Malcom and Allan Donald this time was much quicker then Srinanth, as proven by a young Sachin with good reflexes beaten by pace from Donald

[@kundankanan9074]

@@indianscammer7846 I clearly remember Zimbabwe batsman saying they felt Srinath to be quicker than Donald in the try-series which followed in 1997 series in South Africa. Srinath was also second highest in 1999 World Cup after SOhaibh akhtar although there was still gap between first and second.

[@vikasrajput6135]

Probably first ever test cricket I have ever saw on tele. Nostalgic, thanks robelinda for re visiting those memories.

[@thewatchmaker_7061]

Same here bhai, the 1st ever test series I can recall

[@sumeetkumar1040]

Same here

[@robmoody4710]

Mine was 1992 series of sa

[@gourabchatterjee5011]

For me too!! And I am sure there are many more like us!!

[@sureshthada2217]

Same here

[@45661992]

i started recognizing, liking and acknowledging the game of cricket in this series. I was 5-6 yrs old and although India lost this series but i loved every moment of it

[@yoginion]

Nostalgia extreme! I remember this series so well, watched it on television back in the days of star Sports was a newly launched sports channel. Thank you!

[@cohenbeyers5912]

As a South African I always look forward to three series 1st SA vs AUS 2nd SA vs IND 3rd SA vs ENG And I'm sure a lot of Indian supporters look forward to the same fixtures 💯

[@anandk9220]

Absolutely, dear friend. How can I forget the unbelievably incredible partnership by Duminy-Elgar at WACA Perth in 2016??? That's the most incredible recent partnerships I've watched live and supported lot to Duminy-Elgar. Sadly Duminy was induced to play outside off stump to give away his wicket and their priceless effort and partnership ended there. But I loved that innings and is still fresh in my mind. Apart from Ind-SA and Aus-SA, I'd say that Ind-Aus Tests are worth watching nowadays as most other teams, even South Africa, have lost their good talent and are in rebuilding phase. So getting good players at international level for teams like SL, Pak, Eng, SA and Windies will take at least 3 to 5 years.

[@RahulRana-er6wl]

Same here sir g..

[@aarifboy]

Well Donald, de Villiars and Kirsten all looked forward to series against Pakistan before they retired, just like Lillee, Marsh and Chappel did long time ago lol.

[@aarifboy]

Greats like Lillee, Chappel, de Villiars and Donald, just extended their careers to one more test series to play against a great team like Pakistan. Mind u those series were in their backyards, as they were too 'scared' to visit Pakistan lol.

[@aarifboy]

Most of greats hav terrible records in Pakistan, thats y they play atleast a test series in their country against Pakistan, to improve their records before they retire lol.

[@nayyerkhan6595]

That #Thunderbolt from #WhiteLightning at 2.25 haunted me in my childhood whenever I watched him bowling ❤❤❤😍😍😍

[@ProportionMatters]

What a Series! India from down under from 1st test and almost went on to win the 3rd test.

[@vikisood3526]

That third test was Robbed by Cullinan and rain ...with snow falling constantly in my town we only had the radio to follow the match and I was impatiently waiting for Cullinan or Klusener to get out but none did...by the time Klusener fell to Kumble it was too late for an Indian victory...Srinath bowled so much on that tour that he injured his shoulder and famously threw the ball with his bowling action or underarmed and lobbed the ball back to the keeper from the outfield.

[@nandamuriramesh]

Azahar innings of 115 of 107 balls was master class

[@ravikiran5894]

What a performance by our legendary batting coach Sir vikram rathore 😝

[@Rex-wn3yf]

😂😂😂

[@aijaz1551]

Wow 😂😂

[@sandipkaladiya332]

😂😂😂

[@Siddharth_Pawar_Official]

😂😂…mein jo bolta hoon woh karta nahi hoon..Vickram Rathod 😂😂

[@vickykumar786]

Good for nothing.

[@lifestyletravel1798]

SA was a real deal those days under captaincy of Hansie batting bowling and fielding exceptional even today you cant find that kind of fielding and energy

[@omarhartley1071]

I was at Newlands on Day 3 of that Test Match with my father. We sat in the corporate box in line with the pitch. It could not have been more perfect.

[@mangeshtamore6085]

I was in 8th std.This series one of the most memorial movment for team india , azher - sachin attacking patrneship , david century i am enjoying this moment but missed 3rd test last day but now u showing in review .Thanks 👏👍

[@vinayananth07]

100 & 66 all out performance of star-studded Indian batting line up..wow!!! Nostalgic memories of my childhood indeed!

[@warandpeace5034]

Absolutely

[@warandpeace5034]

Great performance by star studded side

[@ArvindhMani]

First test series I saw, I was 5 years old. Great memories! thanks Rob!

[@kushalanurag6113]

nostalgic... 1st cricket Test series of my life... way back in 1996

[@krishan1731]

Same here i watch that tendulkar wicket bowled by donald i was praying something save my India but to be frank we have never got good bowlers who were pacy swingers now we have bumrah,shami,yadav but those times we lscked fast bowlers

[@kushalanurag6113]

@@krishan1731 in fact I feel our bowlers Javagal Srinath & Venkatesh Prasad bowled fairly well.. but our batting line up collapsed bcoz their bowlers were phenomenal.. in the 2nd test Dravid and Tendulkar built a superb partnerships until Tendulkar who scored 169 was caught at deep mid wicket single-handedly by Adam Bacher..

[@sumanthvittamraju5942]

thanks for the uploads.... wonderful to get to see d matches which interested me into watching cricket.....and to see again the ever graceful azhar....

[@Flagfalls]

Rob, thanks a million for posting this series review! Oh, those memories! This was the first test series I ever watched, as a kid in shorts. And it was this series that got me interested in cricket.

[@naveenstupid]

I was looking for Dravid's catch at 03:10 mins for over an year. Found it atlast.

[@statslance3730]

bit similar to saha and smith lol.

[@VinodKumar-mr8xs]

I remember this catch, so I was also looking for the same.

[@danka1815]

Same here bro

[@danka1815]

There was one more unbelievable catch by Dravid in short leg position off kumble , he just picked the ball in the elevent hour

[@navisidhu1536]

I watched de whole series on starsports,....missing dos dayzzz.....I waz in 8th standard

[@humanbeingpritam4771]

Sir can u share ur experience

[@sibghatmansoor5125]

Cricket was of so high quality then.this current mediocre Indian team would've struggled miserably in 90 s.

[@aashiqhussain4690]

Woww.. ..what a bowling by Allan Donald... Perfect and class

[@cupidvogel]

This was awesome video footage! Thanks Rob!

[@sibghatmansoor5125]

Gilchirst and klusenar two shining lights of 90s.we dont see such talents anymore in lower order.

[@techBuffy]

Add Chris Cairns to that List

[@deepakdongre7712]

As a child and a passionate Indian cricket fan, I was always terrified when India went touring. Have such terrible memories of the team performing like a bunch of school boys. Being lions in their backyard with Kumble wrecking through the opposition and Tendulkar being expected to do bulk of the scoring- it would expose the weakness of the line up once it played outside the sub continent. I used to cry buckets and even not eat food out of pure sorrow of the team losing. Thankfully that's not the case anymore.

[@narayantawade557]

Vikram rathore cannot even hold the bat against pace but now is batting coach of cricket team and then we say cannot play in SA eng newzeland or auustralia

[@techBuffy]

Sachin - 2 Insane Catches, One Perfect In Dipper that beat his near perfect defence. And Couple of other good ones. Oppositions threw their everything at this man(Aussies threw their Umpires as well evrytime he toured Oz). 1996-2000 -> Dravid was there but could hardly penetrate (Aus Tour was disaster). Ganguly went missing in Aus/NZL/SAF. Azhar was his usual moody self. So it was ALL ABOUT SACHIN. You get him, you get the match. That 169 was best knock I ever saw. Donald/Pollock/Klusener at their Peak supported by McMillan.

[@nsundu123]

India missed Opener like Sidhu He was not included this series due to his mid way leaving england series DUe to Lack of Bowling options Srinath had big load !!!

[@Mrkhan641]

OMG what a classic bowled to Sachin.... This shows the inconsistency of Indian batting when it comes to playing and scoring outside India

[@GauravKumar-mm1of]

Sachin pulverized the South African bowling with his masterly 169 in the second test.

[@raghunandan384]

@@GauravKumar-mm1of ignore him just a butthurt, doesn't know that Tendulkar had a greater overseas average than home soil. Utna padhate nahi unke yaha

[@aakashdeep1909]

My First test series ever… watched it as a 4 yr old kid… & 25 years later… I am still in love with this Sport & this format specially ❤️

[@thewatchmaker_7061]

Now an Indian player can complain about Durban wkt. But no , nobody complained. On the contrary , H Cronje & SA team complained about ptch in 1st test of series in Ind

[@deepakjena3628]

In India pitches are not international level....

[@logeshvenkatarajulu2530]

I will never forget this series... I think this is one of the series where I would have watched most of the days live on TV . I recall being heart broken after the Durban test.. thrilled about THAT partnership between Sachin and Azhar..I remember vividly the 148 made by dravid, I think watched every single ball of that innings.. innings of highest quality.. also remebering how much I hated Brian MacMillan during this series... There was a ODI tri series that followed .. with several memorable games.. one in which Sachin took the attack to Zim.. dravind and saching taking on Donald in the final.. Azhar taking on klusener.. Robin singh s briilant effort to cause a tie..

[@ksilambarasi3472]

First test india should bated first. Fourth innings in bowling pitch is always tough.

[@anandaht]

Azhar, Azhar, Azhar.............what a great player and what a downfall.......and sadly Cronje also.....the reasons everyone knows......luckily Sourav Ganguly took over and shaped it up in 2000 for good for the 2 decades to come

[@neerajact4195]

That 115 of 110 balls ........ Mohammed azharuddin ......what an innings .......hats off ....

[@KrishnamurthyA1980]

Azar is batsman but Zulu klusener hits 103 in 100

[@kunwarsingh1777]

that series will remain always remember between Sachin Tendulkar and allan donald.... great 2 see old memories.. 2:38

[@adhirajdare2446]

Catching done by Proteas in the first test can put even current fielding standards to shame. Referring to 2:12 2:53 5:57 Magnificent!

[@mrkipling2201]

Happy Mondays as the music for Sachin and Azharuddin’s innings, brilliant!!! Step on!!

[@abhay2ma]

In INDIA i was reading Cricket Samraat ( Hindi Cricket Book) in that there was notable and lengthy article on DAVID JOHNSON ( Indian Waqar Younis). After that series , today i remembered him :)

[@dhanmaypatil7384]

Sachin and Azar ,the best counter attack

[@abhiksarkar3829]

What a pride,we Indians are still unbeaten in wanderers pitch of South Africa,looks like foreign fortress to us,it's great to see that after this series we had our great legends like azaharuddin, GANGULY,dravid, Sachin,srinath,kumble

[@mikyM82]

This is the first time I saw a video of this series. Didn't have cable back in the day to watch overseas matches. But I remembered each and every score, every innings, down to Dravid 27 NO, 1st match. Memories of devouring the newspapers are far better than India's performance in the series.

[@RahulRana-er6wl]

Abe ti chiness ya japani h kya.or vo bhi cricket ma shok kyuki nam to tera china ya japani language main h

[@shshshshshize]

on azhar captaincy every body played in india team well, ganguly beautiful batsman scoring boundaries just by touching always beauty to watch when he plays...

[@Straight.Forward.Indian]

Venkatesh Prasad bowled excellently, but batsmen failed miserably. Rahul Dravid also played well on the bouncy Newlands pitch (Capetown) by scoring a brilliant 148. Azhar and Sachin also played well. But other batsmen were hopeless. Venkatesh Prasad was the highest wicket taker in the series.

[@KitsGravity]

Allan Donald was such a terrifying force of nature. White lightning!

[@tripathi666]

Stumping at 14:36. Haven't seen one of those typical 90s tail-ender dismissal for a long time.

[@shshshshshize]

if azharuddin is in a match, either India wins or loses or the opponent team wins or loses, the cricket is very delightful , enjoyable and very enthusiastic and bound every one in the world to watch. somehow I noticed , the opponent teams also show very much interest to play game whenever if azharuddin is in match, once azhar gone 2000 , cricket interest reduced all over world..

[@salilphansekar9557]

Azhar was also match fixer n made India lose many matches

[@santoshkumark2454]

These videos bring back my childhood ...

[@gmeena1]

This is the nature’s justice. In my childhood South Africa benefitted so much due to rain. Now they are suffering due to rain.

[@kamarudheenps]

I just starting to watching cricket on that time.I feel very hurt to see these match because of my team lost the series.

[@warandpeace5034]

The team was a Chutiyaaa

[@warandpeace5034]

That time in entire 90s

[@bulelangbam3217]

David johnson is indian fastest bowler of all time,but he his line and length is not consistence...short carrier for him

[@venkatt0081]

Thanks for the upload...The memories of a wonderful period for Test match cricket came flooding back....

[@bongarozani272]

I remember that second test match, I was in Grade 7 at the time and after watching that second test match I disliked Azharuddin and his white helmet. I remember at Lunch time there was a ceremony where they were interviewed wearing their team blazers and I did not understand what that was all about. It was a great period of test matches. I loved bowling action of Dodda Ganesh

[@winduchcharigegnanathilake2662]

Robelinda is excellent , thanks a lot for these videos

[@robelinda]

:-) Even I like watching my own videos, easier for me to find videos of mine on youtube rather than search through 20,000 dvd's each time i want to watch something!

[@tomcruise4124]

I was watched live this moment on TV 13:11.. first test series i have watched live back in 4’th STD

[@daniyaldanish5502]

India lose the nother test series today 2022 2,1 south Africa absolutely fantastic u beauty 🇵🇰👍

[@AnkitSingh-pz2ju]

The way Srinath performed against South Africa throughout his career, had he performed the same way against the other strong batting lineups from pakistan(apart from his 14 wickets at Kolkata) and Australia consistently, he'd surely have crossed 300 scalps.

[@karunakarburugu1350]

OMG! is India was such a bangladesh side in 90's with sachin and azhar the only batting heroes?

[@warandpeace5034]

Bangladesh better than them during that time

[@nomoresunnydays7023]

@@warandpeace5034 india better than BD 1000 times on that time Too

[@warandpeace5034]

@@nomoresunnydays7023 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nomoresunnydays7023]

@@warandpeace5034 atleast able to draw the match BD never able to draw a test match 3 days are sufficient for them😆😆 16 draw tests in 21 years😆😆 in which all are at home against minnows😆😆

[@warandpeace5034]

@@nomoresunnydays7023 but that 90s team was worst than the present Bangladesh team 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@shahbaztariq9034]

sa were hard to beat in those days for every team

[@AshokSridharan]

Ah the bad old days when India were worse than a club side abroad. 15 years without a win outside the sub-continent! We were the worst in those times. It took the genius of MSD to take us back to those depths.

[@senaritraguha2761]

you are mad man it was Ganguly who did all the miracle with the support of a fantastic team and so the legacy goes on however it is in the hand of Ms we faced the most ignominious defeat of all time in overseas 0-4 0-4 and all

[@AshokSridharan]

I thought that's exactly what I said!

[@anirudhsathe5888]

Ashok Sridharan: 😂😂

[@sainandanramakrishnan4812]

It was DADA, not MSD who taught us the art of winning overseas. He was the one who took a relatively benign team and turned them into a consistently formidable side who could beat any side in the world. Get your facts straight, mate.

[@AshokSridharan]

Sainandan Ramakrishnan : Read my comments properly mate!

[@dersanp]

Wonderful memories. Thanks Rob

[@shshshshshize]

azhar manarism induced every cricketers to show off their best, made every one to accept him as their master..

[@tamizhvanankumar8321]

Venkatesh Prasad no 1 rank bowler during this period

[@shaileshhegde9205]

5:25 that’s our batting coach lol, god save our team now

[@nasrrlj]

oneof best inning by azar

[@kundankanan9074]

I somehow always felt that this South African unit was stronger than Australia at the same time, and it was proven in tri-series in India in 1996. Bit of a shame they faltered on big occasions and were rightfully called chokers.

[@humanbeingpritam4771]

Sachin at that time batting average over 50 in test and virat kohli now 50 now you can judge who is cricket God?

[@sayanghosh8476]

Who are the Indian seamers except Srinath, Prasad and Sourav? I was a kid back then and I can't remember although I have vague memory of this series.

[@GauravKumar-mm1of]

Johnson and Kuruvilla.

[@undertakeratlast]

David Johnson from Karnataka

[@sidhshaa]

Young Adam bacher s catch of sachin was heart breaking. It seemed it had happened just yesterday

[@nobelcreature6201]

Today's Indian players should learn cricket from jadeja and Mongia. Respect to these two greats from Pakistan. :p

[@warandpeace5034]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Fun2023-ent]

Simple answer is that very difficult for subcontinent side to give South Africa tough time in their home side and secondly it's only Pakistan that gave them tough time and even win a test match but politics and other issues came in between the players

[@nomoresunnydays7023]

pakistan never gave a tough time to south africa in tests in SA

[@ThDaniel]

19:22 out of nowhere :)

[@shivalisharma5810]

That' time sa best teem of the world like a Rock

[@mayankkumawat8802]

Typical 90s when in each team there was pain in the butt for india.. in this series it was cullinan mcmillan and pollack

[@abhiksarkar3829]

We are ashamed of bowlers like Prasad ,I recall from my childhood memories that Prasad was hammered brutally by every star batsman of Srilanka, Pakistan, Australia,south Africa & England team 😫

[@techBuffy]

Check his record. He wasnt that Bad. His ODI record is great infact. I remember him getting pasting at hands of Anwar and Jayasuriya. There is no need to be ashamed. Zaheer Khan played nearly 90 Tests and had an average of 32+. Prasad was Indias spearhead in ODIs as Srinath mostly got injured.

[@abhiksarkar3829]

@@techBuffy Prasad was spearhead in that weak bowling line up because that time India couldn't produce quality & fast bowlers like Pakistan, Australia,South Africa etc. but after 2000 after beginning of era of dada's captaincy we got some splendid quality & real fast bowlers like zaheer Khan,ishant sharma,r p Singh,irfhan pathan,sreesanth & after 2010 we got umesh,bumrah,shami,siraj etc that's why I dislike Prasad,agarkar like useless bowlers,before 2000 I was in school & u remember that days in odi specially Indian good batting line up scored good score but due to our bad bowling line up wo lost against quality team usually,that's why between 1989-2000 Indian odi team couldn't win any world cup,any champions trophy

[@vivekvishwanathan1989]

Yaar usesamai yeh raman jitna bhi ind players leg stump guard liya hai yeh to hona tha off stump gaurd liya hi nahi

[@ujjwalwagh2323]

Always remember kirsten caught by dravid .

[@r.d.6032]

Azhar sachin in cape town is a worth reading book

[@sagarparab3220]

All Indian bowlers were from the same state, Karnataka. Srinath, Prasad, Kumble, Johnson, and Doda Ganesh. I bet the chief selector was definitely from Karnataka.

[@maheshmokashi9459]

Feeling nostalgic. Thanks for sharing.

[@AshokSridharan]

@Robelinda2: To be fair to SRT, India never had a strong attack during SRT's career. When they did, they were led by an incompetent captain, as was the case in 2011-12.

[@maheshmankur]

You are thinking yourself to be oversmart.fuck off.

[@saurabhashu44]

Totally agree. He played with bowlers like Doda Ganesh David Jhomson Noel David

[@AshokSridharan]

Samresh Singh : it doesn’t need over smartness or any smartness to analyse a score line of 0-8 over two tours. Having your spearhead bowl without a slip in place with the opposition 5 down and over 100 behind cannot be called by any other name

[@mehboobpathanjr.4932]

The Safari series 1997 autumn !

[@tahseennaqvi2202]

Crushing defeat. Awesome.

[@pulinparekh5149]

Lance Klusner - inventor of IPL 100 ball 103 runs 👍

[@neokirans]

2:52, Wht a delivery and a catch

[@shiladityasarkar8253]

😔....forget this series.....too bad for India....

[@neeraj79]

What happened to David Johnson ? Where is he now ?

[@arijitdechaudhuri1054]

I remember this test match

[@lincemathew1435]

Can any one tell me the commentators for the second match of this safari series...?

[@makarandkinikar7786]

It is very embarrassing to lose like that.It has always been the case for the team.Individuals playing while most of them playing garbage shit.Lack of aggression and the desire to win has always led to so many losses.

[@warandpeace5034]

Mindset matters a lot exactly you are absolutely right 💯

[@shaheen...8620]

I just came here after vikrant comment on 66 all out .. and saw a grear series😂

[@pulinparekh5149]

Cronje’s Favourite Bunny - Sachin 👏

[@guddu3886]

How about a review for South Africa vs India 2010?

[@mrkipling2201]

6:40 now we know what Azharuddin was up to, that run out looks very suspicious!!

[@imemadhu]

So did I think after several comments hes only a flat track bully, but you goto check the stats in Cricinfo. In Australia, his test avg is 53.20 and in SA its 46.44

[@Narendra_Singh_Modi]

How 427 was the target when SA bowled out at 259 in 1st innings and India went to reach ahead of SA target.

[@shshshshshize]

azhar have grown the cricket..

[@mohitmnit]

Nostalgic....

[@MrSridippanda]

Srinath screaming catch it to a shot going for a 6... 90s dreads

[@umairaslam616]

Devastating bowling

[@Crundmama]

That shot at 10:51.... goodness me... i think ive just found my favorite shot ever