10 facts about India-South Africa World Cup match at MCG

10 facts about India-South Africa World Cup match at MCG

Here are 10 facts about the day/night match 
1. India have never beaten South Africa in World Cup. All 3 previous meetings (1992, 99, 2011) have resulted in losses .
2. This will be the first match without Tendulkar. He played in all 3 .
3. Tendulkar is the only Indian to have scored a century against South Africa in World Cup. He hit 111 in 2011 .
4. Tendulkar is the highest run scorer for India Vs SA in World Cup. He has 153 runs in 3 innings .
5. Harbhajan Singh with 3 wickets (best - 3/53 in 2011) is the leading wicket-taker for India .
6. For SA, Jacques Kallis is the leading run scorer with 165 runs. 
7. No SA batsman has scored a ton against India in World Cup. The best is 96 by Kallis in 1999 .
8. Dale Steyn is the only bowler to have taken a five-wicket haul. He had 5/50 in 2011 and is SA's leading bowler Vs India with 5 scalps in 1 game. 
9. South Africa's former batsman Gary Kirsten, who coached India to World Cup glory in 2011, is now his home team's consultant.
10. Kapil Dev has the highest batting strike rate for India with 144.82 (42 off 29, 3x4, 1x6) in 1992.

Sachin Tendulkar And Kapil dev

Sachin Tendulkar And Kapil dev

Kapil Dev had said Sachin Tendulkar didn't know how to get more than just hundreds and that he spent time with Mumbai cricketers who played 'neat and straight cricket.

Kapil Dev's criticism of Sachin Tendulkar in Dubai has attracted sharp reactions from the Mumbai cricket fraternity.

"He (Sachin) got stuck with Bombay cricket. He didn't apply himself to ruthless international cricket. I think he should have spent more time with Vivian Richards than some of the Bombay guys who played just neat and straight cricket. He did not know how to make double hundreds, triple hundreds and 400 though he had the ability, and was stuck in the Mumbai school of cricket," Kapil Dev was quoted as saying yesterday by Khaleej Times in Dubai.

Ajit Wadekar, former India and Mumbai captain, felt Kapil's comments in a way displayed a dislike for Mumbai cricket and cricketers, which some cricketers from other regions had in earlier years. Wadekar said: "Yes, in a way, I can sense that dislike. I have been experiencing it since my University cricket days. A lot of Northern players disliked us. They enjoyed staying in Mumbai, but not playing against Mumbai.

"In the final analysis, Sachin scored the maximum runs and is a true legend, and where Mumbai cricket is concerned, - we always - everyone including Sachin and Sunil Gavaskar - played for the team and not for ourselves. That's why we won the Ranji Trophy 40 times. We knew how to win."