India tour of South Africa 7-match one day international series of the 3rd ODI match played betweent India and South Africa at Centurion in 1992 - India won by 4 wickets.
India's Historic win in South Africa : Relive India's first ODI win against South Africa in South Africa Soil.
In the 3rd match of the India tour of South Africa 1992 ODI series at SuperSport Park, Centurion, the South Africa batted first and put up a 214 runs in 50 overs.
Chasing a challenging 215 for India first ODI win in South African soil, India started cautiously, with openers WV Raman and Ajay Jadeja putting up a solid 56-run stand for the first wicket.
Though India kept losing wickets at regular intervals, WV Raman held the innings together and never let the pressure rise too high in the run chase.
With supporting cameos from Azharuddin and Sachin, WV Raman marched on and notched up his first ODI century which is one of the best overseas knock by an Indian batsman.
Raman fell for a magnificent 114 off 148 deliveries and it looked all over for India when Ravi Shastri came to the party and blasted a quick-fire 27 off just 16 balls under pressure to see India over the line.
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