South African cricket team in India in 2015–16
| South African cricket team in India in 2015–16 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 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) | |
| 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.