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#3 6/55 vs India at Kanpur, 1996

Adams took a then career-best figures of 6/55 against India at Kanpur

South Africa’s tour of India during the end of 1996 was turning out to be a very exciting series with the series level at 1-1 coming into the final Test of the series at Kanpur. India won the toss and Mohammad Azharuddin electing to bat first.

India were off to a good start with Woorkeri Raman and Sachin Tendulkar scoring half-centuries with Nayan Mongia and Sourav Ganguly providing good assistance with scores of 41 and 39 respectively. However, once Mongia, Raman, and Ganguly got dismissed, Paul Adams took centre stage.

He got the key wickets of Dravid and Azharuddin before scalping Tendulkar for 61. Adams’ brilliant bowling eventually caused Team India’s downfall and they were dismissed for 237 with Adams finishing with a then career-best figures of 6/55.

However, Adams’ brilliant spell would go in vain as India bowled out South Africa for 177 and thanks to a wonderful 163 by Mohammad Azharuddin, scored 400 in their second innings before dismissing South Africa for 180, thus winning the match by 280 runs and taking the series 2-1.