South Africa's debut Test match commenced on March 12, 1889, and was played against England at St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth, SA.
It was eleven Test matches until they achieved their first Test victory, in January 1906.
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No India are ranked 3rd at the moment. If South Africa lose the last test in South Africa and India win 2-0 or better in New Zealand they can move up to 2nd behind Australia.
November 10th, 1991South Africa was the tenth and last Test-playing nation to begin playing ODI. This was because South Africa's international cricket status until then was stripped due to the apartheid segregation policy. In their first ODI match, they went to Calcutta to face India and lost by 3 wickets.
In 1975, India played its first one day cricket match