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{{Infobox cricket tour
| series_name              = Future Cup 2007
| team1_image              = Flag of India.svg
| team1_name               = India
| team2_image              = Flag of South Africa.svg
| team2_name               = South Africa
| from_date                = 26 June 2007
| to_date                  = 1 July 2007
| team1_captain            = [[Rahul Dravid]]
| team2_captain            = [[Jacques Kallis]]
| no_of_ODIs               = 3
| team1_ODIs_won           = 2
| team2_ODIs_won           = 1
| team1_ODIs_most_runs     = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] (200)
| team2_ODIs_most_runs     = [[Morne van Wyk]] (126)
| team1_ODIs_most_wickets  = [[Yuvraj Singh]] (3)
| team2_ODIs_most_wickets  = [[André Nel]] (4)
| player_of_ODI_series     = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] (Ind)
}}

The '''2007 Future Cup''' was a 3 [[One Day International|ODI]] [[cricket]] series between [[Indian national cricket team|India]] and [[South African national cricket team|South Africa]] between 23 June and 1 July. The series was preceded by each team playing one match against [[Ireland national cricket team|Ireland]].

==Squads==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! {{cr|IND}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/rsavind/content/squad/297790.html | title=India ODI Squad | work=[[ESPNcricinfo]] | date=2007-06-30 | accessdate=2007-07-01| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070622100713/http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/rsavind/content/squad/297790.html| archivedate= 22 June 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>
! {{cr|RSA}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/rsavind/content/squad/297262.html | title=South Africa ODI Squad | work=ESPNcricinfo | date=2007-06-07 | accessdate=2007-07-01| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070623115506/http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/rsavind/content/squad/297262.html| archivedate= 23 June 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>
! {{cr|IRE}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ireland/content/squad/298127.html | title=Ireland ODI Squad | work=ESPNcricinfo | date=15 June 2007 | accessdate=2007-07-01}}</ref>
|-
| [[Rahul Dravid]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]]) || [[Jacques Kallis]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]]) || [[Trent Johnston]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
|-
| [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]] ([[wicketkeeper|wk]])|| [[Mark Boucher]] ([[wicketkeeper|wk]])     || [[Niall O'Brien (cricketer)|Niall O'Brien]] ([[wicketkeeper|wk]])
|-
| [[Ajit Agarkar]]|| [[AB de Villiers]]|| [[William Porterfield]]
|-
| [[Gautam Gambhir]]|| [[Jean-Paul Duminy]] || [[Dominick Joyce]]
|-
| [[Sourav Ganguly]]|| [[Herschelle Gibbs]] || [[Gary Wilson (cricketer)|Gary Wilson]]
|-
| [[Dinesh Karthik]]|| [[Andrew Hall]]|| [[Kevin O'Brien (cricketer)|Kevin O'Brien]]
|-
| [[Zaheer Khan]]|| [[Justin Kemp]] || [[Andrew White (cricketer, born 1980)|Andrew White]]
|-
| [[Piyush Chawla]]|| [[Charl Langeveldt]] || [[Kyle McCallan]]
|-
| [[Ramesh Powar]]|| [[André Nel]]|| [[Thinus Fourie]]
|-
| [[Ishant Sharma]] || [[Makhaya Ntini]]|| [[Roger Whelan]]
|-
| [[Rohit Sharma]] || [[Vernon Philander]]|| [[Kenneth Carroll]]
|-
| [[R. P. Singh]] || [[Dale Steyn]]|| [[Alex Cusack]]
|-
| [[Sreesanth]] || [[Thandi Tshabalala]]||
|-
| [[Sachin Tendulkar]] || [[Morne van Wyk]]||
|-
| [[Robin Uthappa]] || ||
|-
| [[Yuvraj Singh]] || ||
|}

==Matches==
===Ireland Matches===
====1st match: Ireland vs India====
 {{Limited overs international
  | date = 23 June 2007
  | team1 = {{cr-rt|IRE}}
  | score1 = 193 (50 overs)
  | score2 = 171/1 (34.5 overs)
  | team2 = {{cr|IND}}
  | runs1 = [[Niall O'Brien (cricketer)|Niall O'Brien]] 52 (79)
  | wickets1 = [[Piyush Chawla]] 3/29 (10 overs)
  | runs2 = [[Gautam Gambhir]] 80[[not out|*]] (107)
  | wickets2 = [[Roger Whelan]] 1/56 (8 overs)
  | result = {{cr|IND}} won by 9 wickets (D/L method)
  | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/14366/scorecard/293071/ireland-vs-india-only-odi-india-tour-of-ireland-england-and-scotland-2007/ (scorecard)]
  | venue =  [[Civil Service Cricket Club Ground]], [[Stormont, Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]]
  | umpires = [[Mark Benson]] ([[England|ENG]]) and [[Billy Bowden]] ([[New Zealand|NZL]])
  | motm = [[Gautam Gambhir]]
  | rain = India's innings shortened to 39 overs due to rain between innings.
  | toss = India won the toss and elected to field 
  | notes = [[Gary Wilson (cricketer)|Gary Wilson]], [[Thinus Fourie]], [[Roger Whelan]] (Ire) and [[Rohit Sharma]] (Ind) made their ODI debuts.
}}

====2nd match: Ireland vs South Africa====
 {{Limited overs international
  | date = 24 June 2007
  | team1 = {{cr-rt|RSA}}
  | score1 = 173/4 (31 overs)
  | score2 = 131 (30.5 overs)
  | team2 = {{cr|IRE}}
  | runs1 = [[Morne van Wyk]] 52 (84)
  | wickets1 = [[Alex Cusack]] 3/15 (4 overs)
  | runs2 = [[Alex Cusack]] 36[[not out|*]] (56)
  | wickets2 = [[Vernon Philander]] 4/12 (5.5 overs)
  | result = {{cr|RSA}} win by 42 runs
  | report = [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ireland/engine/current/match/293072.html (scorecard)]
  | venue =  [[Civil Service Cricket Club Ground]], [[Stormont, Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]]
  | umpires = [[Aleem Dar]] ([[Pakistan|PAK]]) and [[Billy Bowden]] ([[New Zealand|NZL]])
  | motm = [[Alex Cusack]]
  | rain = Match shortened to 31 overs per side due to rain.
  | toss = Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
  | notes = [[Alex Cusack]] (Ire), [[Vernon Philander]], [[Thandi Tshabalala]] (SA) made their ODI debuts.
}}

===ODI Series===
====1st match: India vs South Africa====
 {{Limited overs international
  | date = 26 June 2007
  | team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
  | score1 = 242/8 (50 overs)
  | score2 = 245/6 (49.3 overs)
  | team2 = {{cr|RSA}}
  | runs1 = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] 99 (143) |
  | wickets1 = [[André Nel]] 3/47 (10 overs) |
  | runs2 = [[Jacques Kallis]] 91[[not out|*]] (116)
  | wickets2 = [[Piyush Chawla]] 3/47 (10 overs)
  | result = {{cr|RSA}} won by 4 wickets
  | report = [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/rsavind/engine/current/match/293076.html (scorecard)]
  | venue =  [[Civil Service Cricket Club Ground]], [[Stormont, Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]]
  | umpires = [[Aleem Dar]] ([[Pakistan|PAK]]) and [[Mark Benson]] ([[England|ENG]]) |
  | motm = [[Jacques Kallis]] |
  | toss = South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
}}

====2nd match: India vs South Africa====
{{Limited overs international
| date = 29 June 2007
| team1 = {{cr-rt|RSA}}
| score1 = 226/6 (50 overs)
| score2 = 227/4 (49.1 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| runs1 = [[Morne van Wyk]] 82 (126) |
| wickets1 = [[Yuvraj Singh]] 3/36 (9 overs) |
| runs2 = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] 93 (106) |
| wickets2 = [[Charl Langeveldt]] 2/43 (10 overs) |
| result = {{IND}} won by 6 wickets
| report = [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/rsavind/engine/current/match/293077.html (scorecard)]
| venue =  [[Civil Service Cricket Club Ground]], [[Stormont, Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]]
| umpires = [[Mark Benson]] ([[England|ENG]]) and [[Billy Bowden]] ([[New Zealand|NZL]])
| motm = [[Sachin Tendulkar]]
| toss = India won the toss elected to field.
| notes = [[Ishant Sharma]] (Ind) made his ODI debut.
*''[[Sachin Tendulkar]] became the first batsman to cross the 15000 run mark in [[One Day International]] history.''
}}

====3rd match: India vs South Africa====
 {{Limited overs international
  | date = 1 July 2007
  | team1 = {{cr-rt|RSA}}
  | score1 = 148/7 (31 overs)
  | score2 = 151/4 (30.2 overs)
  | team2 = {{cr|IND}}
  | runs1 = [[Justin Kemp]] 61 (61)<br>[[Herschelle Gibbs]] 56 (67)
  | wickets1 = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] 2/10 (1 over)<br>[[Ajit Agarkar]] 2/21 (6 overs)
  | runs2 = [[Yuvraj Singh]] 61[[not out|*]] (84)<br>[[Rahul Dravid]] 35 (48)
  | wickets2 = [[Makhaya Ntini]] 1/16 (7 overs)<br>[[André Nel]] 1/22 (5.2 overs)
  | result = {{cr|IND}} won by 6 wickets
  | report = [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/rsavind/engine/current/match/293078.html (scorecard)] |
  | venue =  [[Civil Service Cricket Club Ground]], [[Stormont, Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]] |
  | umpires = [[Aleem Dar]] ([[Pakistan|PAK]]) and [[Mark Benson]] ([[England|ENG]]) |
  | motm = [[Yuvraj Singh]]
  | rain = Play reduced to 31 overs due to rain |
}}

==Statistics==
;Most runs
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Player !! Team !! {{Tooltip|Mat|Matches}} !! {{Tooltip|Inns|Innings}} !! Runs !! {{Tooltip|Ave|Average}} !! {{Tooltip|HS|High score}} !! {{Tooltip|100s|Century}} !! {{Tooltip|50s|Half Century}}
|- style="background:gold"
|style="text-align:left"|  [[Sachin Tendulkar]]  ||style="text-align:left"| {{cr|IND}} || 3 || 3 || '''200''' || 66.67 || 99 || 0 || 2
|- 
|style="text-align:left"|  [[Morne van Wyk]]  ||style="text-align:left"| {{cr|SA}}  || 3 || 3 || '''126''' || 42.00 || 82 || 0 || 1
|-
|}

==References==
{{wikinews|has=articles related to the 2007 Future Cup| Cricket: 2007 Future Cup-3rd ODI| Cricket: 2007 Future Cup-2nd ODI| Cricket: 2007 Future Cup-1st ODI }}
{{Reflist}}
* http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2fxu7_3rd-odi-india-v-south-africa-sa-inn_sport

{{International cricket in 2007}}
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