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India Vs South Africa 2nd ODI: Markram's Masterclass Powers Proteas To Series-Levelling Win

South Africa levelled the ODI series with a thrilling four-wicket win over India in Raipur during the second match on Wednesday. Asked to chase 359, the visitors rode on Aiden Markram's superb century and crucial half-centuries from Matthew Breetzke and Dewald Brevis to better India's total of 358/5 with four balls to spare. Earlier, Virat Kohli (102) and Ruturaj Gaikwad (105) struck brilliant centuries, while skipper KL Rahul added 66 to power the hosts' innings. Despite wickets from Prasidh Krishna and Arshdeep Singh, South Africa held their nerve to clinch victory. With the series now tied 1-1, the third ODI at Vishakhapatnam will act as the decider.

South Africa wins 2nd ODI match against India in Raipur, Chhattisgarh
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India’s Rohit Sharma plays a shot during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
India’s Rohit Sharma plays a shot during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal plays a shot during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal plays a shot during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
South Africa’s players celebrate the wicket of India’s Rohit Sharma during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
South Africa’s players celebrate the wicket of India’s Rohit Sharma during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
India's Virat Kohli plays a shot during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
India's Virat Kohli plays a shot during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
India's Yashasvi Jaiswal, left, and Virat Kohli greet each other between the wickets during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
India's Yashasvi Jaiswal, left, and Virat Kohli greet each other between the wickets during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
South Africa’s Marco Jansen, right, and Aiden Makram celebrate the wicket of India's Yashasvi Jaiswal during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
South Africa’s Marco Jansen, right, and Aiden Makram celebrate the wicket of India's Yashasvi Jaiswal during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
India’s Virat Kohli plays a shot during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
India’s Virat Kohli plays a shot during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
India's Virat Kohli, center, being greeted by a pitch invader between overs during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
India's Virat Kohli, center, being greeted by a pitch invader between overs during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
India's Ruturaj Gaikwad celebrates his half century during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
India's Ruturaj Gaikwad celebrates his half century during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
India’s Ruturaj Gaikwad plays a shot during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
India’s Ruturaj Gaikwad plays a shot during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
India's Virat Kohli celebrates his half century during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
India's Virat Kohli celebrates his half century during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
India’s Virat Kohli, right, and Ruturaj Gaikwad run between the wickets during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
India’s Virat Kohli, right, and Ruturaj Gaikwad run between the wickets during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
India's Ruturaj Gaikwad celebrates his century during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
India's Ruturaj Gaikwad celebrates his century during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
India's Virat Kohli celebrates his century during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
India's Virat Kohli celebrates his century during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
India’s Ravindra Jadeja plays a shot during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
India’s Ravindra Jadeja plays a shot during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
India's Virat Kohli with teammates celebrates the dismissal of South Africa's Quinton de Kock during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
India's Virat Kohli with teammates celebrates the dismissal of South Africa's Quinton de Kock during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
South Africa's captain Temba Bavuma plays a shot during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
South Africa's captain Temba Bavuma plays a shot during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
India's Prasidh Krishna, left, celebrates with Virat Kohli after taking the wicket of South Africa's captain Temba Bavuma during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
India's Prasidh Krishna, left, celebrates with Virat Kohli after taking the wicket of South Africa's captain Temba Bavuma during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
South Africa's Aiden Markram celebrates his century during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
South Africa's Aiden Markram celebrates his century during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
South Africa's Aiden Markram plays a shot during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
South Africa's Aiden Markram plays a shot during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
India’s Harshit Rana celebrates the wicket of South Africa's Aiden Markram during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
India’s Harshit Rana celebrates the wicket of South Africa's Aiden Markram during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
South Africa's Dewald Brevis plays a shot during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
South Africa's Dewald Brevis plays a shot during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
South Africa's Tony de Zorzi plays a shot during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
South Africa's Tony de Zorzi plays a shot during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
South Africa's Dewald Brevis celebrates his half century during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh,
South Africa's Dewald Brevis celebrates his half century during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
South Africa's Tony de Zorzi after getting injured during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
South Africa's Tony de Zorzi after getting injured during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
India’s Prasidh Krishna celebrates the wicket of South Africa's Matthew Breetzke during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
India’s Prasidh Krishna celebrates the wicket of South Africa's Matthew Breetzke during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
Indian supporters during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
Indian supporters during the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
India’s Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and others after the team lost the second ODI cricket match against South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
India’s Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and others after the team lost the second ODI cricket match against South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
India’s Ravindra Jadeja and South Africa's Corbin Bosch exchange greetings after the former's team lost the second ODI cricket match against South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
India’s Ravindra Jadeja and South Africa's Corbin Bosch exchange greetings after the former's team lost the second ODI cricket match against South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
India’s Rohit Sharma with head coach Gautam Gambhir after the team lost the second ODI cricket match against South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
India’s Rohit Sharma with head coach Gautam Gambhir after the team lost the second ODI cricket match against South Africa, at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. | Photo: PTI/Kunal Patil
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