South Africa beat India by 51-runs at Mullanpur
Proteas level the series 1-1
Check full match report
A spirited South African team, led by Aiden Markram, defeated World Champions India to level the 5-match T20I series by 1-1. The Proteas claimed an one-sided 51-run victory in the 2nd encounter at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Chandigarh.
It was a very cold night, and in what was the first ever T20 international taking place at the venue, the visitors proved to be too much for the Men in Blue.
Aiden Markram’s South Africa posted 213 runs on the board, thanks to Quinton de Kock's fiery half century and eventual score of 90 off 46. Donovan Ferreira and David Miller's quickfire 30 and 20 gave the Proteas a solid finish to their innings.
India faced an uphill task right from the start and their batting line-up was exposed right away.
Abhishek was caught behind in the following over from Marco Jansen. Next to depart was skipper Suryakumar who too got a faint edge after Jansen angled it away from the India skipper.
Batting at three, Axar Patel (21 off 21) was pouched at cover with Reeza Hendricks just about managing to have his fingers under the ball.
From thereon, Tilak batted at a high tempo but lack of partnerships and soaring run rate pushed the game out of India's reach as the hosts ultimately suffered a 51-run defeat.
On a tricky pitch, South Africa's batting managed to hand a hurtful defeat to the Indians, who will be looking to go all in once again at Dharamshala for the 3rd T20I.
India Vs South Africa, 2nd T20I: Ball-By-Ball Commentary
India Vs South Africa, 2nd T20I: Toss Update
India won the toss and opted to bowl first against South Africa.
India Vs South Africa, 2nd T20I: Playing XIs
South Africa (Playing XI): Reeza Hendricks, Quinton de Kock(w), Aiden Markram(c), Dewald Brevis, David Miller, Donovan Ferreira, George Linde, Marco Jansen, Lutho Sipamla, Lungi Ngidi, Ottneil Baartman
India (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Jitesh Sharma(w), Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh
India Vs South Africa, 2nd T20I: Live Streaming
The IND vs SA match can be live streamed on the JioHotstar app/website as well as the Star Sports network on Television screens.
