India vs South Africa Highlights 2nd T20: Proteas level series 1-1 as IND falter in all departments

A brute of a delivery from Marco Jansen and Abhishek Sharma is absolutely in no position to do anything with that ball. Sharma gets an outside edge on this brilliant good length ball and Quinton de Kock has no problems taking that catch. South Africa start with a big bang. Both openers gone in just 12 balls.

IND 19-2(2)

Lungi Ngidi bowls a perfect delivery and forces Shubman Gill to edge his very first ball to the first slip. Poor run of the Indian vice captain continues as he walks back for a Golden Duck.

Abhishek Sharma started with the bang earlier in this over with a huge six over extra cover but his partner just got a top class delivery.

IND 9-1(0.5)

India’s highest successful run chase in T20Is is 209 that came in 2023 against Australia in Vishakhapatnam. A historic performance is needed from the Men in Blue tonight.

Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill are in the middle now. So we are ready for action…

Target: 214

Donovan Ferreira tonks two sixes in this final over of the innings from Jasprit Bumrah and South Africa take 18 from this over. A proper bumper finish from the Proteas. 49 come off the final three overs. Ferreira (30*) and Miller (20*) help South Africa to a massive total.

SA 213-4 in 20 overs

Arshdeep Singh’s poor day with the ball comes to an end but not before he has been smashed for sixes by both Donovan Ferreira and David Miller in this 16-run over.

Jasprit Bumrah coming up with the final over. India will have to keep an extra fielder inside the circle due to slow over rate.

SA 195-4(19)

Jasprit Bumrah has been taken down for 15 runs in this over. Big over for South Africa and it is David Miller who enjoys full tosses in this over to send them to boundary. Bumrah not having the best of days so far.

SA 179-4(18)

Axar Patel has been brought back into the attack and the gamble pays off right away. Dewald Brevis wants to go hard down the ground but does not get enough of timing. Tilak Varma in the deep takes a brilliant catch diving forward. Brevis gets only 14 off 10.

SA 160-4(16.1)

Quinton de Kock is run out for 90 in the most unremarkable fashion. He taps the ball behind him and thinks that it has gone past the wicket-keeper. But Jitesh Sharma stretches his right hand out to stop the ball and then is quick enough to dislodge the bails before de Kock could come back to the crease. Top class wicket-keeping from Jitesh.

SA 156-3(15.1)

Dewald Brevis breaks the shackles for himself. He was trying to hit but was not getting the right connection. This one is fuller from Dube and Brevis wants to go hard on it. He mistimes the ball but the power is enough to take it close to long-off boundary where Shubman Gill tries to make a brilliant save but he steps on the boundary before throwing the ball away.

SA 156-2(15)

Nothing is stopping Quinton de Kock. He has now crossed to his highest T20I score in India as he slams Hardik for 15 in this over in the five balls he faced. A six and a four in this over and he is now just 12 runs away from his ton.

SA 147-2(14)

Gautam Gambhir gave signals from dugout to bring a tall bowler and Suryakumar Yadav gives the ball to Shivam Dube who does well to give just nine runs in his first over.

SA 130-2(13)

Varun Chakravarthy finds the wicket. Aiden Markram launches Chakravarthy for back-to-back sixes in this over and that forces the spinner to go round the wicket. Markram goes for another biggie on the final ball but mistimes this time straight to the mid-wicket fielder. India break the partnership. Markram out for 29 off 26.

SA 121-2(12)

This was a long, long over. Arshdeep Singh bowled seven wides but finally the over is done. 18 from the over and that has given South Africa a massive launchpad now. We should be seeing a lot of aggression now.

**SA 108-**1(11)

Six wides in this over from Arshdeep Singh. De Kock slammed a six on the first ball of the over and in his next seven attempts, Arshdeep has bowled six wides. He is trying to bowl wide yorkers but just missing the line by a little margin.

SA 102-1(10.2)

Quinton de Kock is not in the mood to stop here. He jumps out of his crease and greets Axar Patel with a six to start the over. He is just flowing along so nicely today. On the other hand, Aiden Markram is not founding any boundaries. He has faced 19 balls and scored just 14 runs.

SA 90-1(10)

Quinton de Kock nails his flick and bisects the two men on the boundary to get to his fifty. Hardik tries a yorker but bowls a full toss which de Kock times beautifully towards the leg side to get a boundary. 17th fifty in T20Is for de Kock and he is looking really dangerous for India.

SA 75-1(8.3)