IND vs SA, 2nd T20, Highlights: Klaasen stars as South Africa win by four wickets

Heinrich Klaasen is the Player of the Match

After 19 overs,South Africa 149/6 ( David Miller 20 , Kagiso Rabada 0)

Game over! Klaasen stole the show for Proteas with his 81, but was unfortunate to get out with South Africa on the verge of victory. David Miller (20) sealed the deal yet again though, with South Africa taking a 2-0 lead in the five-match series with four wickets to spare in this second T20I.

OUT! Wicket No 4 for Bhuvneshwar Kumar, he removes Parnell with South Africa on the verge of victory.

OUT! Harshal gets the wicket of Klaasen (81), but is it too late a wicket for India?  Klaasen c (sub)Ravi Bishnoi b Harshal Patel 81

After 16 overs,South Africa 138/4 ( Heinrich Klaasen (W) 78 , David Miller 14)

South Africa need just 11 from as many as 24 balls left. Has the game gone away from India’s hands again? Probably, unless India can get a couple of quick wickets.

After 14 overs,South Africa 108/4 ( Heinrich Klaasen (W) 57 , David Miller 7)

Klaasen is showcasing his class in Cuttack. He gets to his fourth T20I fifty, a big fifty as far as the context of this match is concerned. 10 runs off the 14th over bowled by Pandya. SA need 41 runs from 36 balls.

FIFTY! A half-century for Heinrich Klaasen, but will this be a match-winning one?

After 13 overs,South Africa 98/4 ( Heinrich Klaasen (W) 49 , David Miller 5)

Chahal continues. He gets the crucial wicket of Temba Bavuma, who’s out for 35. This is breakthrough for India just when South Africa were seemingly gathering momentum, but all is not lost, and it’s still anyone’s game. David Miller, the hero of the last match, is in next for SA. SA need 51 runs off 42 balls.

OUT! Chahal gets the last laugh against Bavuma. Cleaned up, and the South Africa skipper has to depart. It’s still anyone’s game now. Bavuma b Chahal 35

After 11 overs,South Africa 70/3 ( Temba Bavuma (C) 30 , Heinrich Klaasen (W) 31)

Hardik continues after the drinks break. Expensive over with 13 runs coming off the over. Klaasen with a couple of fours in it, and Bavuma with another. South Africa get much-needed runs here. SA need 79 off 54 balls to win.

After 10 overs,South Africa 57/3 ( Temba Bavuma (C) 25 , Heinrich Klaasen (W) 23)

Harshal Patel into his second over. Klaasen swings towards deep midwicket for a boundary. Eight runs off the over. 10 overs completed, and it’s time for a drinks break.

After 6 overs,South Africa 29/3 ( Temba Bavuma (C) 20 , Heinrich Klaasen (W) 0)

Good powerplay as far as India are concerned. Just 29 runs this powerplay and three wickets coming from it, all three from Bhuvneshwar.

OUT! Third wicket for Bhuvneshwar, third wicket for India! He cleans up Rassie van der Dussen. van der Dussen b Bhuvneshwar 1

OUT! Avesh Khan at deep square leg hangs on for the catch as Bhuvneshwar strikes to remove Pretorius. Pretorius c Avesh Khan b Bhuvneshwar 4

After 2 overs,South Africa 9/1 ( Temba Bavuma (C) 5 , Dwaine Pretorius 0)

Dream start for India as Bhuvneshwar removes Reeza Hendricks right in the first over. Reeza had been named in the playing XI in place of the injured de Kock, but it’s an early setback for SA. Five runs and a wicket off the first over. Avesh Khan with the next over, and just four runs come off it. Dwaine Pretorius is the new batter who joins his skipper Bavuma.

OUT! Crashed into the off-sump, Bhuvneshwar strikes to get rid of Reeza Hendricks. Just the start India would have wanted while defending a total of 148. R Hendricks b Bhuvneshwar 4

After 20 overs,India 148/6 ( Dinesh Karthik 30 , Harshal Patel 12)

Dwaine Pretorius to bowl the final over of the innings. Two sixes from DK in the over, and a total of 18 runs come from it. That takes India to 148/2, a respectable total given the situation they were in.  SA need 149 to win.

After 19 overs,India 130/6 ( Dinesh Karthik 17 , Harshal Patel 7)

Rabada bowls his final over of the night and six runs come off that one. Nortje bowls the 19th over. Dinesh Karthik with a much-needed four later in the over as he pulls away backward of square leg. Welcome runs for India those. He finishes the over with another boundary, as 12 runs come off it.

After 17 overs,India 112/6 ( Dinesh Karthik 7 , Harshal Patel 0)

Brilliant over from Nortje. Just three runs and a wicket off his latest over, that of Axar Patel. Another Patel, in Harshal, has his task cut out with Karthik at the other end.

OUT! Cleaned up by Nortje and Axar Patel departs. Nothing going right for India tonight. Nortje piles more misery on the Indian team. Axar b Nortje 10

After 16 overs,India 109/5 ( Axar Patel 9 , Dinesh Karthik 5)

Rabada is back for his third over. Five runs from his over. Just four overs remain in the Indian innings, and Karthik and Axar will have their task cut out in order to help India to a decent total.

After 14 overs,India 99/5 ( Axar Patel 6 , Dinesh Karthik 1)

India have lost half their side for less than 100 runs. The hosts seem to be in a spot of bother after the dismissals of Hardik Pandya and Shreyas Iyer.

After 11 overs,India 78/3 ( Shreyas Iyer 28 , Hardik Pandya 7)

Shamsi continues. Seven runs come off the 11th over.

OUT! Sliced to the man at sweeper cover and Rishabh Pant is out. Rassie van der Dussen with the catch, Keshav Maharaj with the wicket.  Pant c van der Dussen b Maharaj 5

After 7 overs,India 50/2 ( Shreyas Iyer 13 , Rishabh Pant (C) (W) 1)

Nortje strikes in his second over. He removes Kishan, who is caught by the deep square leg fielder while looking to play the hook shot. Skipper Rishabh Pant is the new man in.

OUT! Nortje gets his man, removes Ishan Kishan, who finds the man at deep square leg, while looking to play the hook shot. Ishan Kishan c van der Dussen b Nortje 34

After 5 overs,India 31/1 ( Ishan Kishan 19 , Shreyas Iyer 10)

Anrich Nortje replaces Parnell. Nortje goes for 13 runs in his first over as Ishan collects two sixes. Wayne Parnell is back into the attack in the next over, and Ishan collects another boundary in the over. Six runs off Parnell’s second over.

After 3 overs,India 12/1 ( Ishan Kishan 2 , Shreyas Iyer 8)

Wayne Parnell continues from the other end. Eight runs come off his first over, that includes a boundary from Iyer. Rabada resumes to deliver the third over, and just a run comes from his over.

After 1 overs,India 3/1 ( Ishan Kishan 1 , Shreyas Iyer 0)

Rabada begins the proceeding as Gaikwad faces him. Gaikwad is off the mark with a single off the third ball that is tucked down to fine leg. Kishan is also off the mark with a single. However, in the fifth ball of the first, India lose Gaikwad as his loose drive off Rabada ends up by finding the fielder at point. Shreyas Iyer is the new man in.

OUT! Loose drive from Gaikwad and he finds point fielder with the catch. Rabada strikes early for the Proteas. Gaikwad c Maharaj b Rabada 1

Time for LIVE action. Ishan Kishan and Ruturaj Gaikwad to open for India. Kagiso Rabada to open South Africa’s bowling attack.

Playing XI

 India: Rishabh Pant(Captain), Ishan Kishan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan

South Africa: Temba Bavuma(Captain), Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen Dwaine Pretorius, Wayne Parnell, Keshav Maharaj, Tabraiz Shamsi, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje

Toss report: South Africa win the toss and Temba Bavuma says his team will field first.

Deep Dasgupta at the pitch report from Cuttack says a 160-170 would be a good par score for the team batting first.

Ahead of the second T20 international match in Cuttack between India and South Africa on Sunday, the Regional Meteorological Center (RMC) at Bhubaneswar ruled out possibility of any major rain during the evening.

“The chance is 50:50. We cannot say for sure that there will be no rainfall in Cuttack on Sunday evening. There may be a small spell of rain but no possibility of any major rainfall,” RMC Bhubaneswar director H R Biswas told PTI.

India posted a mammoth 211/4 in 20 overs after riding on some brutal batting from Ishan Kishan, Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya in the first T20I on Thursday.

The Proteas on the other hand, lost wickets at regular intervals before David Miller and Rassie van der Dussen came in for the rescue. The two batters scored an unbeaten stand of 131 runs to see the side home by seven wickets.

India will now look to make a comeback in the second match.

Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the second T20I between India and South Africa in Cuttack. Rishabh Pant’s men will look to bounce back from their defeat in the first T20I just a few days back. Stay tuned for updates.