India vs South Africa 2nd T20I HIGHLIGHTS: Proteas take 2-0 lead in five-match series

Shreyas Iyer bowls the penultimate over and Miller collects a couple of runs off the second ball, thus winning the match by 4 wickets.

Bhuvi bowls his last over of the match and concedes three runs. 

He castles Parnel off the last ball.

South Africa 147-6 after 18 overs

Harshal Patel comes back in the attack and the South African batters take easy singles.

Klassen tries to finish the game with a big hit but holed out to long on. Klassen's 46-ball 81 runs innings comes to an end.

South Africa 144-5 after 17 overs

Pant brings Chahal with the hope to find a breakthrough but the leggie concedes three SIXes in the over, thus diminishing India's hopes of making a comeback.

Chahal concedes 23 runs in the over.

South Africa 138-4 after 16 overs

Avesh Khan continues and concedes seven runs.

South Africa 115-4 after 15 overs

Hardik Pandya continues and concedes 10 runs, including a SIX to Klassen.

South Africa 108-4 after 14 overs

Chahal comes back in the attack and Bavuma slog-sweeps the first ball towards cow corner for FOUR.

Chahal takes his revenge next ball as he castled the South African captain next ball.

David Miller arrives at the crease and edges the first one through first slip for FOUR. 

Miller collects a single down the ground off the last ball.

South Africa 98-4 after 13 overs

Axar Patel comes into the attack and it seems Klassen is batting on a different surface.

He hits... FOUR! SIX! FOUR!

Klassen ends the over with two doubles.

Axar concedes 19 runs in the over.

South Africa 89-3 after 12 overs

Hardik Pandya continues and concedes 13 runs, including three boundaries in the over.

South Africa 70-3 after 11 overs

Harshal continues and concedes 8 runs in the over.

South Africa 57-3 after 10 overs

Chahal continues and concedes 13 runs, including a SIX and a FOUR.

South AFrica 49-3 after 9 overs

Harshal Patel comes in the attack and concedes three runs.

South Africa 36-3 after 8 Overs

Yuzvendra Chahal, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack and concedes four singles.

South Africa 33-3 after 7 overs

Bhuvi returns and cleaned up last match's hero Rassie van der Dussen, providing India their third breakthrough inside the powerplay. 

South Africa 29-3 after 6 overs

Avesh Khan returns and concedes seven runs, including a boundary to Bavuma.

South Africa 28-2 after 5 overs

Hardik Pandya comes into the attack and concedes eight runs, including a SIX to Bavuma.

South Africa 21-2 after 4 overs

Bhuvi continues and Pretorius hits the first ball down the ground for FOUR.

After three DOTs, Pretorius tries to break the shackles but manages only a top-edge and Avesh takes the skier at the deep backward square leg. 

South Africa 13-2 after 3 overs

Avesh Khan shares the new ball with Bhuvi, and Bavuma edges the 4th ball over the second slip for FOUR. 

South Africa 9-1 after 2 overs

Temba Bavuma and Reeza Hendricks open the innings. Bavuma takes the strikes. Bhuvneshwar opens the bowling and Bavuma collects a single off the 3rd ball.

Hendricks hits the 4th ball for FOUR. Bhuvi cleans up Hendricks off the last delivery.

South Africa 5-1 after 1 over 

Pretorius bowls the over...

Harshal Patel hits the half-volley outside off over mid-off for FOUR. Harshal fails to put the bat on the ball off the next. Patel hits the third ball towards deep extra cover for a single.

Karthik finishes Indian innings with SIX! SIX! A SINGLE.

Pretorius concedes 18 runs in the over.

India 148-6 after 20 overs

Nortje bowls the penultimate over and concedes three runs off the first four balls.

Karthik ends the over with...

FOUR! FOUR!

Nortje concedes 12 runs in his last over.

India 130-6 after 19 overs

Rabada bowls his last over of the innings and concedes six runs, including a boundary to Harshal Patel.

India 118-6 after 18 overs

Bavuma brings another spearhead from other end and Nortje delivers for his captain, knocking Axar Patel out off the last delivery. 

Nortje concedes only three runs.

India 112-6 after 17 overs

Kagiso Rabada comes back into the attack and concedes five runs.

India 109-5 after 16 overs

Parnell returns and concedes five runs in the over.

India 104-5 after 15 overs

Pretorius comes back into the attack and Axar smashes the 2nd ball for FOUR.

Shreyas edges the 5th ball to keeper, GONE. India in big trouble. 

Karthik comes at the crease and collects a single off the last ball.

India 99-5 after 14 overs

Bavuma brings Parnell back into the attack and the left-arm pacer gets the prized wicket of Hardik Pandya with a superb inswinger.

Hardik looks clueless as his leg stump goes for a walk. 

Axar Patel replaces Hardik in the middle.

Parnell concedes only five runs in the over.

India 92-4 after 13 overs

Maharaj continues after a successful over, Shreyas Iyer smashes the first ball for a SIX.

Maharaj concedes only three runs off the remaining five deliveries.

India 87-3 after 12 overs

Shamsi continues and concedes seven runs, including a boundary to Hardik Pandya off the last delivery.

India 78-3 after 11 overs

Keshav Maharaj comes into the attack and gets the wicket of the Indian captain off the first ball as Pant tries to go big but fails to get the desired distance.

Hardik Pandya replaces Pant in the middle.

Maharaj concedes 3 runs in the over.

India 71-3 after 10 overs

Spin is introduced after 8 overs, Shamsi comes into the attack and concedes 4 runs off the first four deliveries.

Shreyas Iyer ends the over with a FOUR and a SIX. 

India 68-2 after 9 overs

Pretorius continues 

Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant trying to build a partnership after Kishan's wicket.

Pretorius concedes 4 runs in the over. 

India 54-2 after 8 overs

Anrich Nortje returns and Kishan collects a single off the first ball.

Shreyas gets a thick inside edge towards fine leg for a single. Kishan cuts the 3rd ball through backward point for FOUR.

Nortje replies with a quick bumper, Kishan pulls it but the ball hurried onto him and he holed out to deep backward square leg, GONE.

Another southpaw replaces Kishan, Rishabh Pant comes at the crease and collects a quick single upfront. 

Shreyas collects a single off the last ball.

India 50-2 after 7 overs

Pretorius bowls the last over of powerplay and Kishan greets him with a SIX towards mid-wicket.

Kishan is throwing bat at everything now, but manages only a single off the next ball.

Shreyas taps the 3rd ball towards the off-side for a single. Kishan collects a couple of runs off the 4th ball. The southpaw hammers the next ball down the ground, Parnell makes a superb effort and nearly took the BLINDER. A single taken.

India 42-1 at the end of powerplay

Change of ends for Parnell, Kishan works the first ball towards fine leg boundary for a single. 

Shreyas Iyer defends the slow delivery towards the cover-point region for an easy single. 

Kishan makes some room and smashes the 3rd ball towards the square leg boundary for FOUR.

Kishan keeps the strike with a single off the last ball.

India 31-1 after 5 overs

Anrich Nortje replaces Parnell on the other end and Iyer collects a single off the first ball.

Kishan heaves the ball on the pads towards the mid-wicket boundary for a SIX. Kishan tries to go for another biggie off the 3rd ball but fails to get the desired timing, DOT.

A freebie on the pads, Kishan just helps it into the fine leg stands for second SIX of the over. 

Nortje ends the over with TWO DOTs.

India 25-1 after 4 overs

Rabada continues and concedes only a single.

India 12-1 after 3 overs

Wayne Parnell shares the new ball with Rabada and Kishan collects an easy single towards deep square leg for a single.

Shreyas Iyer drives the 3rd ball over extra cover for FOUR, first boundary of the Indian innings.

A full delivery on middle stump, Shreyas hits it through wide of mid-on fielder for three runs.

TWO DOTS to end the over. 

India 11-1 after 2 overs 

Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ishan Kishan open the innings for India. Gaikwad takes the strike. Rabada opens the bowling for South Africa. 

It seems the Barabati pitch has a bit of bounce, Gaikwad needs to adjust for working the third ball towards deep fine leg for a single. Kishan clips the 4th ball towards deep fine leg for a single.

Gaikwad tries to drive the 5th ball, which is way outside off, but manages only a thick edge. Keshav Maharaj completes the easy catch at the backward point.  

Shreyas Iyer comes at the crease after first blow and fails to score off the last ball.

India 3-1 after 1 over

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

India (Playing XI): Ishan Kishan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan.

Temba Bavuma wins the toss and elects to bowl first

India last 16 T20Is, South Africa have lost only 2 matches.

South Africa: Temba Bavuma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Wayne Parnell, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Rassie van der Dussen, Marco Jansen.

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Rishabh Pant (c & wk), RuturajGaikwad, IshanKishan, DeepakHooda, ShreyasIyer,DineshKarthik, HardikPandya, VenkateshIyer, YuzvendraChahal, Axar Patel, RaviBishnoi, BhuvneshwarKumar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, ArshdeepSingh, UmranMalik.

Here's what Bhuvneshwar said about India's bowling plan for the second T20I

"It was the first match of the series and everybody was coming out of the IPL, almost everyone in the team had a good IPL. Everyone knows what needs to be done and things to improve on."

"We are aware that we didn't bowl well in the first match. So we hope to improve, bowl well and level the series. We still have four matches to go, we have matches in hands to bounce back," he said."

In the absence of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar is leading the Indian pace attack in the ongoing five-match series.

India could not defend 212 as the rampaging South African duo of David Miller and Rassie van der Dussen struck half-centuries to hunt down the target with five balls to spare and go 1-0 up in the series.

"There wasn't any big discussion as anyone can have an off day. As a bowling unit, we had an off day but that's okay we just want to come back in the next match," Bhuvneshwar said.

David Miller took his IPL form into the five-match series and ripped apart Indian bowling line-up during the 1st T20I. And he remains India's biggest threat going into the second game.

Talking about India's plans for the explosive batter on the eve of 2nd T20I, pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar joked that he hopes South Africa would drop him from the playing XI.

"It is difficult (bowling to Miller). He is in such good form. Main toh chahunga South Africa unhe drop kar de par wo aisa karenge nahi (I would want South Africa to drop him but they would not do so (laughs). He batted so well in the IPL, we know his calibre. Bowling to him would be a challenge," Bhuvneshwar said in the pre-match press conference.

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Hardik Pandya, fresh after his historic success with Gujarat Titans, continued from where he left in the IPL.

Hardik, who last played for India in November last year in the 2021 T20 World Cup, dazzled with the bat with a 31 not out from 12 balls to propel the total past 200.

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It may still be early days for Pant the leader, but his body language never stood out and he looked under pressure on his captaincy debut. He also made a debatable decision to under bowl the IPL Purple Cap winner Yuzvendra Chahal, fresh from claiming 27 wickets for runners-up Rajasthan Royals. At Kotla, the leggie bowled only two full overs.

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Rishabh Pant will expect an improved show from the India bowlers as he plots a comeback against a South Africa in the second T20.

Leading India for the first time ever, Pant had to swallow a bitter pill when David Miller and Rassie van der Dussen shot down an imposing 212, to go 1-0 up in the series.

The southpaw also had a forgettable Indian Premier League where he failed to lead Delhi Capitals to the playoffs.

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Ishan Kishan played a brilliant knock in the last match scoring 76 off 48 and would look to continue his good form in the second match as well. Hardik Pandya, who made his India comeback in the last match also played an outstanding innings scoring an unbeaten 31 off just 12 and he wouldn't want to miss chances against the Proteas ahead of the T20I world cup this year.

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