Ind Vs Sa 2nd T20: In the second T20, South Africa beat Team India by 4 wickets

The second T20 match was played between India and South Africa in Cuttack. South Africa has won the toss here and decided to bowl first. South Africa beat Team India by 4 wickets. Team India is trailing 0-2 in the 5-match series.

South Africa has also won the second match of the T20 series by 4 wickets. Team India scored 148 runs losing 6 wickets in 20 overs playing first. In reply, South Africa won the match with 10 balls to spare. South Africa achieved the target in 18.2 overs for the loss of 6 wickets.

In this match held in Cuttack, Odisha, eyes were on the return of Team India. But, there was disappointment. Team India, led by captain Rishabh Pant, is trailing 0-2 in the series. Earlier in Cuttack, South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl first.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled a brilliant opening spell for India. This was the reason that South Africa’s score within the powerplay was 29 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. However, Klaasen strengthened the team and played a good innings with captain Bavuma. Once Klaasen was set, the bowlers of Team India were blown away. Especially, he batted well against the spinners.

South African batsman H Klaasen scored the highest 81 runs. Captain Temba Bavuma made 35 and David Miller scored 21 runs (not out). The remaining 4 batting could score a total of 10 runs. Kagiso Rabada, who came in the end, did not get a chance to open the account and came not out.

Today was not a good day for the spinners of Team India. Chahal gave 49 runs in 4 overs and took one wicket. Harshal Patel gave 17 runs in 3 overs and took one wicket. While Akshar conceded 19 runs in an over. Bhuvneshwar Kumar gave 13 runs in 4 overs and took 4 wickets.

Earlier, the batting of Team India was also not seen in the rhythm. The highest scorer was Shreyas Iyer. He scored 40 runs. After that Ishan Kishan scored 34 runs, Dinesh Karthik remained not out after scoring 30 runs. Akshar scored 10 and Harshal scored 12 runs. Captain Hardik Pandya returned to the pavilion after scoring just 9 runs. Pant scored 5 and Gaikwad could only score one run.

It is believed that if Team India had been successful in scoring 160-170 runs, then perhaps it would have remained in the match. At the moment, it will be a difficult task for India to make a comeback. Because the biggest challenge before him will be to win all three matches.

Team India’s Playing-11: Ishan Kishan, Rituraj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (Captain), Hardik Pandya (Vice-Captain), Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan

Africa’s Playing-11 : R. Hendrix, Temba Bavuma (c), Dwayne Pretorius, Rossi Dussen, David Miller, H. Klaasen, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Enrique Norcia, Keshav Maharaj, Tabrez Shamsi