South Africa's David Miller and Kagiso Rabada greet Indian players after winning the second Twenty20 cricket match between India and South Africa in Cuttack, India, Sunday, June 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)India vs South Africa, 2nd T20 Highlights: South Africa outclassed India by four wickets in a one-sided second T20 International on Sunday to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series. Batting first, India managed only 148 for six in 20 overs with Dinesh Karthik’s unbeaten 30 off 21 balls helping the hosts reach a respectable total and Shreyas Iyer’s sedate 40 off 35 balls being the saving grace at the top-order. Anrich Nortje took two wickets while Wayne Parnell and Kagiso Rabada were economical with a wicket each. In reply, Heinrich Klaasen’s superb 81 off 46 balls laced with seven fours and five sixes, made it a walk in the park for the Proteas as they knocked off the runs in 18.2 overs despite Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s fantastic figures of 4 for 13.
Brief Scores:
India 148/6 (Shreyas Iyer 40, Dinesh Karthik 30 not out, Ishan Kishan 34, Anrich Nortje 2/36, Kagiso Rabada 1/15).
South Africa 149/2 in 18.2 overs (Heinrich Klaasen 81, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4/13).
Follow highlights of India vs South Africa from Cuttack below.
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148/6 (20.0)South Africa
149/6 (18.2)South Africa beat India by 4 wickets
India vs South Africa 2nd T20I will take place at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. (Twitter/BCCI)
India get two quick wickets in the form of Klaasen and Parnell but still end up losing the game. South Africa beat India by 4 wickets. Proteas are up with a 2-0 lead in the five-match T20I series. SA 149/6 after 18.2 overs.
Klaasen smashes Chahal and gets a six over the long-on region. He hits another one for a six and ends the over in a style. What a shot!! SA 138/4 after 16 overs.
That's the fourth T20I fifty for Klaasen. He celebrates it by hitting a six against Hardik Pandya. What an innings!! South Africa are dominating the game. SA 108/4 after 14 overs.
Chahal cleans up Bavuma. He looks to pull the ball but completely misses it. Huge wicket for the Indian team! SA 98/4 after 13 overs.
Another good shot by Klaasen. He makes the room against Axar and gets the boundary. He follows it up with a boundary. Great batting by Klaasen. . SA 89/3 after 12 overs.
Klaasen plays over the covers and gets a boundary. What a shot!! He hits it against Chahal. He hits another one, this time for a six. Klaasen is looking in free-flowing touch. SA 49/3 after 9 overs.
Bhuvneshwar strikes again as he takes the wicket of van der Dussen. Great swing show by Bhuvneshwar. South Africa are three down now. SA 29/3 after 5 overs.
Bavuma flicks it this time against Avesh Khan and gets a boundary. That's a lovely shot. Bavuma is looking good in the middle. SA 28/2 after 5 overs.
Pretorius starts the 3rd over with a four straight down the ground. Next 3 balls are dots. Another wicket!!! What an over from Bhuvi again. Pretorius is gone as Avesh Khan takes the catch. That had a lot of hangtime. SA 13/2 after 2.5 overs.
Avesh Khan in to bowl the seconf=d over as the first 3 balls are dots. Unlucky in the fourth ball as an inside edge yields a boundary. Very streaky. SA 9/1 after 2 overs.
Bhuvneshwar starts with 1 run from 3 balls. Great swing to start proceedings. Top shot by Hendricks to get the first four of the innings. BOWLED!!!! What a start to the first over!!! SA 5/1 after 1 over.
Bavuma and R Hendricks are at the crease. Bavuma is on strike. Bhuvneshwar will open the attack
Last over now and Harshal Patel gets in on the act with a four!!! 1 run in the next 2 balls. That's a six!!! What a shot by DK. it's over the head of the bowler as well as the fielder near the boundary. And another 6 to follow!!!! DK's greatest hits tonight. IND 148/6 after 20 overs.
Penultimate over now and Nortje will bowl this one. India desperately need Dinesh Karthik to fire here. Just 2 runs off te first 3 balls. That's pulled away for a boundary by DK. That's more like it. Another four to end the over. Nicely placed. IND 130/6 after 19 overs.
Time for the 17th over as Nortje in to bowl this one. 1 run from the first 2 balls. Runs have dried up for India as they need some boundaries to put on a decent total. And BOWLED!!! Axar is gone!!! What an over!! IND 112/6 after 17 overs.
Pretorius scalps the wicket of Shreyas Iyer and Klaasen takes an easy catch behind the wicket. Indian team in trouble now! Ind are 99/5 after 13 overs.
Parnell takes the wicket of Hardik Pandya. That's a great delivery and Hardik completely misses out. India are four down now. Ind are 92/4 after 13 overs.
Maharaj with a huge breakthrough. He gets the wicket of Pant and an easy catch by van der Dussen does the rest. That's clever bowling!! Ind are 71/3 after 10 overs.
Shreyas Iyer gets a boundary against Shamsi. He follows it up by hitting a six. He walks down the wicket and deposits it in the stands. What a shot!! Ind are 68/2 after 9 overs.
After hitting a four against Nortje, Ishan Kishan departs. Big wicket for South Africa!! Kishan tried to pull this delivery but could not time it well. Van der Dussen takes an easy catch at the end. Ind are 50/2 after 7 overs.
Ishan Kishan starts the over with a huge six against Pretorius. Another pull shot and he gets the result. It seems Kishan is a good batter against short pitch delivery. Ind are 42/1 after 6 overs.
Ishan Kishan pulls it this time and gets a boundary. That's a powerful shot by Kishan. He hits it against Parnell. Kishan is looking good and will be trying to continue his good run in this match too. Ind are 31/1 after 5 overs.
That's a great pickup shot by Ishan Kishan. He whips it over the deep mid-wicket against Nortje. Another six for Kishan. He pulls it this time over the deep square leg. Ind are 25/1 after 4 overs.
Shreyas Iyer hits a boundary against Parnell. It's a full-length delivery and Shreyas hits it over the covers and gets a boundary. Good start for him! Ind are 11/1 after 2 overs.
Gaikwad and Ishan Kishan start the proceedings for India. Rabada bowls the first over for South Africa. Gaikwad continues his poor form as he departs after scoring just 1 run. Rabada gets the first breakthrough. Ind are 3/1 after 1 over.
Rishabh Pant: We would have bowled first as well. The track is really nice. We would want to have a big score on this. There weren't many things we did wrong in the last game, just a bit of execution was off and we will do better today. We are playing the same team.
Temba Bavuma: We will have a bowl first. We don't know how the wicket will play. It was easier to bat second in the last game. You can chase anything with smaller boundaries. You need to stay in the fight as batters. We have two forced changes; QDK has a hand injury and Stubbs misses out, Klaasen and Hendricks come in.
Pitch and Conditions: "The pitch that is being used tonight is right in the center which means the boundary is equal on either side, 65 meters and straight is 74 meters. It has a fair bit of grass but it is dry grass, it will not help the seamers too much. Fair amount of cracks as well but doesn't seem to grip too much as well. It is going to skid through and not much for the spinners. Because of the weather it has a little bit of moisture and can be two-paced. It is quite humid and dew hasn't been there in the last couple of nights. The par score is going to be 160-170," reads Deep Dasgupta.
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
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
South Africa win the toss and opt to bowl first.
India: Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer,Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik.
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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Forecast is for it to go as high as 95 percent, which should drag dew into play. The pitches at Barabati have traditionally been on the slower side irrespective of the format, so the spinners on both teams should do better than Delhi.
Ind Probable XI: Ishan Kishan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (c), Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan
SA Probable XI: Quinton de Kock, Temba Bavuma (c), Dwaine Pretorius, Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi (Read More)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar: "We discussed what went wrong. It was just the first match of the series and everyone is coming out of the IPL, and almost everyone who is in the team had a good season (in IPL). We just spoke about what needs to be done in the 2nd game and where we can improve. It wasn't a big discussion because anyone can have an off-day. As a bowling unit we had an off-day, and we just want to come back in the next match."
Wayne Parnell: "It was a great win the other night and we'll take a lot of confidence from that, but it's a brand new venue with new conditions."
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