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SA vs IND : South Africa made a spectacular comeback and defeated India by three wickets in the second match of the four-match T20 series. With this the four-match series is tied at 1-1. South African captain Aiden Markram won the toss and invited India to bat first. Batting first, India scored 124 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Africa achieved the target in 19 overs.
Tristan Stubbs and Gerald Coetzee gave Africa a poor start while chasing the target of 125 runs set by India. At one time the team had lost six wickets for 66 runs and seven wickets for 86 runs. But then Tristan Stubbs (47 not out off 41 balls) and Gerald Coetzee (19* off 9 balls) snatched the match from India by making a partnership of 42 runs for the eighth wicket.
Varun Chakraborty's five wickets
Varun Chakraborty bowled an amazing spell for India. Varun Chakraborty took five wickets for 17 runs in 4 overs. Varun Chakraborty sent Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller back to the pavilion. Apart from this, Arshdeep Singh and Ravi Bishnoi got one wicket each.
Poor performance of Indian batsmen
After losing the toss and coming to bat first, Team India had a bad start. Both the openers of the Indian team were out soon. Abhishek Sharma was out after scoring 4 runs in 5 balls. While Sanju Samson was out on zero runs. Then Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav also got out after scoring 4 runs in just 9 balls. Tilak Verma scored 20 runs in 20 balls. While Akshar Patel contributed 27 runs in 21 balls.
Important innings of Hardik Pandya
All-rounder Hardik Pandya scored the most runs for India. Hardik Pandya remained unbeaten after scoring 39 runs in 45 balls with the help of 4 fours and one six. India lost wickets at regular intervals. Rinku Singh also flopped. But Hardik Pandya batted till the last over and took the team's score to 124 runs.
Performance of South African bowlers
Talking about South Africa, Marco Johnson, Gerald Coetzee, Andy Silliman, Aidan Markram and N. Peter took 1 wicket each. Marco Jansen took one wicket for 25 runs in 4 overs.