South Africa outright India in the second T20I match to take a 2-0 lead in the three-match series. It was a prime performance from the Proteas as the hosts beat the hosts by 4 wickets with 10 balls to spare. The Indian batsmen failed to adapt to the difficult track of the Barabati Stadium and were reduced to 148/6 in 20 overs. It hasn’t been an ideal start for Rishabh Pant as the Indian captain with consecutive losses. It was South Africa’s seventh consecutive win over India, starting with a Test series on Proteas soil earlier this year, where India had lost the previous two matches. This was followed by a clean sweep in the ODIs and now things seem to be going bad for India after consecutive losses in the T20I series.
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Here are the talking points of India vs South Africa 2nd T20I match.
Ruturaj Gaikwad Lean Patch Released
The talented India opener once again failed to score big in the Indian colors as he was dismissed for just 1 run by Kagiso Rabada. Gaikwad has played 5 T20Is for India in which he scored just 63 runs which is not a good sign for him. He also had a great season for Chennai Super Kings IPL As the Orange Cap winner of 2022, this time he scored 368 runs at an average of 26.29. The 25-year-old has often been seen struggling against the fast bowlers in the powerplays and the team management will have to look into this.
Dinesh Karthik – The Finisher
The veteran wicket-keeper batsman showed everyone that his form with Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2022 was not temporary. Karthik turned the clock back to finalize the Indian innings. The experienced wicket-keeper batsman came out to bat in a tough phase when India were losing wickets at regular intervals. Started very slow and were on 9 off 16 balls but he decided to shift gears in the final over to hit two fours off Enrique Nortje. He chased it down in the last over where he hit Pretorius for a couple of sixes. Karthik scored 21 runs in the last five balls. His crucial 30* helped India fight 148/6 on the scoreboard.
Topper Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Bhuvneshwar brought his A-game to the table on Sunday. She cleaned up Reeza Hendrix for just 4 runs in the first over itself and defended the target of 149 runs. Whereas, in the second over of his spell, Bhuvneshwar got rid of the explosive Dwayne Pretorius as he too scored just 4. Rishabh Pant backed him to bowl the third over and the veteran pacer did not disappoint his captain. In the final over of the powerplay, Bhuvneshwar dismissed Rassie van der Dussen for just 1 run, while he returned to attack in the death overs, where he dismissed Van Parnell. It was a classic ‘Bhubaneswar Kumar performance’ that we saw after a long time but unfortunately, his 4/13 ended in a losing side.
India vs South Africa 2nd T20I Highlights
Another unforgettable night for Indian spinners
The Indian spinners once again did not live up to the expectations as they lost to the Proteas batsmen in the second match in a row. Yuzvendra Chahal and Axar Patel have taken only one wicket each in this series so far and have an economy rate of over 11. Both have not made any big impact with the ball as skipper Pant hasn’t even used his full quota of overs. A couple of opportunities. In the first T20I, Chahal bowled 2.1 overs while in Cuttack, Akshar didn’t get a chance after leaking 19 in his first over. Pant also said after the match, “Spinners have to come better in the game.”
classy classen seizes the opportunity
Heinrich Klaasen, who replaced Quinton de Kock in the Proteas line-up, grabbed the opportunity with both hands, scoring 81 off 46 balls. On a surface where the batsmen were working hard to break boundaries, Klaasen hit 5 sixes and 7 fours. It was also his highest score in T20I cricket. The wicket-keeper batsman dominated the spinners as he completely neutralized the pair of Chahal and Axar and made South Africa’s task easy as they chased down the target of 149 runs. He formed a crucial partnership with captain Temba Bavuma and David Miller to stabilize the Proteas innings.
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