Cricket - India Vs South Africa  2^nd T20 International

2^nd T20 I between India Vs South Africa was played on 18^th Sept’19 at Mohali in which India won by 7 wickets with 1 Over spare.

India’s Captain Virat Kohli won the Toss and decided to field. South Africa scored 149/5 in 20 overs. South Africa’s captain Quinton de Cock           scored 52 runs in 37 balls whereas T Bavuma, who was playing his First T20, scored 49 runs in 43 balls.Among Indian bowlers Deepak Chahar was very impressive and has taken 2 wicket giving 22 runs. Navdeep Saini, Ravinder Jadeja and Hardik Pandya have taken One wicket each.

India  have scored 33 runs in 3.5 overs when they lost first wicket of Rohit Sharma who scored 12 runs with 2 sixes before being lbw on Phehlukwayo. Then came Virat Kohli who added 61 runs alonwith Shikhar Dhawan. Shikhar couldn’t complete his half century and was out after scoring 40 Runs. Rishabh Pant’s poor form with Bat continued and he scored only 4 runs. However Virat Kohli continued with his excellent form and added 47 runs with SS Iyer for 4^th wicket. Iyer’s boundary was the winning run . Virat scored 72 runs in 52 balls. He hit 4 fours and 3 Sixes. Phhlukwayo, Shamsi and Fortuin were wicke takers foe SA with One Wicket each.

India won the match with 7 wickets and lead the series by 1-0 with 3^rd T20 I scheduled for 22^nd Sept at Bangaluru.