India vs South Africa 2nd ODI Highlights: Riding on Tony de Zorzi's maiden international century, South Africa chased down the target of 212 runs in 42.3 overs with 8 wickets in hand. De Zorzi scored 119 not out while Reeza Hendricks also played a fine knock of 52. The duo stitched 130 runs for the opening wicket. Earlier, South Africa bowled India out for 211 in 46.2 overs after opting to bowl first. Sai Sudharsan (62 off 83) and KL Rahul (56 off 64 balls) scored promising fifties but other Indian batters failed to play noticeable knocks. Nandre Burger was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 3 for 30 in 10 overs.
India (Playing XI): KL Rahul(w/c), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar
South Africa (Playing XI): Tony de Zorzi, Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen(w), David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Burger, Lizaad Williams, Beuran Hendricks
India vs South Africa 2nd ODI Highlights -
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IND vs SA Live: South Africa win by 8 wickets!
Tony de Zorzi hits the winning runs for South Africa. Mukesh Kumar at deep mid-wicket took his catch but went over the ropes to see it getting converted into a six. South Africa win the game by 8 wickets and take the series to decider which will be played at Boland Park, Paarl on Thursday.
41.3 - Rinku Singh has got the wicket of Rassie van der Dussen. The right-handed batter got an outside edge on the bowling of Rinku and Sanju Samson collected the ball comfortably behind the stumps. Van der Dussen fell for 36 off 51 balls.
Tony de Zorzi is holding one end tight and new batter Rassie van der Dussen is also looking solid at the other end. South Africa need 51 more to win off 108 balls. Meanwhile, de Zorzi is really close to his maiden ODI century.
That is a superb shot from Tony de Zorzi f;or a four. It was a short ball bowled outside off stump from Mukesh Kumar and the southpaw hit the ball towards deep mid-wicket for a four. South Africa need 72 more runs to win.
Not a single wicket for the Indian bowlers so far in this innings. To make things more pitiable for them, Reeza Hendricks has raced to his half-century. Both the South African openers are looking really solid.
Avesh Khan bowled a fuller delivery on the pads of Reeza Hendricks and the batter flicked it away for a four. Hendricks got a thick inside edge on the very next ball but to his good luck, the ball missed the stumps and ran away for another four. On the following delivery, the right-handed batter hit a beautiful drive for a boundary, making it a hat-trick of fours.
South African openers Tony de Zorzi and Reeza Hendricks are batting really well here, especially the former who is close to his half-century. South Africa need 146 runs more from here at 4.29 runs per over. Things are well under control for the side.
This is a really good start for South Africa. They have not lost any wicket and scored 39 runs in the first powerplay. Indian bowlers were extremely unlucky in the first powerplay and some missed chances only added to their misery.
Tony de Zorzi pulls the ball from the front foot for a four. This is a superb shot from the South African opener. The ball went through the deep mid-wicket region. This is a good start for South Africa now.
3.5 - It was a good length ball from Arshdeep Singh and Tony de Zorzi swung his bat on it. The batter got an outside edge but the ball flew over the fielders inside the circle to run away to the third man fence.
A beautiful backfoot punch from Reeza Hendricks and the ball beats the extra cover fielder to run away for a four. So far, the Indian pacers have been unable to create such an impact as South Africa fast bowlers did.
Tony de Zorzi and Reeza Hendricks have kicked off South Africa's chase of 212 runs. De Zorzi got an outside edge on the fourth ball of the over that flew through the vacant gully region for a four. A total of five runs came off the first over of Mukesh Kumar.
India vs South Africa Live: India all out for 211!
Avesh Khan is run out at the score of 9 and that is the end of India's innings. They are all out for 211 runs. Nandre Burger was the pick of the bowlers in the innings with figures of 3 for 30 in 10 overs. India have something on the board to fight now as this pitch is not that easy to bat on.
Arshdeep Singh is out at the score of 18 runs off 17 balls. He picked a good length ball to play a pull shot, mistimed it and skied the ball high in the air before David Miller took the catch. Beuran Hendricks got the wicket.
A slower ball from Lizaad Williams but he bowled right into the slot. Arshdeep Singh slammed it away for a six. India are still fighting for a competitive total. Anything around 240-250 could help the team put up a fight against South Africa.
India's hopes of a fighting total is now in jeopardy as Axar Patel is out at the score of 7 off 23 balls. It was a good length ball and Axar hit it right into the hands of Aiden Markram at long-off.
Kuldeep Yadav is out! He tried to go for a sweep shot on the bowling of Keshav Maharaj but he has edged the ball to Beuran Hendricks at short fine leg. India now fear all-out as they are seven down with more than 11 overs still left in their innings.
36.4 - Rinku Singh has been stumped on the bowling of Keshav Maharaj. The ball beat the outside edge of Rinku's bat and Heinrich Klaasen did some really good glove work behind the stumps. The wicketkeeper cleaned up the bails in time and Rinku had to leave the ground with a score of 17 off 14 balls.
KL Rahul has been dismissed by Nandre Burger. That is the third wicket for the pacer. It was short ball from the left-arm pacer and Rahul hit it right into the hands of David Miller at backward point. Rahul departs at the score of 56 off 64 balls.
Sai Sudharsan departs for 62! Lizaad Williams gets him. It was a short of length ball that rose really well off the surface. The ball cramped Sudharsan for room and an attempt to hit the ball on the off side saw him edging it to wicketkeeper Heinrich Klaasen.
16.5 - A fuller ball and Sai Sudharsan slog-sweeps it over the deep mid-wicket fence for a six. This was timed with perfection and much-needed for India for Sudharsan.
13.2 - India reach the 50-run mark. They are a bit slow to reach there but you also need to give credit to how tight South African pacers have been. This is a superb batting test for India. The pitch is still offering a lot of help the fast bowlers.
India have lost Tilak Varma! Nandre Burger has his second wicket. Varma's struggle comes to an end. He top-edged a short ball towards the fine leg where Beuran Hendricks took a good catch sliding forward. Tilak departs for 10 off 30 balls.
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9.4 - Sai Sudharsan went for a drive on the back of a length ball from Nandre Burger but he was lucky that the ball flew away from the first slip through the vacant region to the third man fielder for a single.