IND vs SA 2nd T20I Highlights: Klaasen outclasses India, SA take 2-0 lead

10:42 PM

IND vs SA 2nd T20I Plyer of the Match: Heinrich Klaasen

 

There was no doubt that Heinrich Klaasen would be awarded the Player of the Match for his brilliant performance in which he scored 81 off just 46 balls. His runs came at a strike rate of 176 and had seven fours and five sixes in it 

10:38 PM

IND vs SA 2nd T20I Live Updates: Match Summary

 

Heinrich Klaasen, who was brought into the team for this match, repaid the faith of the selectors as he hit a match-winning 81 off just 44 balls to guide South Africa to the chase of 149. With this win, the Proteas now take a 2-0 lead in the series. 

 

The chase did not start well for the Proteas actually as they lost three wickets with only 29 runs on the board. But skipper Temba Bavum and Klaasen added 64 for the fourth wicket to bring their team in close distance to the target of 149. After that, David Miller combined with Klaasen for a 51-run stand and the two almost got the men in ‘green and yellow’ home before Klaasen thereafter, Wayne Parnell got out for no reason at all. 

 

Finally, Miller made sure that no more wickets fell and South Africa chased down the total with 10 balls to spare. 

 

Earlier in the evening, after being asked to bat first, India too could not get going and the inning that ebbed and flowed regularly could reach 148-6 only courtesy of a 21-ball 30 from Dinesh Karthik. 

 

10:25 PM

IND vs SA 2nd T20I Live Updates: South Africa win it by four wickets

 

Shreyas Iyer is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Dot ball as Miller plays it to covers 

 

Ball 2 And that would be it. That would be the winning runs as Shreyas Iyer bowls it on eth pads and Miller plays it in the gap on the on side and gets two runs for it to win the second game for South Africa who now take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series 

 

South Africa Live Score 149-6 after 18.2 overs

 

10:23 PM

IND vs SA 2nd T20I Live Updates: Bhuvi has four wickets in his kitty

 

Bhuvneshwar Kumar is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Dot ball 

 

Ball 2 Single taken by Miller to get off strike 

 

Ball 3 Wayne Parnell gets off the mark with a quick single to mid-off 

 

Ball 4 On the pads and played to deep backward square leg for a single by Miller 

 

Ball 5 Dot ball. Parnell knows that dots rarely matter and hence he playing with the bat behind the ball 

 

Ball 6 Wicket!! Maybe I was wrong as he was not actually playing with the bat behind the ball this time around and he has been castled by Bhuvi who gets his fourth wicket 

 

South Africa Live Score 147-6 after 18 overs

 

10:19 PM

IND vs SA 2nd T20I Live Updates: Klaasen falls in an anti-climatic manner

 

Harshal Patel is into the attack

 

Ball 1 On the pads and played to square leg by Miller for a single 

 

Ball 2 That would a huge wide, but still, only one run is given for it. It was almost out of the pitch from Harshal 

 

Ball 2 Dropped!! Ravi Bishnoi, who has come in as a substitute, has dropped a tough chance to get Klaasen out 

 

Ball 3 Dot ball as the slower one beats Klaasen 

 

Ball 4 Hit on the on side for a single by Klaasen 

 

Ball 5 Once again on the hips for Miller who works it away on the on-side for a single 

 

Ball 6 Wicket!! This is pretty anti-climactic, to say the least as Klaasen, after playing so well for so long, tried to hit the winning runs on the last ball of this over itself, but failed to get the timing as Bishnoi took an easy catch at long-on. Klaasen goes for a brilliant 81 off just 44 balls 

 

South Africa Live Score 144-5 after 17 overs

 

10:12 PM

IND vs SA 2nd T20I Live Updates: Klaasen is killing it

 

Yuzvendra Chahal is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Hit down the ground for a single off the very first ball of Chahal’s last over 

 

Ball 2 That would be called a wide 

 

Ball 2 Six!! That is a monster hit from David Miller as he punched on the length and the leg break that was coming into him 

 

Ball 3 Surprisingly, only a single has been taken as Miller hit that over the in-field 

 

Ball 4 Six!! Short again from Chahal and this has been dispatched big time by Klassen for a huge 90 metres six down the ground 

 

Ball 5 And added to that, he has now taken two more runs as well 

 

Ball 6 Six!! This is free-wheeling 101 from Klaasen as he is seeing the ball like a football and dispatching it big time too 

 

South Africa Live Score 138-4 after 16 overs

 

10:07 PM

IND vs SA 2nd T20I Live Updates: Avesh bowls a decent over

 

Avesh Khan is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Played on the on-side for no runs as Avesh Khan comes into the attack 

 

Ball 2 Hit down the ground for a single 

 

Ball 3 Great length from Avesh as he comes from round the wicket to David Miller and beats the edge of his bat 

 

Ball 4 Hits the pads again does Avesh as Miller runs for a leg bye 

 

Ball 5 Four!! Short of a length and Klaasen hits it over mid-wicket for a four 

 

Ball 6 On a fuller length and played away to deep square leg for a single 

 

South Africa Live Score 115-4 after 15 overs

 

10:02 PM

IND vs SA 2nd T20I Live Updates: Klaasen brings up his fifty

 

Hardik Pandya is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Played very comfortably by Miller for a single to sweeper cover 

 

Ball 2 Dot ball as Klaasesn stays on 49 since the last three balls that he has played. 

 

Ball 3 Finally gets a single that he needed as Klasses gets to his fourth T20I fifty and it is his second against India. This one has come off just 32 balls only. With this, the 100 also comes up for the Proteas 

 

Ball 4 Dinesh Karthik!! Had he just picked up that ball cleanly and then broken the stumps at either end, it would have been a gone case of run out 

 

Ball 5 Six!! You can’t miss length to Klaasen because he will punish you and here he has punished Pandya with a six over long-on 

 

Ball 6 Single of the last ball will end the over 

 

South Africa Live Score 108-4 after 14 overs

 

9:57 PM

IND vs SA 2nd T20I Live Updates: Chahal brings India back

 

Chahal is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Four!! On the full and Bavuma goes down on one knee and sweeps it for a four between long-on and mid-wicket 

 

Ball 2 Wicket!! Finally, the wicket gat India needed so badly has come their way. It was a short ball and there to be hit, but it was a leg spinner and Bavuma was playing for the googly and thus he missed the line on this one having hit a four on the previous one 

 

Ball 3 Four!! In the air... And just flew away past Dinesh Karthik in the slips for a four 

 

Ball 4 Dot ball as Miller plays it back to the covers 

 

Ball 5 In the air… but just a bit away from Chahal and as a result, a single has been taken 

 

Ball 6 Dot ball will end a very good over for India 

 

South Africa Live Score 98-4 after 13 overs

 

9:54 PM

IND vs SA 2nd T20I Live Updates: Bavuma bowled by Chahal

 

Chahal is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Four!! On the full and Bavuma goes down on one knee and sweeps it for a four between long-on and mid-wicket 

 

Ball 2 Wicket!! Finally, the wicket gat India needed so badly has come their way. It was a short ball and there to be hit, but it was a leg spinner and Bavuma was playing for the googly and thus he missed the line on this one having hit a four on the previous one 

 

9:51 PM

IND vs SA 2nd T20I Live Updates: Proteas on the march

 

Axar Patel is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Swept away for a single on the very first ball by Bavuma

 

Ball 2 Four!! Inside out goes Klaasen again and gets it past the covers fielder for a four to deep extra cover 

 

Ball 3 Six!! Hit for a four on a length ball, so Axar goes short and now he has been pulled for a six on this one

 

Ball 4 Four!! That would be four and it just got the inside edge of Klaasen’s bat anet behind the keeper. There was no way that it was stopping 

 

Ball 5 Two runs. Hit to long-off and run well by both the batters 

 

Ball 6 And that would be two more runs to end the over 

 

South Africa Live Score 89-3 after 12 overs

 

9:46 PM

IND vs SA 2nd T20I Live Updates: Klaasen making it count

 

Hardik Pandya is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Four!! Cheeky from Bavuma as he guides the ball between keeper and short third-man for a four 

 

Ball 2 On the pads and tucked away for a single by Bavuma 

 

Ball 3 Four!! This is actually very classy from Klaasesn as he manages to get the ball between backward point and short third-man for a four without even taking much risk 

 

Ball 4 Dot ball. Klaasen plays it easy 

 

Ball 5 This time around, Klaasen tried to work it away on the on-side, but he is unable to 

 

Ball 6 Four!! This has been a brilliant over for the South Africans as Klaasen has come down the ground and played the length ball from Pandya over point for a four 

 

South Africa Live Score 70-3 after 11 overs

 

9:38 PM

IND vs SA 2nd T20I Live Updates: South Africa getting on track

 

Harshal Patel is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Four!! What a start to the over this has been as Klaasen has pulled this length ball for a cracking four

 

Ball 2 Dot ball. Harshal comes back to his stick delivery, the slower one and manages to beat Klaasen 

 

Ball 3 Played on the on side, and the two Proteas batters thought for a double, but then decided against it 

 

Ball 4 Short ball, pulled away to the fine leg by Bavuma for a single 

 

Ball 5 On the pads again and tucked away on the on-side by Klaasen for a single 

 

Ball 6 Short again, rising up to Bavuma’s head and it was pulled for a single to end the over and now it's time for drinks. 

 

South Africa Live Score 57-3 after 10 overs

 

9:33 PM

IND vs SA 2nd T20I Live Updates: Finally Klaasen comes good

 

Yuzvendra Chahal is into the attack

 

Ball 1 That one kept low as well and Klaasen was not able to get the hang ofthe ball 

 

Ball 2  Four!! Chahal goes for the leg spinner and Klaasen plays a tremendous shot inside out for a one-bounce four 

 

Ball 3 In the air, but away from the fielder at wide long-off and the batters run two 

 

Ball 4 Six!! This one is huge now. Klaasen is finally coming into his own as he sits down on one knee and hits it over the deep square leg for a six 

 

Ball 5 In the air again, but falls just short of the long-on fielder 

 

Ball 6 Dot ball will end the over 

 

South Africa Live Score 49-3 after 09 overs

 

9:29 PM

IND vs SA 2nd T20I Live Updates: Harshal starts well

 

Harshal Patel is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Dot ball. Harshal starts with a good length delivery which is played to the fielder for no runs by Klaasen 

 

Ball 2  Another dot ball as Klaasen is unable to get the ball away 

 

Ball 3 Finally a single as Klaasen hits to mid-off and runs 

 

Ball 4 Change of pace is not easy to ick as Bavuma is surprised by one from Harshal here, but gets a single nonetheless

 

Ball 5 Dot ball. Once again Klaasen is unable to get Harshal away 

 

Ball 6 Pulled away, but only for a single to deep square leg. Just three runs from the over 

 

South Africa Live Score 36-3 after 08 overs

 

9:24 PM

IND vs SA 2nd T20I Live Updates: Lots of trouble for batters

 

Chahal is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Chahal starts with the googly which is played to deep mid-wicket for a single by Bavuma 

 

Ball 2  Once again a single as Klaasen gets off the mark 

 

Ball 3 Beats the bat of Bavuma and hits him on the pads, but the ball was definitely going down the leg and hence no appeal 

 

Ball 4 Hit hard, but only as far as Ishan Kishan for a single at deep backward square leg 

 

Ball 5 Loud appeal, and also a chance of a run-out, but nothing materialises for India eventually 

 

Ball 6 Single off the last ball would end the over from Chahal, an eventful one nonetheless. 

 

South Africa Live Score 33-3 after 07 overs

 

9:21 PM

IND vs SA 2nd T20I Live Updates: Bhuvi on fire

 

Bhuvneshwar Kumar is into the attack

 

Ball 1 In the air… but falls short of the fielder as Bavuma was once again deceived by the change of pace 

 

Ball 2  Dot ball as Rsssie plays it to the fielder 

 

Ball 3 Wicket!! Bowled him!! Bhuvi is literally on fire here as he has once again bowled a South African with an ins-winger and this time around, it is the hero of the last match, Rassie vans der Dussen 

 

Ball 4 Heinrich Klaasen, the new man in, has played the first ball with the utmost respect by getting the bat behind the ball 

 

Ball 5 Once again solid defence from Klaasen 

 

Ball 6 And that would be another dot to end the over. Jut a single and a wicket from it 

 

South Africa Live Score 29-3 after 06 overs

 

9:15 PM

IND vs SA 2nd T20I Live Updates: Rassie survives

 

Avesh Khan is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Loud appeal from the bowler but he has no support from anyone else and as a result, the decision of not out by the umpire has not been reviewed 

 

Ball 2 Four!! Brilliant from Bavuma as he goes across the wicket and plays it past mid-wicket for a four 

 

Ball 3 Dot ball. Bavuma wanted a single, but it wasn’t to be in the end. 

 

Ball 4 In the air, but over the in-field by Bavum and that would fetch him two more runs courtesy of his gutsy driving 

 

Ball 5 That one kept low, but Bavuma was equal to the task as he played it late enough to get it to deep backward square leg for a single 

 

Ball 6 Oh!! That was close, almost got the edge of Rassie’s bat there, but he survives

 

South Africa Live Score 28-2 after 05 overs

 

9:11 PM

IND vs SA 2nd T20I Live Updates: Bavuma gets cheeky

 

Hardik Pandya is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Dot ball will start the first over for Hardik Pandya

 

Ball 2 Dot again as this tome around, Rassie plays it on the on-side to the short square leg 

 

Ball 3 Finally a single is available for Rassie and he takes it easily 

 

Ball 4 Six!! Bavuma gets cheeky as he plays the scoop and gets it over the keeper for a six as well 

 

Ball 5 Played on the on side and a single was taken by Bavuma to get off strike 

 

Ball 6 And a dot ball will end the over. Good one for the Proteas 

 

South Africa Live Score 21-2 after 04 overs

 

9:06 PM

IND vs SA 2nd T20I Live Updates: Bhuvi gets his second scalp

 

Bhuvneshwar Kumar is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Four!! The first ball that Dwaine Pretorius plays, he showcases his intnetions as the hits it down the ground and for a four 

 

Ball 2 This time Pretorius gives due respect to the ball as he defends it 

 

Ball 3 Tried to hit that very hard but is unable to get any timing on it 

 

Ball 4 Oh, almost a caught and bowled as Dwaine plays it back to the bowler 

 

Ball 5 Wicket!! In the air and Avesh Khan positions himself well at deep backward square leg to take a skier. It was a slower one and Pretorius went for a big shot very early. 

 

Ball 6 A dot ball will finish yet another successful over for Bhuvi 

 

South Africa Live Score 13-2 after 03 overs

 

9:00 PM

IND vs SA 2nd T20I Live Updates: Things not looking good for Proteas

 

Avesh Khan is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Avesh starts with a dot ball 

 

Ball 2 Good length ball and Bavuma guides it to the short third-man for no tuns 

 

Ball 3 Thus one kept low as well. Bavuma lost his balance but not the wicket fortunately for him 

 

Ball 4 Four!! Just a bit short of length and Bavuma slashes hard at it to get over the slips cordon for a four 

 

Ball 5 Once again, the ball comes in sharply after pitching and missed the off stump by a whisker 

 

Ball 6 And Avesh beats Bavuma once again as the ball goes past his bat 

 

South Africa Live Score 9-1 after 02 overs

 

8:57 PM

IND vs SA 2nd T20I Live Updates: Bhuvneshwar cleans up Hendricks

 

Bhuvneshwar Kumar is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Bhuvi starts with an outswinger which gets Bavuma poking at it 

 

Ball 2 Another outswinger, but this time around it was close to the bat and Bavuma played at it 

 

Ball 3 Bavuma and South Africa get off the mark thanks to a single to third-man 

 

Ball 4 Four!! That’s exquisite from Reeza Hendricks as he punched it off the back foot and gets the ball to go into the gap and off and running for a four 

 

Ball 5 Beats Reeza this time around does Bhuvi as he gets the ball to swing into him and cuts him in half 

 

Ball 6 Wicket!! That’s a peach of a delivery to get Reeza Hendricks down and dusted with. It not only kept low but came back in very fast and beat the batter all ends up to disturb the woodwork behind him. 

 

South Africa Live Score 5-1 after 01 over

 

8:40 PM

IND vs SA 2nd T20I Live Updates: Karthik takes India to 148

 

Pretorius is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Harshal us no muck with the bat and he is showing us exactly why as he has picked the length ball and dispatched it over deep extra cover for a four 

 

Ball 2 Back to the slower ball once again and Harshal is unable to connect and is unable to run a single either 

 

Ball 3 Finally the connection and even though it is in the gap, Karthik takes only a single to make sure he faces the last three balls of the innings 

 

Ball 4 Six!! That’s why Karthik took the strike as he picked the length and almost played a forehand pull for a six straight down the ground 

 

Ball 5 Six!! Once again Karthik has shown that he is there to prove a point and he will do that as he hits another six

 

Ball 6 The last ball would only be a single, but still, 18 came off the last over to take India close to 150 which is going to be difficult to chase on this two paced wicket. 

 

India Live Score 148-6 after 20 overs

 

8:35 PM

IND vs SA 2nd T20I Live Updates: Finally Karthik gets going

 

Nortje is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Harshal takes a single of the first ball to put Karthik back on strike 

 

Ball 2 Test match length is being applied here by South Africa bowlers and Dinesh Karthik is not even trying to innovate in this game 

 

Ball 3 A quick single has been taken by Dinesh Karthik 

 

Ball 4 Single taken by Haeshal to bring Karthik back on strike 

 

Ball 5 Four!! Finally Dinesh Karthik jas got the short ball and he has pulled that away for a four to collect his first boundary 

 

Ball 6 That would be a wide 

 

Ball 6 Four!! And that would be a great way to end the over. Back-to-back fours by Karthik 

 

India Live Score 130-6 after 19 overs

 

8:30 PM

IND vs SA 2nd T20I Live Updates: Rabada on top of his game

 

Rabada is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Dinesh Karthik is unable to connect even one bit here. Plays another dot ball 

 

Ball 2 Driven to deep extra cover by Karthik for a single 

 

Ball 3 Four!! India would take that any day as a full toss from Rabada has been sliced away for a four to the deep backward point by Harshal Patel 

 

Ball 4 Almost got Harshal there as the three-quarter length almost had the edge of his bat nicked 

 

Ball 5 This one kept low and all that Harshal could do was play it back to the bowler 

 

Ball 6 Single will end the over 

 

India Live Score 118-6 after 18 overs

 

8:26 PM

IND vs SA 2nd T20I Live Updates: Nortje castles Axar

 

Nortje is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Only a single once again as Karthik pulls this to mid-wicket 

 

Ball 2 Even Axar Patel is unable to get it away as he is finding himself stuck into it 

 

Ball 3 On the pads and Axar plays it for a single on the on-side

 

Ball 4 A pre-meditated shot from Karthik but he fails to connect 

 

Ball 5 Single taken once again by Karthik 

 

Ball 6 Bowled Him!! Nortje has castled his Delhi Capitals team mate Axar Patel 

 

India Live Score 112-6 after 17 overs

 

8:20 PM

IND vs SA 2nd T20I Live Updates: Karthik not looking his usual best

 

Rabada is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Single off the very first ball here from Dinesh Karthik off Kagiso Rabada

 

Ball 2 That would be another single as this time around 

 

Ball 3 In the air, but falls just short of Bavuma at mid-off. Karthik was deceived by the change of pace 

 

Ball 4 On the pads and Axar plays it on the on-side for a single 

 

Ball 5 Dot ball. This one comes into Karthik and hits him high on the pads as it seems he is clueless about the line and length 

 

Ball 6 Finally played to deep extra cover for a single to end the over 

 

India Live Score 108-5 after 16 overs

 

8:16 PM

IND vs SA 2nd T20I Live Updates: Parnell finishes his spell

 

Wayne Parnell is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Parnell is being bowled out here as Bavuma expects another wicket from him. He starts with a dot though 

 

Ball 2 On the pads and Karthik plays it to long-on for a single 

 

Ball 3 Wide as the ball goes down leg 

 

Ball 3 Driven to the backward point by Axar for no runs 

 

Ball 4 Played to mid-off by Axar for a single 

 

Ball 5 It has been called a wide as the ball goes past Karthik’s pads 

 

Ball 5 Brilliant from Parnell as from the same length where the ball went wide down the leg, he has managed to beat Karthik outside off 

 

Ball 6 Only a single will end the over and a very good spell from Parnell comes to an end 

 

India Live Score 104-5 after 15 overs

 

8:11 PM

IND vs SA 2nd T20I Live Updates: Shreyas Iyer gone

 

Pretorius is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Pretorius starts with a ball coming n to the right-hander and Iyer played it on the on-side for a single 

 

Ball 2 Four!! Lucky for Axar as he could have easily chopped that on his stumps, but got it away to third-man 

 

Ball 3 Dot ball. Axar plays it back to the bowler 

 

Ball 4 Slwoer ball, a leading-edge gives Axar a single 

 

Ball 5 Wicket!! Edge and taken and Shreyas Iyer’s not very smooth stay at the crease comes to an end 

 

Ball 6 Direct hit at the non-striker’s end, but that would be no problem at all as Karthik had made it to the crease very easily 

 

India Live Score 99-5 after 14 overs

 

8:06 PM

IND vs SA 2nd T20I Live Updates: Parnell bowls a beauty

 

Wayne Parnell is into the attack

 

Ball 1 Wayne Parnell comes from round the wicket and aims at the block hole. The ball has been dug out for a single 

 

Ball 2 That would have been a blinder had Temba Bavuma the Proteas skipper held on to it. He wanted to catch it with one hand, but it was flying. Bit he surely saved three runs 

 

Ball 3 Single taken by Iyer as he pulls this one to mid-wicket 

 

Ball 4 Wicket!! If knot a catch, Parnell says I will do it myself as he brings the ball into the batter from round the wicket and just as Pandya was looking to make room and cut it, he has been castled 

 

Ball 5 Axar Patel works the ball on the on-side and gets off the mark with single 

 

Ball 6 Driven down the ground for a single by Iyer to end the over 

 

India Live Score 92-4 after 13 overs