Delhi: The second match of the 4-match T20 series between India and South Africa is being played on Sunday (November 9) at the St. George Stadium in Gkebehara. In this match, India batted 20 overs and scored 124 runs after losing 6 wickets. Now South Africa needs 125 runs to win this match in the stipulated overs.

In this match, South African bowlers bowled brilliantly and prevented the guests from making a big score in 20 overs. In such a situation, the Indian team had a bad start when it lost the toss and came to bat first and opener Sanju Samson was bowled without scoring any runs in the first over itself. Earlier, Sanju had scored a brilliant century in the first T20 match. Abhishek Sharma (4) and captain Suryakumar Yadav (4) were also out early. Tilak Verma (27 in 20 balls) and Akshar Patel (31 in 21 balls) tried to control the situation by making a partnership of 30 runs for the fourth wicket. Tilak was run out in the eighth over and Akshar was run out in the 12th over. In this way, India lost five wickets at the score of 70 runs.

After this, Hardik Pandya came at number six and scored unbeaten 39* runs in 45 balls with the help of four fours and one six. He made an important partnership of 37 runs for the sixth wicket with Arshdeep Singh (6* not out), due to which the Indian team could reach a respectable score. Rinku Singh could also score only 9 runs in 11 balls.

For South Africa, Marco Jansen, Andile Simelane, Gerald Coetzee, Nkabayomji Peter and captain Aiden Markram took one wicket each.

Playing XI of both the teams:

India (Playing XI): Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakraborty, Avesh Khan.

South Africa (Playing XI): Aiden Markram (captain), Ryan Rickleton, Reeza Hendricks, Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen (wicketkeeper), David Miller, Marco Jansen, Andile Simelane, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Nakabayomji Peter.