South Africa 2, India 0

Sports Desk: Before the start of this series, India had won 12 matches in a row in T20. However, South Africa has brought India to the ground in their own backyard. The visitors won the first match by chasing a historic run. The Proteas won the second match easily compared to that. With 4 wickets and 10 balls in hand, South Africa surpassed the target of 146 runs given by India. With this victory, the Proteas went ahead 2-0 in the five-match T20 series. India batted first after losing the toss at the Barabati Stadium in Orissa. In the beginning, they lost to opener Ruturaj Gaikwad (1). In the second wicket, Ishan Kisan and Shreyas Iyer put on 45 runs for the hosts. When Kishan (34 off 21 balls) returned with Anrikh Narkia's 46 off 21 balls, India was in danger again. Shreyas Iyer continued to fight at one end of the fence, but without a partner, he returned for 40 runs with a catch behind the wicket by Dwayne Pretorius. Dinesh Karthik's unbeaten innings of 30 off 21 balls helped the hosts to 147 for six on the scoreboard in the last over after almost three years. This goal is trivial for the Proteas, who won the first match by chasing 211 runs. However, Indian pacer Bhubaneswar Kumar picked up 3 wickets for just 29 runs in the power play and gave some hope to the hosts. However, captain Temba Babuma played a brilliant innings of 35 off 30 balls at one end. However, Heinrich Klaassen, who came down in the fifth, literally played the match-winning innings for the Proteas. He played a great innings of 61 runs from 48 balls after overcoming the initial push and almost led the team to victory. When the team was just 4 runs away from victory, he was caught in the long on while trying to blow Herschel Patel. However, David Miller (15 balls 20 *), one of the heroes of the victory in the first match to accompany Klaassen, left the field after the match.