Cuttack: South Africa backed up their fierce bowling performance with the willow to inflict a crushing defeat on India by six wickets in the second Twenty20 International at the Barabati Stadium here on Monday.
With the win, South Africa have taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series the last of which will be played the Eden Gardens on October 8.
Chasing India's total of 92, South Africa crossed the line with six wickets in hand.
J.P. Duminy top scored with an unbeaten knock of 30 for the tourists while off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin for India returned figures of 3/24.
(IANS)
Here are the major highlights of the match:
* Duminy hits four on Suresh Raina to win the match. South Africa cling series with 2-0 lead
* South Africa 92/4 at the end of 17 overs
* South Africa 83/4 at the end of 16 overs
* South Africa 79/4 at the end of 15 overs
* F Behardien lbw b Patel 11 (18b 0x4 0x6)
* South Africa 74/3 at the end of 14 overs
* South Africa 70/3 at the end of 13 overs
* South Africa 66/3 at the end of 12 overs
* South Africa 64/3 at the end of 11 overs
* South Africa 57/3 at the end of 10 overs
* South Africa 53/3 at the end of 9 overs
* South Africa 49/3 at the end of 8 overs
* AB de Villiers b Ashwin 19 (21b 2x4 0x6)
* South Africa 43/2 at the end of 7 overs
* South Africa 38/2 at the end of 6 overs
* Faf du Plessis c MM Sharma b Ashwin 16 (14b 2x4 1x6)
* South Africa 25/1 at the end of 5 overs
* South Africa 18/1 at the end of 4 overs
* South Africa 17/1 at the end of 3 overs
* South Africa 13/1 at the end of 2 overs
* Hashim Amla c RG Sharma b Ashwin 2 (3b 0x4 0x6)
* SA 9 at the end of one over
* AB de Villiers, Hashim Amla walk in to bat
* India all out for 92, a target of 93 in 20 overs for South Africa
* R Ashwin b Morris 11 (15b 1x4 0x6)
* India 91/9 at the end of 17 overs
* India 85/9 at the end of 16 overs
* B Kumar b Morkel 0 (2b 0x4 0x6)
* AR Patel c du Plessis b Morkel 9 (12b 0x4 0x6)
* India 81/7 at the end of 15 overs
* India 75/7 at the end of 14 overs
* India 73/7 at the end of 13 overs
* Harbhajan Singh b Imran Tahir 0 (1b 0x4 0x6)
* SK Raina c Amla b Imran Tahir 22
* India 68/5 at the end of 12 overs
* MS Dhoni c de Villiers b Morkel 5 (8b 0x4 0x6)
* India 65/4 at the end of 11 overs
* India 58/4 at the end of 10 overs
* India 48/4 at the end of 9 overs
* Ambati Rayudu b Rabada 0 (2b 0x4 0x6)
* India 44/3 at the end of 8 overs
* Rohit Sharma run out 22 (24b 2x4 0x6)
* India 41/2 at the end of 7 overs
* India 35/2 at the end of 6 overs
* India 32/2 runs at the end of 5 overs
* V Kohli run out 1 (1b 0x4 0x6)
* India 28 runs at the loss of one wicket at the end of three overs
* S Dhawan lbw b Morris 11 (12b 2x4 0x6)
* India 16 runs at the end of three overs
* India 12 runs at the end of two overs
* India 6 runs at the end of one over
* Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma come to bat
Amit Mishra, Stuart Binny and Ajinkya Rahane failed to make into the playing eleven. Captain MS Dhoni has deployed three spinners to take on Proteas.
Playing eleven:
India: MS Dhoni (Captain, Wicketkeeper), S Dhawan, RG Sharma, V Kohli, SK Raina, AT Rayudu, AK Patel, R Ashwin, B Kumar, MM Sharma, H Singh
South Africa: F du Plessis (Captain) AB de Villiers (Wicketkeeper), HM Amla, , JP Duminy, DA Miller, F Behardien, CH Morris, K Rabada, KJ Abbott, M de Lange, Imran Tahir
India is lagging by 0-1 in the three match series with South Africa winning the first match by seven wickets. Proteas capitalised on poor performance by the Indian bowlers to overhaul the challenging 200-run target.
The Indian batsmen had done well in the first T20 as a century from Rohit Sharma and a quickfire knock from Virat Kohli enabled the hosts to post the big total in 20 overs. But despite employing three pacers, the Indian bowling attack was unable to come up with the goods on a grassy wicket which offered plenty of bounce and movement.
