India vs South Africa Highlights, 2nd T20: Reeza Hendricks shine as SA beat IND by 5 wickets, lead series 1-0

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: South Africa defeated India by 5 wickets on Tuesday in the 2nd T20 international at the Saint George's Park stadium. Reeza Hendricks slammed wonderful 49 runs to provide required momentum to his team while for India Mukesh Kumar clinched 2 wickets. 

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: Pacer Mukesh Kumar is in for another over and appealed loudly on his first ball. The umpire was not interested and the third umpire confirmed that as the impact was outside. Mukesh Kumar continues to impress with his perfect Yorkers and the game is moving towards a nail-biting finish. Mukesh Kumar enticed David Miller with a short bowler and the batter gave his wicket. 

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: Mohammed Siraj delivered another good over after clinching wicket in his previous over. The luck is not in Siraj's way today and many times he had close calls today and that's usually went for boundary. South African batters have turned to the Test mode now and seem in more early to finish the match. 

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: Another wicket, and now Team India has created some pressure on South African batters. Mohammed Siraj read Klaasen on the right time and bowled a short ball. The South African batter tried to go for the big shot but the ball went straight in the hands of Yashasvi Jaiswal. 

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: Team India is making some comeback in the game as spinner Kuldeep Yadav dismissed in-form Reeza Hendricks. Now, two new batters Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller are on crease.  

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: Mukesh Kumar finally clinched one wicket for India as he dismissed South African skipper Mukesh Kumar. Aiden Markram first slammed a massive SIX against the pacer and as he was looking to repeat the same, the ball went straight in hands of Mohammed Siraj. 

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: Ravindra Jadeja is back with another over and had a very close call on the second ball, but he ball went for the FOUR. The wet conditions are helping batters and as the ball got extremally wet, the umpires decided to take a look at the ball. The batters played cautiously in Jadeja's over but still touched the required run rate. 

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: After delivering the most expensive over of South Africa's innings, pacer Arshdeep Singh came back for another over. Opener Reeza Hendricks continued to dominate against the pacer as he slammed a back-to-back FOURS against the pacer. 

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: Magical Indian spinner Kuldeep Yadav is in for another over and South African batters are looking ineffective against the spin attack. Reeza Hendricks slammed one FOUR and tried some big shots against Kuldeep Yadav, but the spinner read him well and bowled accordingly to avoid giving him any space

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: Suryakumar Yadav has introduced fourth bowler for the 4th over as pacer Mukesh Kumar takes charge. Ravindra Jadeja brought down the run rate in 3rd over, but Aiden Markram slammed back-to-back boundaries against Mukesh Kumar to continue to expensive overs. 

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: As South African batters punished Indian pacers, Suryakumar Yadav has introduced left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja as Indian side continues to find wickets. The plan worked as South African openers came under pressure and missed on coordination. Matthew Breetzke is dismissed in a runout

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: South African batters continues to capitalize on the wet conditions, allowing them to hit ball with more accuracy. Matthew Breetzke slammed a wonderful SIX against pacer Arshdeep Singh and India is still leaking a lot of runs. Indian pacers need to clinch multiple wickets to get back in the game. 

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: Good start for South Africa as opener Reeza Hendricks slammed 3 FOURS in the first over of pacer Mohammed Siraj. This is not what India wants as leaking so much in the first over will provide South Africa with psychological advantage. 

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: South African openers Reeza Hendricks and Matthew Breetzke are on crease and Mohammed Siraj is leading India's pace attack. 

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: As per Star Sports network, the South African innings is reduced to 15 overs after rains. The Proteas need 152 runs (DRS) to win this match and every bowler will be allowed to deliver maximum 3 overs now 

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: Finally, the update is here and the match is going to resume at 11:10 PM. Arshdeep Singh and Mohammed Siraj are expected to begin India's pace attack and the revised playing conditions will be out soon. 

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: The rain has subsided and the covers are coming off, to huge cheers from the crowd at St. George's Park. As it stands, resumption doesn't seem too far off.

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: Not promising sights at all. It is absolutely pouring in Gqeberha and there are dark, dark clouds everywhere. We await further updates.

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: The rain is lashing down right after that third ball of the last over of the Indian innings. Coetzee walks off on a hat-trick. Rinku Singh is the batter out there on 68 off 39 and he will be joined by Mohammed Siraj if this innings will be completed.

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: Gerald Coetzee strikes two in two deliveries as he gets the wickets of Ravindra Jadeja and Arshdeep Singh .

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live:  Rinku Singh hits back to back SIX to end the over well for India 16 runs came in this over.

Rinku Singh 68(39)

Ravindra Jadeja 17(12)

Aiden Markram 3-0-29-1

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: Tabraiz Shamsi comes to bowl his final over of his spell. He bowled reaaly well and ended his spell by conceding only 4 runs in his final over.

Rinku Singh 53(34)

Ravindra Jadeja 16(11)

Tabraiz Shamsi 4-0-18-1

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live:  Ravindra Jadeja hits a SIX over long leg region. Nine runs came from this over.

Ravindra Jadeja 14(7)

Rinku Singh 51(32)

Gerald Coetzee 3-0-30-1

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: Jitesh Sharma's short stay comes to an end as Aiden Markram strikes and Tristan Stubbs catches a beautiful catch in the deep mid-wicket region. Ravindra Jadeja comes in the middle. Rinku Singh scores his first T20 fifty.

Ravindra Jadeja 6(3)

Rinku Singh 50(30)

Aiden Markram 2-0-13-1

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: Lizaad Williams comes to bowl his third over and Rinku Singh hits him for a back to back boundaries. Rinku Singh continues to find gaps as he hits third boundary in the  over. 16 runs came in this over.

Rinku Singh 48(28)

Jitesh Sharma 1(2)

Lizaad Williams 3-0-32-1

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: Tabraiz Shamsi strikes as he gets the wicket of Suryakumar Yadav who is being caught by Marco Jansen in the deep. Jitesh Sharma comes in the middle. Three  runs came in this over.

Jitesh Sharma 0(1)

Rinku Singh 34(23)

Tabraiz Shamsi 3-0-14-1

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: Andile Phehlukwayo comes to bowl his third over as Rinku Singh hits him for a back to back boundaries.  Rinku Singh hits thethird boundary off the over as South African bowlers bowl a poor line. 15 runs came in this over.

Rinku Singh 32(21)

Suryakumar Yadav 55(33)

Andile Phehlukwayo 3-0-29-0

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live:  Aiden Markram comes to bowl for the first time in this match. Six runs came in this over as Rinku Singh survives a LBW decision as DRS overturns it.

Rinku Singh 19(16)

Suryakumar Yadav 54(32)

Aiden Markram 1-0-6-0

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live:  SKY gets to another T20 international fifty as he hits Marco Jansen for a SIX and Rinku Singh also joins the party by hitting back-to-back boundaries. India team total crosses 100-run mark in 11th over. 17 runs came in this over.

Rinku Singh 17(13)

Suryakumar Yadav 50(29)

Marco Jansen 3-0-39-1

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live:  Suryakumar Yadav hits a boundary to end the over with eight runs in Tabraiz Shamsi's second over.  A sweep shot from SKY ends with a boundary

Suryakumar Yadav 43(27)

Rinku Singh 8(9)

Tabraiz Shamsi 2-0-11-0

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: Andile Phehlukwayo comes to bowl his second over and  Suryakumar hits a boundary off the first delivery in the  short fine leg region. Seven runs came from this over.

Suryakumar Yadav 36(23)

Rinku Singh 7(7)

Andile Phehlukwayo 2-0-14-0

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: Tabraiz Shamsi comes to bowl for the first time in this match and bowls an excellent over as he conceded just three runs in his over.

Suryakumar Yadav 30(19)

Rinku Singh 6(5)

Tabraiz Shamsi 1-0-3-0

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: Andile Phehlukwayo comes to bowl for the first time in this match. Suryakumar Yadav hits a boundary with a late cut  shot. Seven runs came in this over which included three singles as well. 

Suryakumar Yadav 28(16)

Rinku Singh 5(2)

Andile Phehlukwayo 1-0-7-0

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: Gerald Coetzee comes to bowl his second over and gets the wicket of Tilak Varma who is caught by Marco Jansen.  Rinku Singh comes in the middle and starts his innings with a boundary. Six runs came in this over and India lost a wicket.

Rinku Singh 4(1)

Suryakumar Yadav 22(11)

Gerald Coetzee 2-0-21-1

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: Lizaad Williams comes to bowl his second over and Tilak Varma hits him for a boundary off the first ball as Varma scoop it over the keeper for four runs. Suryakumar ends the over with a SIX. 13 runs came in this over. India's team 50 also comes up in the fifth over.

Suryakumar Yadav 21(9)

Tilak Varma 28(17)

Lizaad Williams 2-0-16-1

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: Gerald Coetzee comes to bowl his first over of the match. Suryakumar Yadav hits a boundary between mid-off and cover region . Suryakumar hits a SIX and then hits a boundary to end the over. Another good over for India as 15 runs came in this over.

Suryakumar Yadav 14(6)

Tilak Varma 22(14)

Gerald Coetzee 1-0-15-0

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: Marco Jansen comes to bowl his third over and Tilak Varma hits him for a SIX over backward square leg region.  Tilak Varma then hits him for a boundary in the backward point region. Another boundary hit by Tilak Varma as  1i runs came in this over.

Tilak Varma 22(14)

Suryakumar Yadav 0(0)

Marco Jansen 2-0-17-1

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: Lizaad Williams comes to bowl his first over and surprises Tilak Varma with a short delivery which Tilak plays rather uncomfortably.  Shubman Gill falls without scoring as he get dismissed LBW. Suryakumar Yadav comes in the middle. Both Indian openers dismissed without scoring a single run.

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: Gill and Jaiswal open India's innings. Marco Jansen opens South Africa's bowling innings. Jaiswal falls early for duck as he is caught by David Miller at backward point region off the bowling of Jansen. Tilak Varma comes in the middle.

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: Veteran cricketers Gautam Gambhir and Piyush Chawla predicted India's score on Star Sports network. As per the former Team India players, the ‘Men in Blue’ will make around 155 runs against South Africa while batting on the bouncy pitch of Gqeberha. 

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: Matthew Breetzke, Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen(w), David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Andile Phehlukwayo, Gerald Coetzee, Lizaad Williams, Tabraiz Shamsi

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: South African skipper Aiden Markram won the toss and chose to bowl first. India is set to bat first at St George Park in Gqeberha. Suryakumar Yadav has also showed the intention to chase, but hopes that the young Team India puts up a high score against South Africa 

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: Finally, the sky is getting cleared just ahead of the toss and soon Suryakumar Yadav and Aiden Markram will enter grounds for the toss. 

India vs South Africa (IND vs SA) Live: The weather conditions are highly unpredictable, particularly with the impending coin toss scheduled in approximately thirty minutes. Drizzling rain is prevalent in various areas at the moment.

India vs South Africa Live: 

India: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan (wk), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Ravindra Jadeja (VC), Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mohd. Siraj, Mukesh Kumar, Deepak Chahar.

South Africa: Aiden Markram (captain), Ottniel Baartman, Matthew Breetzke, Nandre Burger, Gerald Coetzee (1st and 2ndT20Is), Donovan Ferreira, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen (1st and 2nd T20Is), Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, and Lizaad Williams.

India vs South Africa Live: These opposing factions have engaged in a total of eight encounters within bilateral T20I series, comprising three standalone matches. Within the most recent quartet of series involving both sides, two concluded in a tie, while India emerged victorious in the remaining two. Importantly, it should be emphasized that the last three series transpired on Indian soil. Noteworthy is the fact that South Africa last triumphed over India in a bilateral T20I series during the 2015-16 season.

India vs South Africa Live: Suryakumar Yadav (capt), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill/Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav/Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh.

India vs South Africa Live: The unfavorable outcome in Durban has adversely affected India's aspirations of identifying an optimal playing XI configuration for the upcoming ICC World Cup. Key players such as captain Rohit Sharma, former captain Virat Kohli, fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah, and versatile all-rounder Hardik Pandya have been rested for the entire T20I series against South Africa. In the absence of these seasoned campaigners, Suryakumar Yadav is at the helm of the Indian team in South Africa, as India aims to use the opportunity to assess and showcase its emerging talents against the Proteas.

India vs South Africa Live: The world's number one T20 batter, Suryakumar Yadav is all set to lead young Team India in the first T20 international against South Africa in Durban. The comprehensive 4-1 series victory against Australia must have provided the new captain with some extra confidence and he would look to lead with the same zeal abroad. Another thing, Suryakumar Yadav is setting his eyes on Virat Kohli's long-standing record. Read More