India beats South Africa by 16 runs in the 2nd T20I match to seal the series by 2-0.
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The 2nd T20I Match of the South Africa tour of India, 2022 played yesterday at Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati. In which India defeated South Africa by 16 runs to seal the T20I series.
South Africa won the toss and and invited India to bat first, India batted first, started the inning very strongly, KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma came to start the inning and gave a very strong start with a half-century partnership of 96 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has gone for 96 runs in 9.5 over, Rohit Sharma dismissed after playing a very brilliant inning of 43 runs with the help of 1 six and 7 boundaries in just 37 balls, next batsman Virat Kohli came to bat, after few moments the second wicket has also gone for 107 runs in 11.3 over, KL Rahul dismissed after playing a very brilliant quick half-century inning of 57 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 5 boundaries in just 28 balls, next batsman Suryakumar Yadav came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant century partnership of 102 runs with Virat Kohli, the third wicket has gone for 209 runs in first ball of the 19th over, Suryakumar Yadav dismissed after playing a very brilliant quick half-century inning of 61 runs with the help of 5 sixes and 5 boundaries in just 22 balls, followed by Denish Karthik came to bat and he remains unbeaten after playing a very quick inning of 17 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 1 boundary in just 7 balls with Virat Kohli, and Virat Kohli played a very brilliant unbeaten quick inning of 49 runs with the help of 1 six and 7 boundaries in just 28 balls. In This way, India scored 237 runs for losing just 3 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and set a very strong target of 238 runs in front of South Africa.
South African bowler Keshav Maharaj took 2 wickets for 23 runs in his spell.
South Africa chasing 238 runs in the second inning they could manage just 221 runs for losing 3 wickets, South Africa started the inning very badly, but ending was almost very good, Temba Bavuma and Quinton de Kock came to start the inning, the first wicket has gone very quickly just for 1 run in first ball of the 2nd over, Temba Bavuma dismissed without scoring, next batsman Rilee Rossouw came to bat and he also dismissed without scoring as second wicket in 1.4 over, the team score was still 1 run, next batsman Aiden Markram came to bat and handled the inning and played well with Quinton de Kock, the third wicket has gone for 47 runs in second ball of the 7th over, Aiden Markram dismissed after played a brilliant quick inning of 33 runs with the help of 1 six and 4 boundaries in just 19 balls, followed by David Miller came to bat handled the inning played a very brilliant unbeaten quick century inning of 106 runs with the help of 7 sixes and 8 boundaries in just 47 balls with Quinton de Kock, and Quinton de Kock also played a very brilliant unbeaten half-century inning of 69 runs with the help of 4 sixes and 3 boundaries in just 48 balls, in this way, South Africa could manage just 221 runs for losing just 3 wickets in stipulated 20 overs and lost the match by 16 runs, with the lost South Africa also lost the series.
India bowlers Arshdeep Singh took 2 wickets for 62 runs, and Axar Patel got 1 wicket.
India batsman KL Rahul was selected as the best player of the match, he played a very brilliant quick half-century inning of 57 runs with the help of4 2 sixes and 5 boundaries in just 28 balls.
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