South Africa defeated India by 5 wickets in the second T20 International at St. George’s Park in Gqeberha last night. Chasing the revised target of 152 runs, the hosts comfortably scored 154 for 5 wickets in 13.5 overs. For South Africa, Reeza Hendricks was the highest scorer with 49 runs off 27 balls.
Earlier, put in to bat, India posted 180 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 19.3 overs when rain stopped the play. Due to rain, the 2nd innings was reduced to 15 overs and the target was revised to 152 runs.
The first match of the three-match series was abandoned without the toss due to rain in Durban on Sunday. The third T20 will be played on Thursday. Suryakumar Yadav is leading the Men in Blue while Aiden Markram is leading the South African squad.
