IND vs SA / Team India lost in the second ODI - South Africa's strong comeback

IND vs SA: The second match of the three-match ODI series being played between India and South Africa was played at St. Dord Park in Gkebarha. The host team won this match by 8 wickets and leveled the series at 1-1. Now the decisive and last match of the series between the two teams will be played on December 21 at Paarl ground. In the second ODI, the African captain after winning the toss decided to bowl first and then his bowlers bundled out India's innings at the score of 211. The South African team achieved this target in 42.3 overs at the loss of 2 wickets. On behalf of the African team, Tony De Jorji played a brilliant unbeaten inning of 119 runs in 122 balls and brought the team back to victory.

After losing the toss in the second ODI, the Indian team, which came to bat first, did not have a good start in this match. Ruturaj Gaikwad was out in this match after scoring only 4 runs. After this, Sai Sudarshan along with Tilak Verma took the score to 46 runs. Tilak was out in this match after scoring only 10 runs. Sudarshan got the support of captain KL Rahul from here and a partnership of more than 50 runs was seen between the two for the third wicket. On the score of 114, India got the third blow in the form of Sai Sudarshan who was out after playing an inning of 62 runs.

From here, the Indian team started losing wickets very fast from one end and by the score of 167, half the team had returned to the pavilion, which also included the wicket of captain KL Rahul who was out after scoring 56 runs. In this match, Team India's innings ended after scoring 211 runs in 46.2 overs. For South Africa, Nandre Berger took 3 wickets, Buron Hendricks and Keshav Maharaj took 2-2 wickets with the ball.

Chasing the target of 212 runs, the opening pair of Tony de Jorzi and Reeza Hendricks gave a great start to the South African team, taking the team's score to 39 runs without any loss in the first 10 overs. After this, both of them together increased the run rate and kept constant pressure on the Indian bowlers. A partnership of 130 runs was seen between Jorji and Hendricks for the first wicket. Hendricks was out after scoring 52 runs in this match. After this, Reeza van der Dussen, who came to the field to support Jorji, scored 36 runs but gave his wicket to Rinku Singh. Africa team achieved this target in 42.3 overs at the loss of 2 wickets. For India, Arshdeep Singh and Rinku Singh took 1-1 wicket with the ball.