Match Details
Date: December 14, 2023
Time: 8:30 PM IST
Venue: New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
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After the first game was called off, the second T20I between South Africa and India ended as a thriller where the hosts completed a comprehensive performance to register a five-wicket win. The match went along like a pendulum as both teams produced incredible moments until the Proteas’ batting powered them to victory. But the real star of the fixture was Tabraiz Shamsi, who picked up crucial wickets and kept the Indian middle-order quiet.
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The South African team had a well-rounded performance in the second T20I, including a few lapses that allowed Team India to find a few openings. Despite cleaning up both the openers on ducks, the fast bowling unit conceded too many runs while failing to build pressure. But Tabraiz Shamsi had an excellent spell to pull things back. Whereas the batting has continued its imperious form and scored runs at an incredible rate.
In contrast, the Indian team lacked performance from key departments which led to their downfall in this fixture. The openers failed while the middle order led by captain Suryakumar Yadav kept Team India in the game alongside another impressive Rinku Singh performance. In the second innings, the poor start by the new-ball bowlers meant that the Men in Blue were also behind South Africa, who won the game despite the other bowlers picking up regular wickets in the next phases.
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Probable XIs
South Africa:
Matthew Breetzke, Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Andile Phehlukwayo, Gerald Coetzee, Lizaad Williams, Tabraiz Shamsi
India:
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar
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Best 14
Batters: Suryakumar Yadav, Rinku Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Reeza Hendricks, Tilak Varma
Bowlers: Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Gerald Coetzee, Tabraiz Shamsi, Mohammed Siraj
Wicket-keepers: Heinrich Klaasen
All-rounders: Ravindra Jadeja, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen
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