2nd T20i : DA Miller's firing 106* went in vain as KL Rahul's 57 & Suryakumar's 61 runs led India to knees down Africa by 16 runs, India led series 2-0

2nd twenty20 international match of t20i match series played between India vs South Africa at Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati on Sunday, October 02, 2022.

Putting into bat first by South Africa, India with top orders wonderful batting performances set huge target of 238 runs for South Africa to get. KL Rahul 57 runs, Rohit Sharma 43 runs, Virat Kohli 49 unbeaten runs of 28 balls and Suryakumar's 22 balls firing 61 runs with 5 fours and 5 massive sixes were top scorers for India.

Following huge target of 238 runs, Africa lost Temba Buvama & Rilee Rossouw early for a duck. Quinton de Kock with 48 balls 69 runs and David Miller with quick 47 balls 106 runs bated till end but managed to score 221 runs and lost the match by 16 runs. Arshdeep took 2 wkts but conceded 62 runs in his 4 overs. Suryakumar made firing 61 runs but KL Rahul declared man of the match for his 57 runs.

Man of the match :- KL Rahul (Ind)

India vs South Africa 2nd t20i scorecard Toss : South Africa won and field first Result : India won by 16 runs Man of The Match : KL Rahul (Ind) Series - India led 3-match series 2-0   India 1st Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   KL Rahul lbw b Maharaj 57 28 5 4 203.57   Rohit Sharma (c) c Stubbs b Maharaj 43 37 7 1 116.21   Virat Kohli not out 49 28 7 1 175.00   Suryakumar Yadav run out (Bavuma/Nortje) 61 22 5 5 277.77   Dinesh Karthik not out 17 7 1 2 242.85   Rishabh Pant (w)               Axar Patel               Harshal Patel               Ravichandran Ashwin               Deepak Chahar               Arshdeep Singh                               Extras (b 1, lb 3, nb 2, w 4) 10           Total (20.0 overs) 237/3 RR: 11.85   South Africa       Bowling O M R W NB WB Eco   Kagiso Rabada 4 0 57 0 0 2 14.25   Wayne Parnell 4 0 54 0 1 0 13.50   Lungi Ngidi 4 0 49 0 1 1 12.25   Keshav Maharaj 4 0 23 2 0 0 5.75   Anrich Nortje 3 0 41 0 0 1 13.66   Aiden Markram 1 0 9 0 0 0 9.00   South Africa 2nd Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Temba Bavuma (c) c Kohli b Arshdeep Singh 0 7 0 0 0.00   Quinton de Kock (w) not out 69 48 3 4 143.75   Rilee Rossouw c Karthik b Arshdeep Singh 0 2 0 0 0.00   Aiden Markram b AR Patel 33 19 4 1 173.68   David Miller not out 106 47 8 7 225.53   Tristan Stubbs               Wayne Parnell               Keshav Maharaj               Kagiso Rabada               Anrich Nortje               Lungi Ngidi                               Extras (nb 3, w 10) 13           Total (20.0 overs) 221/3 RR: 11.05   India       Bowling O M R W NB WB Eco   Deepak Chahar 4 1 24 0 0 1 6.00   Arshdeep Singh 4 0 62 2 3 2 15.50   Ravi Ashwin 4 0 37 0 0 4 9.25   Axar Patel 4 0 53 1 0 0 13.25   Harshal Patel 4 0 45 0 0 2 11.25