2nd T20i : Q de Kock's firing 46 balls 90 runs followed by Baartman's 4 for 24 led Africa to upset India by 51 runs and level series 1-1

2nd T20i match of five twenty20 match series between India vs South Africa at PCA New Stadium, New Chandigarh, Mullanpur on Thursday, December 11, 2025.

Putting into bat first by India, South Africa with top orders excellent bating performances set huge target of 214 runs for India to get. Quinton de Kock 46 balls 90 runs, Aiden Markram 29 runs and Donovan Ferreira's 16 balls 30* runs were highlights of Africa inning. Varun Chakravarthy with 2 wickets was top bowler for India.

Following huge target of 214 runs, Indian top orders batsmen failed to bat well and managed to score 162 runs in 19.1 overs. Tilak Varma with 34 balls 62 runs was top batsman for India. Ottneil Baartman bowled well for Africa and took 4 wickets. Ngidi, Jansen and Sipmala shared 2 wickets each as well. India lost the match by 51 runs. 5-match series level 1-1.

Man of the match :- Q de Kock (SA)

Ind vs SA 2nd t20i scorecard Toss : India won and chose to field first Result : Africa won by 51 runs Man of The Match : Q de Kock (SA) Series - 5-match series level 1-1   South Africa 1st Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Quinton de Kock (w) run out (Sharma) 90 46 5 7 195.65   Reeza Hendricks b Varun 8 10 0 1 80.00   Aiden Markram (c) c Patel b Varun 29 26 1 2 111.53   Dewald Brevis c Tilak Varma b Patel 14 10 1 1 140.00   Donovan Ferreira not out 30 16 1 3 187.50   David Miller not out 20 12 2 1 166.66   George Linde               Marco Jansen               Lutho Sipamla               Lungi Ngidi               Ottneil Baartman                               Extras (b 1, lb 5, w 16) 22           Total (20.0 overs) 213/4 RR: 10.65   India       Bowler Ovrs Mdn Runs Wkts NB WB Econ   Arshdeep Singh 4 0 54 0 0 9 13.50   Jasprit Bumrah 4 0 45 0 0 1 11.25   Varun Chakravarthy 4 0 29 2 0 0 7.25   Axar Patel 3 0 27 1 0 1 9.00   Hardik Pandya 3 0 34 0 0 3 11.33   Shivam Dube 2 0 18 0 0 1 9.00   India 2nd Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Abhishek Sharma c de Kock b Jansen 17 8 0 2 212.50   Shubman Gill c Hendricks b Ngidi 0 1 0 0 0.00   Axar Patel c Hendricks b Baartman 21 21 1 1 100.00   Suryakumar Yadav (c) c de Kock b Jansen 5 4 1 0 125.00   Tilak Varma c Markram b Ngidi 62 34 2 5 182.35   Hardik Pandya c Brevis b Sipamla 20 23 0 1 86.95   Jitesh Sharma (w) c Baartman b Sipamla 27 17 2 2 158.82   Shivam Dube b Baartman 1 2 0 0 50.00   Arshdeep Singh c Miller b Baartman 4 3 1 0 133.33   Varun Chakravarthy c Markram b Baartman 0 2 0 0 0.00   Jasprit Bumrah not out 0 0 0 0 -                   Extras (b 3, lb 1, w 1) 5           Total (19.1 overs) 162/10 RR: 8.45   South Africa       Bowler Ovrs Mdn Runs Wkts NB WB Econ   Lungi Ngidi 3.1 0 26 2 0 0 8.21   Marco Jansen 4 0 25 2 0 1 6.25   Lutho Sipamla 4 0 46 2 0 0 11.50   Donovan Ferreira 1 0 14 0 0 0 14.00   Ottneil Baartman 4 0 24 4 0 0 6.00   George Linde 3 0 23 0 0 0 7.66