India won the first match by a big margin. With the help of Sanju Samson's aggressive batting, India made a huge total of 202. Along with the batsmen, the bowlers also performed very well. As a result, India won the match by a huge margin of 61 runs. India played very well in their first match.
But in the second match today, India stumbled at the beginning. South Africa won the toss and decided to field. And India collected only 11 runs in 3 overs. But India lost their two crucial wickets in the first 3 overs. Sanju Samson scored a century in the first match but could not add any runs to the scoreboard in today's match. Abhishek Sharma returned to the dressing room with just 4 runs from 5 balls. But looking at the pitch condition I don't think it is a batting friendly pitch. The match will become competitive only if India muster up to 160.
Arshdev Singh did not perform well in today's match, conceding 41 in four overs which is the most expensive for this match. However, Varun Chakraborty performed very well and picked up five wickets, but India could not win, but this match was filled with great competition.
As India won the first T20 match and South Africa won the second match, let's see what the outcome of the game could be in the end. The game is tied so far, but the experienced players can win the series in this match yet both teams have enough chances. In today's match, South Africa team lost wickets and were in their control due to which they won this match easily.
South Africa was able to win this 2nd T20 match and the 4 match series is now level at 1-1. Sanju Samson did time failed to play well and was out on duck. Hardik Pandya played well and made 49 and it was due to this innings that India was able to make 124 runs.
This was a low total and I expected South Africa to have chased it easily. However it was not an easy run chase. South Africa kept on losing wickets all the time and it never looked like they were comfortable. From South Africa, Tristan Stubbs innings of 47 runs was a crucial one and that lead them to the win.