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India vs South Africa 2nd ODI Highlights: South Africa beat India by 7 wickets to take unassailable 2-0 lead

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Jan 21, 2022, 22:48:06 IST

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India vs South Africa 2nd ODI Highlights: South Africa beat India by 7 wickets to take unassailable 2-0 lead

Quinton de Kock and Janneman Malan shared a solid 132-run opening partnership while Aiden Markram and Rassie van der Dussen added crucial 74 runs for the fourth wicket as South Africa chased down 288 against India to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the 3-match ODI series. The inconsequential third ODI will now take place on Sunday in Cape Town. Get live cricket score updates of 2nd ODI match between India vs South Africa. Check live scorecard, ball by ball commentary, cricket score online on Times of India

14:01 (IST) Jan 21

KL, Dhawan get India underway!

KL Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan are in the middle to start India innings. Lungi Ngidi has the new ball in hand for South Africa. A slip in place for Ngidi. KL on strike. Here we go!

13:49 (IST) Jan 21

It was a beautiful feeling to be back in the Indian side, looking forward to do well and win the game. It's more of an Asian wicket, less bounce and it was turning as well. We knew we had to built partnerships and take it deep and it won't be easier for the new batters coming in. It is very important to take wickets in the middle overs and that's part of the learning, you come with new plans and at the same time we lost too many wickets and especially on these sort of tracks it is important to build partnerships. Just need to do the basics well and we hope we are gonna do that today.

India opener Shikhar Dhawan

13:37 (IST) Jan 21

India XI

KL Rahul(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal

13:37 (IST) Jan 21

South Africa XI

Quinton de Kock(w), Janneman Malan, Temba Bavuma(c), Aiden Markram, Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Sisanda Magala, Tabraiz Shamsi

13:36 (IST) Jan 21

We probably wanted to bat first, like KL said it's quite straightforward with the nature of the wicket. I think there will be opportunity in the first hour with the ball swinging and nipping a bit, if we can take a couple of wickets and put them under pressure. I wouldn't say it was a perfect game (first ODI), but I will take that result. It's just to get better from last game and try and find a way to improve and we have a better understanding of the wicket and what type of skills that we need, so just make sure we are on point in terms of that. We gonna have to do the basics well. One change for us. Sisanda comes in for Jansen. Marco had a big workload in the Test series, and felt he was a bit flat in the first game, we got full confidence in Magala and that's the reason behind the change.

South Africa skipper Temba Bavuma at the toss

13:36 (IST) Jan 21

I think it's pretty straightforward, second game on the same strip and important to put runs on the board and guessing the wicket will get slower later on. In the middle overs we couldn't get the partnerships going and that's the learning from the last game, hopefully we can go out there today and show better performance. The batters themselves realized that's where it went wrong, we will learn from it and we have spoken about it. We are playing the same team.

India skipper KL Rahul at the toss

13:32 (IST) Jan 21

Toss news!

India skipper KL Rahul wins the toss and opts to bat first against South Africa in the second ODI in Paarl.

13:23 (IST) Jan 21

Team India is all set!

(Photo credit: BCCI Twitter)

13:19 (IST) Jan 21

STAT ATTACK

13:19 (IST) Jan 21

In the 1st ODI, Ashwin and Chahal in their combined 20 overs gave away 106 runs for a single wicket while Markram, Tabraiz Shamsi and Keshav Maharaj bowled 26 overs between them for 124 runs and snared four wickets between them

13:14 (IST) Jan 21

In the 1st ODI, Bhuvneshwar Kumar also looked insipid on his return to the national playing eleven after the tour of Sri Lanka

13:09 (IST) Jan 21

Shardul Thakur will have to measure up as a bowler as going for 70 plus runs in his 10-over spell with too many loose balls in the 1st ODI didn't help the team's cause

12:58 (IST) Jan 21

ALL SET

Hello & welcome from Boland Park, Paarl for the second #SAvIND ODI 👋 #TeamIndia https://t.co/6VKxMj0p6m
— BCCI (@BCCI) 1642750016000

12:43 (IST) Jan 21

On a slow track at Boland Park in Paarl, where rotating the strike is a must, the likes of Rishabh Pant and the two Iyers will have to play a bigger role

12:28 (IST) Jan 21

Shreyas Iyer's well-documented struggles against the short ball were again exposed in the 1st ODI and he would know that he can't go on wasting chances like this

12:14 (IST) Jan 21

In the 1st ODI, India's middle-order caved in on a slower pitch where there was turn and the ball gripped, making a run-of-the-mill seamer Andile Phehlukwayo look formidable

11:50 (IST) Jan 21

HEAD-TO-HEAD

10:20 (IST) Jan 21

With questions cropping up after every defeat, India will be desperate to bounce back to stay alive in the ODI series

10:20 (IST) Jan 21

But Iyer was not called up to bowl in the 1st ODI which showed India's lack of faith in his ability to bowl at the international level

10:20 (IST) Jan 21

In the 1st ODI, Suryakumar Yadav, who has impressed in whatever chances he's got so far, was dropped and 'allrounder' Venkatesh Iyer was preferred

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India vs South Africa 2nd ODI Highlights: South Africa beat India by 7 wickets to take unassailable 2-0 lead

India opener Shikhar Dhawan

South Africa skipper Temba Bavuma at the toss

India skipper KL Rahul at the toss

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Venue

Boland Park, Paarl

IND PLAYING XI

SA PLAYING XI

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