South Africa has defeated India by 51 runs in the second T20 match. With this, South Africa is tied at one point in the five-match T20 series. In this match, South Africa, batting first, had scored 213 runs, in response, Team India could score only 162 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. Tilak Verma played an inning of 62 runs, but could not ensure the victory of the Indian team.

Team India, which came to chase the target of 214 runs, did not have a good start at all, as Shubman Gill became the victim of a golden duck. The poor form of captain Suryakumar Yadav continues, who returned to the pavilion after scoring 5 runs. Abhishek Sharma was dismissed by Marco Jansen by throwing a tremendous ball, which Abhishek could not understand. 17 runs came off Abhishek’s bat.

What would Tilak Verma do alone?

What would Tilak Verma do alone? Wickets kept falling from one end, but Tilak Verma stood like a wall in front of the South African bowlers. He played an inning of 62 runs in 34 balls. Tilak remained in the field till the last over. Hardik Pandya scored 20 runs and Jitesh Sharma scored 27 runs.

Big mistake from coach Gambhir

Only the top order is confirmed, the order of the rest of the batsmen is not confirmed. This policy of coach Gautam Gambhir seems to be overshadowing Team India’s World Cup plans. Number 3 in the T20 team was till now revolving around Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Verma. But in the second T20, Axar Patel was sent to the third position. Patel scored 21 runs in 21 balls at a time when Team India needed to bat in a stormy manner. As a result, the required run rate for the Indian team kept increasing.

Shivam Dubey, who plays the role of finisher in the team, is adept at hitting big sixes by batting at the fifth and sixth positions. But Akshar Patel was sent up, due to which the order of the entire batting line-up seemed disturbed. A batsman like Shivam Dubey came at number, who was out after scoring only 1 run.

An unwanted record has been added to the name of Jasprit Bumrah. There was a time when it was very difficult for even the best batsmen to hit sixes off Bumrah’s balls. If in the second T20 match between India and South Africa, Bumrah gave away runs at an economy rate of 11.20. Bumrah has a record not only for economy rate but for hitting the most number of sixes.

Till now, this has not happened in Jasprit Bumrah’s international T20 career, when he has been hit for 4 sixes in a single match. This happened for the first time in the match against South Africa when 4 sixes were hit on his bowling. In the second T20 match, Bumrah gave away 45 runs in 4 overs and could not take a single wicket.

Jasprit Bumrah gave 17 runs in the first 2 overs of his spell. But he scored 15 runs in the third over and 18 runs in the fourth over. In the last over, Ferreira had hit 2 sixes against Bumrah. Earlier, in the fourth over of the innings, Quinton de Kock and Reeza Hendricks had hit a six each on Bumrah’s bowling.

Jasprit Bumrah recently became only the second Indian bowler to complete 100 wickets in international T20 cricket history. Before him, Arshdeep Singh had achieved this feat. Now in the very next match, an unwanted record of hitting 4 sixes in a single match has been created in Bumrah’s name.

Arshdeep was also beaten

In this match, not only Jasprit Bumrah but also India’s most successful bowler in T20 Arshdeep Singh was badly beaten. He gave away 54 runs in 4 overs. This was the second most runs conceded by Arshdeep Singh in a T20 match. Arshdeep had given away 62 runs in a single T20 match against South Africa in 2022.

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Arshdeep Singh has become the bowler who has jointly bowled the most number of overs across countries in T20 International. He bowled an over of 13 balls in the second T20 against South Africa. In this matter Naveen reached equal to Ul Haq. Arshdeep spent 18 runs in this over.

Arshdeep Singh looked good in the first T20, but his rhythm was not visible in the second match. Suryakumar Yadav chose to bowl first after winning the toss. Arshdeep Singh bowled the 11th over of the South African innings, in which he bowled 7 wide balls. 7 wides and 6 legal balls, i.e. a total of 13 balls were overs. In this he spent 18 runs.

Unwanted record registered in the name of Arshdeep Singh

Arshdeep Singh has become the bowler who has jointly bowled the most number of overs by a full-time bowler of the country. Apart from him, Naveen Ul Haq of Afghanistan also bowled 13 balls in an over. In 2024, he bowled an over of 13 balls against Zimbabwe.

This over of Arshdeep started with a six. After this his rhythm deteriorated, two of his balls went wide in a row. No run came on the second legal ball, then he bowled 4 consecutive balls wide.

Gambhir got angry on Arshdeep

When Arshdeep Singh bowled the third consecutive ball wide, head coach Gautam Gambhir, sitting in the dugout, got furious. His reaction is going viral on social media, although many fans are also criticizing his angry reaction.

No matter the situation, abusing a youngster is never justified. Shame on Gautam Gambhir for his actions towards Arshdeep Singh pic.twitter.com/05Ie1q4auy

— (@AaravMsd_07) December 11, 2025

Arshdeep-Bumrah did not get wicket

Batting first, South Africa scored 213 runs, Quinton de Kock played a brilliant inning of 90 runs. The surprising thing was that Arshdeep Singh and Jasprit Bumrah did not get a single wicket and a lot of runs were scored on their balls. Arshdeep spent 54 runs in 4 overs and Bumrah spent 45 runs in 4 overs.

Varun Chakraborty took 2 wickets for 29 runs in 4 overs, while Akshar Patel got one wicket. Hardik Pandya gave 34 runs in 3 overs, Shivam Dubey gave 18 runs in 2 overs.

Quinton De Kock has become the batsman to score joint highest 50 plus runs in T20 against India. For the 5th time he played an inning of more than 50 runs against India, apart from him Nicholas Pooran and Jos Buttler have done this. Although De Kock did this in less innings than both of them.

India vs South Africa 2nd T20 is being played at Maharaj Yadvinder Singh PCA Stadium. India won the toss and decided to bowl first. Quinton de Kock along with Reza Hendricks made a partnership of 38 runs for the first wicket, after which he made a partnership of 83 runs for the second wicket with Aiden Markram. Meanwhile, he scored his half-century.

Highest score of 50 plus runs against India in T20

• 5- Nicholas Pooran, West Indies (20th innings)
• 5- Jos Buttler, England (24th innings)
• 5- Quinton de Kock, South Africa (12th innings)

Quinton de Kock played a brilliant inning of 90 runs in the second T20, although he missed his century. De Kock went ahead to take a run after cutting the first ball of the 16th over bowled by Varun Chakraborty, but wicket keeper Jitesh Sharma quickly caught the ball and hit it on the stump. De Kock scored 90 runs in 46 balls with the help of 7 sixes and 5 fours.

India is ahead 1-0

Had registered a spectacular victory in the first T20 played in Cuttack, India. Batting first in that match, India had scored 175 runs. On the basis of excellent bowling, Team India had bundled out the visiting team for 74 runs. India registered a big win by 101 runs and took a 1-0 lead in the 5-match series. The second T20 is being played today.

India’s playing 11

Abhishek Sharma, Shubhman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (wicket keeper), Varun Chakraborty, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah.

South Africa’s playing 11

Quinton de Kock, Reza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (captain), Dewald Brewis, David Miller, Donovan Ferreira, George Linde, Marco Janssen, Lutho Sipamala, Lungi Ngidi, Otniel Baartman.

The second T20 match will be played between India and South Africa sometime from now. Team India is ahead 1-0 in the five-match T20 series. Today’s match will be played at Maharaja Yadvendra Singh International Cricket Stadium, New Chandigarh, Mullanpur. The toss of this match will take place at 6.30 pm, while the match will start at 7 pm. Team India had won by 101 runs in the first T20 played in Cuttack. In such a situation, while South Africa would like to take revenge for the previous defeat, the Indian team will be eyeing to maintain the winning streak.

Who is ahead in head-to-head record?

If we look at the head to head record in T20 matches between India and South Africa, 32 matches have been played between the two so far. During this period, Team India has won 19 matches, while South Africa has won 12 times. Also, the result of one match could not be declared. India has won six times in the last 7 T20 matches played between the two teams.

Match Prediction of India-South Africa 2nd T20

Our match prediction meter for the second T20 match between India and South Africa is showing that Team India has more chances of victory in this match also. However, this time the South African team can give a tough competition. The contest is 60-40. There are many match-winning players in the South African team, but playing the Indian spinners is not going to be easy for anyone. In such a situation, Team India can win this match also.

India’s probable playing eleven- Abhishek Sharma, Shubhman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty and Jasprit Bumrah.

Probable playing eleven of South Africa- Quinton de Kock, Aiden Markram, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brewis, David Miller, Donovan Ferreira, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi

India vs 2nd T20 match will be played tomorrow in Mullanpur. The first T20 match was played in Cuttack, which Team India won by 101 runs. Sanju Samson was a much talked about topic of that match, even though he was not a part of the playing eleven. Jitesh Sharma played his first T20 match as a wicketkeeper.

Samson was opening first, also played many century innings but after the return of Shubman Gill, he was batting in the middle order. The team management was heavily criticized on social media after Samson was dropped from the first T20 match. Amidst all this, former cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin has given a big statement on bringing Samson into the team.

Play Sanju Samson at number-3

On his YouTube channel, Ravichandran Ashwin said about Sanju Samson, “Before the match, there was a lot of discussion about why Sanju was not playing. But as soon as Shubman Gill came back to the team as vice-captain, it was going to be difficult for Sanju to make a place in the team. If you want to play Sanju Samson, then play him at number 3. Especially against spin.”

This statement of Ravichandran Ashwin can become a big issue of debate. He says that Samson should play at number 3, but the third batting order revolves around Tilak Verma and captain Suryakumar Yadav. Sometimes Tilak and sometimes Surya have been seen batting at number-3. Both are the backbone of Indian batting in the T20 team. If Sanju comes at number-3, then either Tilak or Suryakumar Yadav will have to be dropped.

Ashwin also praised Hardik Pandya, who has made a comeback after recovering from injury. Apart from playing a stormy innings of 59 runs in the first match, Pandya also took one wicket in bowling. Ashwin said that after seeing Hardik playing, it did not seem as if he was returning from injury.

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