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.

India vs South Africa first test is being played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Team India got the target of only 124 runs to win, but while chasing it, it got off to a very bad start. Yashasvi Jaiswal was out on zero and KL Rahul was out on the score of 1 run. When India’s fourth wicket fell at the score of 38, even this small target started looking like a mountain. Do you know what is the smallest target in Test cricket, while chasing which Team India lost?

Lowest score defended in test against India

The team that won by defending the least runs in Test cricket is Australia, when they bowled out England for 77 runs. In this match, England had to score only 85 runs to win, although this match was played many years ago in 1882.

The winning team against India by defending the lowest score is West Indies. The Caribbean team had all out India for 81 runs in 1997, the target in this match was 120 runs. Team India lost this match by 38 runs.

Sachin Tendulkar was the captain in that match played on March 27-31, 1997, who scored only 4 runs in the second innings. VVS Laxman was the only one who had crossed the double digit mark. Laxman had scored 19 runs, while Sourav Ganguly (8), Mohammad Azharuddin (9), Rahul Dravid (2), Navjot Singh Sidhu (3) were out cheaply.

Team India stuck in Kolkata test also

India vs South Africa In the first test, South Africa had scored 159 runs in the first innings, Team India took a lead of 30 runs in the first innings and scored 189 runs. South Africa’s second innings was reduced to 153 runs, after which India got a target of only 124 to win. However, the pitch at Eden Gardens is not helping the batsmen much. Questions are also being raised regarding a more spin friendly pitch.