India vs South Africa Live Score, 2nd ODI: Pant, Rahul score fifties as IND goes past 150 : #RashtraNews
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Welcome to Sportstar’s LIVE coverage of the second ODI between India and South Africa from Boland Park in Paarl. |
LIVE COMMENTARY
INDIA INNINGS
IND 171/2 in 30 overs: Magala replaces Shamsi. Maybe, his slower ball will come to good use now. The batters deal in singles. Four runs come from the over.
IND 167/2 in 29 overs: The 100-run partnership between Rahul and Pant comes up in only 95 deliveries. Their second. Meanwhile, Rahul gets to a fifty as well with a controlled push through sweeper cover.
IND 162/2 in 28 overs: Pant gets off strike with a single off a reverse sweep. Wants to try every shot in the book there, does Pant! FOUR! Pant beats the infield with a pull and even Markram isn’t able to cut it off near the ropes. SIX! Pant is dictating the terms now. One-handed and over long-on.
IND 150/2 in 27 overs: Rahul has been dropped again — once on 8 and now on 46! Markram is the culprit, who has the ball burst through his fingers at backward point. India goes past 150.
IND 148/2 in 26 overs: Shamsi is back. A number of field changes being made for Pant, who takes a tumble while trying to attempt an innovative scoop. FOUR! A one-handed lofted shot next sees Pant pick a boundary.
IND 141/2 in 25 overs: Pant punches through covers for a single and a splendid half-century for him off 43 balls! Slashed by Rahul behind point for one more. FOUR! Darted in on leg side and Pant ramps it behind with inventive footwork to the fine leg boundary. Two singles to end the over. Good going by Pant and Rahul.
IND 133/2 in 24 overs: Tabraiz Shamsi replaces Markram. FOUR! Pant sweeps and gets a top edge but has enough on it to take it to the square leg fence. FOUR! Two in two for Pant! Full and straight and swept again behind square for four runs. Better length this time outside off stump and Pant whips it to mid on for a dot. FOUR! Pant backs away on leg and cuts it to the fine leg boundary off the back foot. Driven this time on the front foot through covers for a single. WIDE! Turns it down leg side. Dot to end the over. 14 runs from Shamsi’s first over.
IND 119/2 in 23 overs: Another good over from Phehlukwayo, making it hard for the batters to work with his pace. A relentless line around off stump doesn’t help the run-scoring.
IND 115/2 in 22 overs: FOUR! Strays on Pant’s pads and he whips it behind for a boundary. Markram had a good over until that loosener, with five consecutive dots. Pant stepped out to break the shackles but ended up hammering it straight into the wickets at the non-striker’s end.
IND 111/2 in 21 overs: Phehlukwayo into the attack with his tricky medium-pace. Quinton de Kock is up at the stumps. Three runs off it. Phehlukwayo mixes his pace well; Rahul is slightly deceived on the last ball for lack of pace and pops one short of the man at mid wicket.
IND 108/2 in 20 overs: Pant steps out to Markram and miscues a slog for only a single at long on and India is in three digits with that one. FOUR! Close to off stump but Pant waited on the back foot, made room on the off and cut it behind point for a boundary. Punched off the backfoot this time for a single through cover.
IND 99/2 in 19 overs: Maharaj continues. FOUR! Another loosener veers down leg with Maharaj’s angles and Pant pats it behind to collect four freebies. Rahul, Pant squeeze out the singles as nine runs come from the over and finally they seem to have found their groove against the spinners.
IND 90/2 in 18 overs: FOUR! A poor delivery from Markram pitched on leg side and Rahul pulls it fine for a boundary at fine leg. Two more singles to end the over.
IND 83/2 in 17 overs: SIX! Pant cuts loose! Sits on one knee and launches a full one from Maharaj over the mid wicket boundary for a maximum! FOUR! Maharaj feeds one on Rahul’s legs and he beautifully glances it to the fine leg bondary. Good start for India after the break.
DRINKS BREAK – INDIA 72/2 IN 16 OVERS
IND 72/2 in 16 overs: Two singles from Markram’s over. Pant didn’t look comfortable at all with a couple of mishits. Guides the last ball to point to steal a single and keep strike. Drinks!
IND 70/2 in 15 overs: Pant is off the mark off his third ball with a single at long on. He dragged one wide outside off. Absolute chaos! Pant and Rahul were stranded at one end but the bowler, Maharaj, misses the throw and a very lucky escape here for India. Unbelievable!
IND 65/2 in 14 overs: Markram has the ball on string here with an unwavering line just outside off that leaves Rahul little room to work with. Goes slightly straight on the last ball and Rahul flicks it to mid wicket for a single. The spinners have put a stranglehold here on the Indian batters.
IND 64/2 in 13 overs: Rahul steals a quick one first ball. OUT! Kohli drives uppishly straight to cover and Kohli goes for a duck. Virat Kohli c Temba Bavuma b Keshav Maharaj 0(5b 0x4 0x6). Pant is in at No. 4. Just short! Pant stepped out first ball and almost edged it to first slip.
IND 63/1 in 12 overs: Spin from both ends as Bavuma looks to the pace off the ball. Rahul works the first one to square leg for a single. FOUR! Dhawan steps out, gets to the pitch of the ball, and slams it over mid wicket and to the fence. OUT! Gone! Dhawan slog sweeps a full and straight one to the fielder at square leg. Shikhar Dhawan c Sisanda Magala b Aiden Markram 29(38b 5×4 0x6). Kohli the new man in, starts off with a couple of dots.
IND 58/0 in 11 overs: Maharaj into the attack now. Round the wicket to Rahul. Rahul comes forward to drive through cover for a single off the first one. Should have put this one away! It came into Dhawan from outside off and he missed the pull off his pads. More intent from Dhawan as he steps out but whips it straight to square leg for another dot ball.
IND 57/0 in 10 overs: Just two runs from the over as Markram goes about his job of damage-control with great control. Cramps Dhawan outside that off stump line.
IND 55/0 in 9 overs: FOUR! Rahul leans into the drive as Ngidi serves it up outside off. A fumble at point lets the ball through and to the boundary. 50 up for India. Two more for Rahul from the over as he gently dabs a slower one outside off past the slips.
IND 49/0 in 8 overs: Markram into the attack. Dhawan gets off strike with a single through cover. Rahul returns strike with a single at long-on. Two more singles to end the over. Tidy from Markram.
IND 45/0 in 7 overs: Ngidi continues from round the wicket to Dhawan. Slots it tight on off stump, pinning Dhawan back. He finally cuts loose on the fifth ball with a flick behind square for a couple. Punches the last one through cover for a single and keeps strike.
IND 42/0 in 6 overs: Good recovery from Magala. Darts it just outside off only allowing a single to Rahul off the first three balls. Almost revving it in at a good pace. Dhawan tucks one on the leg for one more. Said that too soon! FIVE-WIDES! Full-toss wide outside leg and five extras more. Two singles to end the over. Magala has gone for 29 in 3 overs so far. Surely a case of nerves for him.
IND 33/0 in 5 overs: Dropped! Malan drops one at gully as Rahul gets a top edge trying to cut a length ball on the off. FOUR! Put away with disdain! Dhawan steps out and flays it over cover for a boundary. Almost chopped on! Dhawan plays this too close to his body and he almost taps it onto his stumps.
IND 26/0 in 4 overs: FOUR! Magala’s wayward line continues. Width outside off and Rahul cuts it behind point for a boudary. Well-driven again with front-foot forward but just a single. Magala recovers well after that loosener early in the over and a expensive first over. Keeps it outside off to Dhawan from over the wicket.
IND 21/0 in 3 overs: Dhawan is in full flow! After Ngidi nags him with a tight line on and outside off, also beating his outside edge on one occasion with one that straightens, he unleashes a splendid cover drive for FOUR!
IND 16/0 in 2 overs: Magala to Rahul from the other end. Good bounce for him outside off and Rahul guides to third man with a horizontal bat for a single. Dhawan on strike. WIDE! Veers down the leg. FOUR! Sweetly-timed as Dhawan deftly flicks a loosener on the legs to the mid wicket fence. FIVE-WIDES! Wayward again from Magala down leg and it runs away past a diving de Kock for five extras. FOUR! Dhawan is in too much of a good touch to let that go. On the legs again and Dhawan whips it off to the square leg boundary.
IND 1/0 in 1 over: Ngidi with the new ball. Ngidi to Rahul from over the wicket. Pitched up first up on the stumps and Rahul defends. This one is wider on off and defended with the inner half of the bat back to the bowler. Closer to off stump on a length and punched to gully off the backfoot. Rahul shoulders arms outside off. On the stumps on a length again and tapped on the leg side. Glides one to third man for a single and India is off the mark.
13-55 IST: Teams assemble for the anthems and India’s is first up. Done with the national anthems. The Proteas are in a huddle while Rahul and Dhawan are gearing up to make their way to the middle. A strong start will be crucial here for India considering the middle-order is still a little raw. The teams are playing on the same pitch as the first ODI so expect some turn early on. South Africans take the knee.
India Playing XI: KL Rahul (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal.
South Africa Playing XI: Quinton de Kock (wk), Janneman Malan, Aiden Markram, Temba Bavuma (c), Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Sisanda Magala, Keshav Maharaj, Tabraiz Shamsi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Lungi Ngidi.
TOSS: KL Rahul wins the toss and elects to bat. India to field an unchanged team from the first ODI. Sisanda Magala comes in for Marco Jansen in the only change for South Africa.
13-27: We are not too far from the toss. India will need to get its act together, especially in the middle-order, and salvage the series in this do-or-die encounter. It will be interesting to see if Venkatesh Iyer plays or Rahul prefers a specialist batter instead of him since he didn’t bowl a single over in the first ODI.
Another bright and sunny morning at Boland Park as India looks to get back to winning ways
MATCH PREVIEW
KL Rahul will have to show drastically improved leadership acumen when he leads India against a buoyant South African side in the second ODI on Thursday, with the three-match series and his long-term Test captaincy ambitions both at stake.
Rahul was at best mediocre in terms of “on-your-feet-thinking”, something that’s basic to the art of captaincy, and also didn’t look the part with the bat in a deflating 31-run defeat in the opening ODI where India was outplayed for the better part of the game.
The middle-order, which had been a problem since Virat Kohli’s heady days as captain, is still sticking out like a sore thumb and no one knows what exactly the solution is.
Once again, it was a case of one opener — Shikhar Dhawan on this occasion — and the indomitable Kohli holding fort before the 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. FULL PREVIEW
-PTI
THE SQUADS
INDIA: KL Rahul (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Shardul Thakur, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Deepak Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Navdeep Saini, Suryakumar Yadav SOUTH AFRICA: Quinton de Kock (wk), Janneman Malan, Temba Bavuma (c), Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Wayne Parnell, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav Maharaj, Sisanda Magala, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Dwaine Pretorius, Aiden Markram, Zubayr Hamza, Kyle Verreynne, Marco Jansen |
WHERE AND WHEN TO WATCH INDIA VS SOUTH AFRICA, 2ND ODI LIVE?
The second ODI between India and South Africa will be aired live on the Star Sports Network at 2 pm IST. The online live streaming will be available on Disney+ Hotstar. |
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