RSA VS IND - 2nd ODI, India tour of South Africa, 2017-18

Rajat Maheshwari: 80 wickets for India on this tour and still counting.... "78 - to be precise"

Manish Jain: Only two words to describe this win - Absolute Thrashing. Has to be one of the most convincing overseas win for India in recent past.

14.55 local: India are playing at a different level in ODI cricket of late. Any age group. They've managed to subdue South Africa, who were coming off a 17-match unbeaten home run. It's quite incredible. So that's it from me, doing my best to avoid going off on cricket's archaic laws. I've been Sagar Chawla, you can find me @SagarChawla90. On behalf of Pradeep Krishnamurthy (@Field_Cricket), Varun Dixit (@taurausvarun) , Abhinand Raghavendran, and our scorer Shashikant Singh (@shashi_CB), it's a goodbye. Get out of here, cricket. Lunch breaks with two runs needed, are you kiddi...

Kohli, India captain: We thought at the toss, the ball is going to do a bit in the morning. Was a much harder wicket than Durban. Bhuvi and Bumrah started really well. We didn't let SA get too much up front. Spinners were outstanding again. To win like this obviously feels very good. What we thought in the morning, we did all those things right. We knew that we won't get grass on the pitch. When it's seaming it's anyone's game anyway. We have the quicks to back that. We knew the wickets were going to be hard and dry. Those two (wrist-spinners) are a handy bunch together. If we set up to chase down totals, we know exactly what we want to do. Rohit and Shikhar's intent at the top is crucial. They started off well in the last game too. We back guys to play positive cricket. Small totals, it's always important to start positive. It's a wonderful position to be in. We know their middle-order is inexperienced, and we look to cash in on that. The way our spinners are bowling, we are confident about continuing the same momentum.

Chahal, MoM: Enjoying bowling here. We used to play in such conditions in India. It's about how mentally tough you are when you go overseas. When I first struck, Kuldeep came in and took two wickets. It puts pressure on the batsmen.

Markram, SA captain: Not the best performance. Today we'll have to be honest with ourselves. Got a couple of days to turn it around in Cape Town. Not ideal. Couple of soft options starting with myself. Have to lead from the front. Have to remain positive now. Started off with good intensity with the ball. We'll come hard in Cape Town. Can't afford slip-ups now. Might bring out the best from us now.

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A few stats from this game - thanks to Deepu Narayanan:

Spinners this series after first two ODIs
India: 13 wickets at 11.61, SR 18.6, ER 3.74
SA: 0 wickets, ER 6.00

Wins with most balls remaining against SA in SA:
177 by Ind, Centurion, 2018 (Target: 119)
153 by Aus, Cape Town, 2000 (145)
112 by Eng, Port Elizabeth, 2009 (120)

Wins with most balls remaining against SA:
215 by Eng, Trent Bridge, 2008 (Target: 84)
188 by Aus, Sydney, 2002 (107)
178 by Eng, Lord's, 2003 (108)
177 by Ind, Centurion, 2018 (119)
164 by Ind, Nairobi, 1999 (118)

14:37 Local Time, 12:37 GMT, 18:07 IST: Off we go again. Goodbye. Nah, we're here. It's a staggering win for India at Centurion to go 2-0 up. Fifty minutes back, it would have felt a lot more staggering, but cricket's laws wouldn't have it that way. We're still reeling from how ridiculous that break for lunch was. But tough as it may be, let it not steal the thunder from Yuzvendra Chahal's maiden ODI five-for which crashed South Africa to their lowest ODI total at home. India's wrist-spinners had an extraordinary home season last year, and if there were any doubts as to their effectiveness overseas, those have been comprehensively dispelled in these first two ODIs. Chahal and Kuldeep combined for a total of eight wickets today on a slightly slow pitch at Centurion, which was to India's liking. That still doesn't explain South Africa's capitulation though. It was all too easy for the visitors from there as they romped home through breezy knocks from Dhawan and Kohli. Presentations shortly..

Tahir to Kohli, 2 runs, eyes a big slog to bring up his fifty, but skews it off a thick inside edge past a diving backward square leg. They saunter back for two. India win nine balls after lunch

Tahir to Kohli, no run, fires in a full toss at the stumps, played back down the pitch

Tahir to Kohli, no run, flighted delivery on leg-stump, Kohli clears his front leg and drills it to mid-on

Shamsi to Dhawan, no run, loopy ball on middle and leg, this time connects with the sweep but hits it straight to backward square. It's a maiden. South Africa need 30 more lunch breaks

Shamsi to Dhawan, no run, attempts another slog-sweep, looking to fetch the ball from outside off. And it sneaks under him again. Too full to be sweeping

Harsha Bhogle: And so we come back for 2 runs!!

Shamsi to Dhawan, no run, flighted leg-break, slightly overpitched, Dhawan drives to mid-off

Shamsi to Dhawan, no run, tossed up on off, 85kph, Dhawan defends it back to the bowler

Shamsi to Dhawan, no run, defended with the turn to cover

Shamsi to Dhawan, no run, goes for a big slog-sweep but the ball sneaks under him outside off

14.31 local: I hope the lunch at Centurion was nothing short of mindblowing. We're back after a 45-MINUTE BREAK with India needing two runs to win. Preposterous. The ground has emptied by more than 80%.