IND VS RSA - 2nd T20I, South Africa tour of India, 2022

Two games, and two successful chases from South Africa. Miller and Rassie van der Dussen were the heroes in the first game, while Klaasen proved to be the standout performer tonight. Barring Bhuvneshwar Kumar, rest of the Indian bowlers have looked pretty mediocre in the couple of matches so far. But India have quite a few talented bowlers on the bench waiting for their chance. Will they get to feature in the next game? We shall find out day after tomorrow. For now, this is Nikhil signing off on behalf of Akshay, Kumar and Siva. Good night and take care. Ciao!

Klaasen, Player of the Match: Quinny came up to me in the bus and told me that he has injured his wrist. Yesterday morning his hand was a bit stiff, so I got to know that I am playing yesterday. It looked very difficult with the new ball, so I tried to target the spinners. I am glad it happened against India. I am honored to be here, and I am lucky to be here. Lot of staff members backed me, so pretty happy with that support, this one's for them.

Temba Bavuma: It was a tricky chase, Bhuvi bowled well, he made the ball talk upfront. It could have been clinical towards the end, but we will take that. We really needed someone to take it deep. That's the role I play in the game, to close it off. There's a learning I can take from this game, will try better in the next game. We knew it wasn't going to be an easy chase, but we were confident. We knew we had to execute our plans, and we had to be clinical. We can use him (Miller) at 5 or 6. Klaasen is someone who can do the damage in a couple of balls. He (Klaasen) adds a lot of value to our batting. Whatever your role is, you need to execute as well as you can.

Rishabh Pant: We were 10-15 runs short. Bhuvi and the fast bowlers bowled well in the first 7-8 overs. But after that we weren't up to the mark. In the second half we needed wickets, but we couldn't get those wickets. They (Klaasen and Bavuma) actually batted really well. We could have bowled better, hope we improve in the next game. We need to win all the remaining three games now.

David Miller: It was a great win. It was a little bit of a tricky wicket as we all knew, we weren't in trouble but they bowled really well upfront in the first 10 overs, Klaasy's knock was phenomenal and one of the best I have seen. The conditions in which he played and to come out and do what he did made it easy for us at the back end. It was about playing your game and not worrying about the wicket, if it is keeping low it gets in your head as a batter, so you are not quite sure whether to go forward or not, it was about looking to play straight. It was a little bit up and down but we managed to finish it. The coach and captain's decision, Klaasy hasn't played much recently and for him to come in and play the way he did.. it was more to just hold me back but Klaasy proved us wrong. It is really tough to win here, so to have a win like this and be 2-0 up is a great achievement. We are on the right track but there's still a lot of cricket to be played.

22:25 Local Time, 16:55 GMT, 22:25 IST: What an emphatic win for South Africa, a win that has helped them clinch a 2-0 lead in the 5-match series. Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled a fantastic opening spell as the Proteas were reduced to 29/3 within the powerplay. However, Klaasen walked in next and had a match-defining partnership with the South African captain - Bavuma. Klaasen took time to get his eye in, but once he was set, he proved to be severely punitive against the Indian bowlers, particularly against the spinners. Chahal conceded 49 runs in 4 overs, while Axar conceded 19 runs in his over. Not a great day for the spinners to be honest. It wasn't a great performance by the Indian batters earlier in the evening either. Had the hosts managed to get 160-170, this match might have probably gone down to the wire. That wasn't to be, and it's going to be a difficult task for India to fight back as they'll have to win three games on the bounce. Stay tuned for the presentation..

STAT: India across formats in 2022
Under Rohit Sharma: 11 matches | 11 wins
Under other captains: 7 matches | 7 defeats

Shreyas Iyer to Miller, 2 runs, Miller hits the winning runs. Fraction short on leg and Miller nudges it through square leg for a nonchalant brace to finish things off - South Africa beat India by 4 wickets with 10 balls to spare

Shreyas Iyer to Miller, no run, fraction short around off, Miller mistimes his punch to cover

Shreyas Iyer, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack

Kagiso Rabada, left handed bat, comes to the crease

Bhuvneshwar to Parnell, out Bowled!! Bhuvneshwar ends a fantastic spell. A length delivery around off, pacy delivery and Parnell swings at it, only to connect thin air. The off-stump has been knocked over and that's the fourth wicket of the night for Bhuvi. If only India had managed to post a few more runs, things would have been interesting. South Africa only a hit away, with Miller on strike. Parnell b Bhuvneshwar 1(4)

Bhuvneshwar to Parnell, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

Bhuvneshwar to Parnell, no run, on a length around off, keeps a touch low and Parnell pats this back to the bowler

Bhuvneshwar to Miller, 1 run, doing it with ease now, nudges the length ball through mid-wicket for a single

Bhuvneshwar to Parnell, 1 run, squeezed to mid-off by Parnell for a quick single

Abhi: Spinners are taking to the cleaners from both teams and all the talk is around Pant's captaincy and his tactics using his spinners. Doesn't look fair.

Bhuvneshwar to Parnell, no run, back of a length around off, Parnell knocks it back to Bhuvi

Bhuvneshwar to Miller, 1 run, on a length outside off, Miller knocks this into the off-side for a single

Bhuvneshwar Kumar [3.0-0-10-3] is back into the attack

STAT: 81 by Klaasen is the highest individual score for SA against India in T20Is surpassing De Kock's 79* in Bengaluru in 2019