IND vs SA , Who Won Yesterday's Match: Host South Africa has equaled the series 1-1 by defeating Team India by 3 wickets in the second match of the four-match T20 series played at St. George's Park Stadium in Gqebarha. The Indian team had set a target of 125 runs for South Africa to win. But the host team lost 7 wickets for 86 runs after getting caught in the spin of Varun Chakraborty. In such a situation, Tristan Stubbs and Gerald Coetzee turned the tables by making a brilliant partnership and gave their team a 3-wicket win in 19 overs. There was an unbeaten match-winning partnership of 42 runs in 20 balls for the eighth wicket between Stubbs and Coetzee. This pair snatched the victory from the jaws of the Indian team. Stubbs remained unbeaten on 47 (41) and Gerald Coetzee remained unbeaten on 19 (9). For India, Varun Chakravarthy took 5 wickets for 17 runs in 4 overs and kept Team India in the match till the end in a low-scoring match. This was the moment-by-moment situation of the match.

South Africa won the toss:

In the second T20 match of the series played at St George's Park in Gqebarha, South African captain Aiden Markram won the toss and invited the Indian team to bat for the second consecutive time.

Team India had a bad start.

After losing the toss, the Indian team batting first had a very bad start. On the second ball of the innings, Sanju Samson, who scored a century in the first match, was bowled by Jansen without opening his account. After this, on the fourth ball of the second over, Abhishek Sharma was caught by Koetje after scoring 4 runs. After this, Captain Surya was LBW on Similane's accurate yorker. He too could score 4 runs. In 4 overs, the Indian team's score became 3 wickets for 15 runs.

Tilak-Akshar recovered with difficulty.

After losing three wickets, the Indian innings was taken over by Akshar Patel and Tilak Verma. Both took the team close to 50 runs. But on the last ball of the 8th over, Tilak Verma was caught brilliantly by David Miller off Aiden Markram's ball after scoring 20 runs. With this, the Indian team's score became 45 runs for 4 wickets in 8 overs. After Tilak returned to the pavilion, Akshar Patel and Hardik Pandya took the innings forward. The Indian team crossed the 50-run mark in 8.5 overs and reached 70. But on the 11th score, Akshar Patel was unexpectedly run out. Hardik played a straight shot and the ball touched the bowler's fingers and went straight to the stumps. With this, Akshar's innings of 27 (21) runs came to an end.

Half the team returned to the pavilion at 70 runs.

Half of India's team returned to the pavilion at 70 runs in 11.5 overs. In such a situation, Rinku Singh and Hardik Pandya took the innings forward but Rinku got caught after scoring 9 runs. Team India lost 6 wickets at 87 runs in 15.2 overs. In the end, Hardik Pandya and Arshdeep Singh took charge and took the team to 124 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. Hardik Pandya remained unbeaten at 39 (45) and Arshdeep Singh at 7 (6).

South Africa scored 34 runs in the powerplay.

Chasing a target of 125 runs to win, South Africa got off to a quick start with Reeza Hendricks and Ryan Rickelton. Both added 22 runs for the first wicket but on the fifth ball of the third over, Arshdeep Singh got Rickelton caught by Rinku Singh and gave the first blow to South Africa. Rickelton was out after scoring 13 (11). After this, captain Aiden Markram, who came to bat, could not stay on the pitch for long and returned to the pavilion. He was bowled by Varun Chakraborty (3). In the powerplay, South Africa's team could score 34 runs for 2 wickets.

Varun's spin magic worked.

After the powerplay ended, South African batsmen kept getting caught in Varun Chakravarthy's spin. Reeza Hendricks was bowled on a score of 44 and Marco Jansen on a score of 64. After this, he completed his five wickets by dismissing Heinrich Klaasen (2) and David Miller (0) on two consecutive balls for a score of 66 and brought India back into the match. After this, Ravi Bishnoi gave India the seventh success by bowling out Andile Simelane. Simelane could score only 7 runs.

Stubbs-Coetze snatch victory from the jaws of India.

Amidst the fall of wickets, Tristan Stubbs held one end. He got the support of Gerald Coetzee at the other end. Both of them made an unbeaten partnership of 42 runs in 20 balls for the eighth wicket and gave South Africa a thrilling victory by 3 wickets in 19 overs. With this, the series was tied 1-1. For India, Varun Chakravarthy took 5 wickets for 17 runs. Arshdeep Singh got one wicket and Ravi Bishnoi got one.

Man of the Match:

Tristan Stubbs, who played a match-winning inning of 47 runs in 41 balls in difficult times, was chosen as the Player of the Match.