South Africa humble India in 2nd T20I, level series: Stats
What's the story
The South African cricket team beat India in the 2nd T20I of the five-match series on Thursday. The match held at Mullanpur, New Chandigarh, saw South Africa score 213/4 in 20 overs. Quinton de Kock smashed a solid 90. India were off to a poor start and that halted their progress (162/10). A top effort from Tilak Varma wasn't enough in the end.
Summary
Summary of the 2nd T20I
After adding 38 runs for the opening wicket, de Kock's 83-run stand for the 2nd wicket alongside Aiden Markram set the tone for the Proteas. The southpaw was at his sublime best. Contributions from Markram, Donovan Ferreira and David Miller boosted the visitors. In response, South Africa dented India as Varma's knock of 62 wasn't enough. SA pacer Ottneil Baartman picked four scalps.
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18th fifty-plus score for de Kock in T20Is
De Kock smoked 5 fours and 7 sixes during his stay at the crease. He has surpassed 2,700 runs (2,705) from 98 matches at 30-plus. He clocked his 17th T20I fifty (100s: 1). Versus Team India, de Kock now owns 5 fifty-plus scores (50s: 5). In 13 matches, he owns 441 runs against India at 44-plus (SR: 146.51), as per ESPNcricinfo.
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Joint-most T20I fifty-plus scores against India
De Kock has now equaled Nicholas Pooran and Jos Buttler in terms of five fifty-plus scores against India in T20Is, as per Cricbuzz. Pooran owns 5 fifty-plus scores in 20 innings whereas Buttler has taken 24 innings. Meanwhile, de Kock has taken 12 innings.
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De Kock gets past 11,500 runs in T20s
Overall in the 20-over format, de Kock has surpassed 11,500 runs (11,542) at 31.02. He got to the landmark with his 48th run of the contest. He hit his 76th T20 fifty (100s: 7) from 415 matches (402 innings).
Duel
Reeza Hendricks averages 1.66 against Varun Chakravarthy in T20Is
South Africa's opening batter Reeza Hendricks was dismissed by Team India spinner Varun Chakravarthy. Across three T20I innings, Varun has dismissed Hendricks on three occasions. As per ESPNcricinfo, the batter has averages 1.66 in this duel. Hendricks has scored 5 runs off 7 balls and his strike rate is 71.42. 5 deliveries have been dot balls with Hendricks hitting one four and a single.
Arshdeep
A dismal 13-ball over bowled by Arshdeep
Arshdeep Singh clocked an unwanted bowling record in T20Is. The left-arm pacer went on to bowl 13 deliveries in an over against South Africa. Bowling the 11th over, Arshdeep was abysmal, conceding 18 runs and bowling 13 deliveries. He bowled 7 wides in that over. Arshdeep's 11th over read 6 Wd Wd 0 Wd Wd Wd Wd 1 2 1 Wd 1.
Record
Joint-most balls bowled in an over (Full Member teams)
As per Cricbuzz, Arshdeep has now bowled the joint-most deliveries in an over in T20Is among Full Member teams. He has equaled Afghanistan's Naveen-ul-Haq, who bowled 13 balls against Zimbabwe in 2024. Most balls bowled in an over (FM teams) 13 - Naveen-ul-Haq vs ZIM, Harare, 2024 13 - Arshdeep Singh vs SA, Mullanpur, 2025* 12 - Sisanda Magala vs PAK, Jo'burg, 2021
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Varun races to 49 T20I wickets
Varun (2/29) was the pick of Team India bowlers. With his two wickets, he has now raced to a tally of 49 from 35 matches at an average of 15.38. Versus the Proteas, he has claimed 16 wickets from 6 matches at 11.62.
Gill
Shubman Gill registers his 6th duck in T20s
Shubman Gill perished for a 1st-ball duck. Gill recorded a golden duck with Lungi Ngidi dismissing India's T20I vice-captain. Playing his 174th T20 match, Gill now owns 6 ducks, as per ESPNcricinfo. He has scored 5,385 runs from 171 innings at 36.87. In T20Is, this was his 2nd duck. In 35 matches, Gill has 841 runs at 28.03.
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Suryakumar Yadav continues poor T20I run in 2025
India's T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav has continued to fail this year. The senior cricketer perished for a paltry score of 5 runs off four balls. Playing his 19th T20I this year (17 innings), Suryakumar has managed to score 201 runs at 14.35. His strike rate has dropped to 126.41. This is his 8th score of below 10 while being dismissed.
Varma
Varma shines with a knock of 62
Varma was India's top scorer with a 34-ball 62. He hit 5 sixes and 2 fours. With this effort, Varma now owns 1,084 runs in T20Is at 47.13 from 38 matches (35 innings). This was his 5th fifty (100s: 2). Against South Africa, he has amassed 397 runs from 8 matches at 66.16 (100s: 2, 50s: 1).
Baartman
Baartman records his 2nd T20I four-fer
Baartman was the pick of South Africa's bowling unit. He managed 4/24 from 4 overs. In 15 matches, he has raced to 21 wickets at 19.14. This was his 2nd four-fer in T20Is. Overall in T20s, he has picked 136 wickets from 100 matches at 18.20. This was his 6th four-fer (5w: 1).
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Ngidi races to 198 T20 wickets
Lungi Ngidi (2/26) did well. He bowled 3.1 overs. In 153 T20s, Ngidi now owns 198 wickets at 21.21. 76 of his T20 wickets have come for South Africa in 54 games at 21.15.
Records
Other notable records made
As per Cricbuzz, this is now the most wickets lost versus pacers by India in a T20I innings (all 10). Meanwhile, this is also the first time South Africa's pacers took all 10 wickets in a T20I innings. India suffered their 2nd-biggest defeat in T20Is (by runs). Their biggest defeat is by 80 runs against New Zealand in 2019.