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Mon, 05 October 2015
Cuttack T20! South Africa thrash India by six wickets

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23:03  
Scorecard:

South Africa: 96-4 (17.1 overs)
India: 92 (17.2 overs)

Play resumes and South Africa rake up the runs in 17.1 overs, to win the series 2-0, with the third match to be played in Kolkata on Thursday. 

JP Duminy remains unbeaten on 30 and David Miller on 10. 
22:09  
Scorecard:

South Africa: 70-3
India: 92 (17.2 overs)

The players are going off the field. South Africa, after 13 overs, are 70 for three, 15 runs ahead as per the Duckworth/Lewis method. 

The bottle-throwing has resumed. 
22:05  
Scorecard:

South Africa: 70-3
India: 92 (17.2 overs)

The game has finally resumed, after 27 minutes. 

Suresh Raina to bowl. He gives away just two runs. 

Axar bowls the 13th over, giving away four runs.
21:49  
Scorecard:

South Africa: 64-3
India: 92 (17.2 overs)

Farhan Behardien joins Duminy at the crease. The duo add 15 runs in three overs before crowd trouble holds up play. 

More bottles are being on the ground.
21:22  
Scorecard:

South Africa: 49-3
India: 92 (17.2 overs)

Captain Faf du Plessis is the new man in. He starts off with a boundary off Harbhajan. However, Ashwin has him caught by Mohit soon after. 

The off-spinner strikes with his final ball, having De Villiers (19) cleaned up. 

Ashwin ends with impressive figures (4-0-24-3).
20:58  
Scorecard:

South Africa: 13-1
India: 92 (17.2 overs)

AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla open the batting for South Africa, and it will be Bhuvneswar Kumar first up for India. De Villiers helps himself to a couple of boundaries as nine runs come off the over. 

R Ashwin to bowl the second over.  He strikes with his final ball, having Amla (2) caught by Rohit at leg slip.
20:39  
Scorecard:

India: 92 (17.2 overs)

Morkel ends an excellent spell (4-0-12-3). 

In the 18th over, Morris rattles Ashwin's (11) stumps to end the Indian innings. 

India manage only 92, from 17.2 overs. 

South Africa should win this one.
20:29  
Scorecard:

India: 85-9

Tahir cleans up Harbhajan in the first ball. Ashwin survives the hat-trick ball. 

In the 16th over, Morkel strikes for a second time, having Axar (9) caught by Du Plessis at midwicket. 

Two balls later, Morkel cleans up Bhuvneshwar Kumar (0) for his third wicket. 
20:12  
Scorecard:

India: 69-6

Albie Morkel to bowl the 12th over. He strikes with his fourth ball, having Dhoni (5) caught behind. 

Axar Patel replaces his captain at the crease. Tahir strikes in his third over, having Raina (22) caught by Amla at cover.
20:03  
Scorecard:

India: 65-4

A boudary by Raina, off Abbott, helps India get past the 50-run mark, in the 10th over. Two balls later, Raina finds the face again.

Raina and Dhoni are combining well here for India.


19:49  
Scorecard:

India: 485-4

Albie Morkel into the attack in the eight over. Rohit (22) is run out in the over. 

Rabada strikes in the ninth over, cleaning up Ambati Rayudu (0). 

The Indian innings is in tatters now. MS Dhoni, the captain, joins Raina at the crease. The two have a lot to do. 
19:26  
Scorecard:

India: 32-2

It's double trouble for India as Virat Kohli is run out in the fifth over. 

The two qucik wickets have brought the visitors right back, at a time when Indian batsmen were finding their range. 

Suresh Raina is the new man in. 
19:21  
Scorecard:

India: 28-1

Kagiso Rabada to bowl the third over. He gives away just four runs.

Fourth over witnesses yet another bowling change, the fourth, Chris Morris coming in to bowl. The third ball is deep down the leg side and Rohit helps himself to another boundary.

Dhawan (11) also gets a boundary as 12 runs come off Morris' over. However, he has Dhawan out leg before off the last ball.
19:10  
Scorecard:

India: 12-0

Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan to open the batting for India, and it will be Kyle Abbott first up for South Africa.

Rohit hits the second ball past backward point for the first boundary of the innings, and survives a run out attempt three balls later.

Imran Tahir to bowl the second over. Dhawan helps himself to a boundary in the over. 
18:45  

Good evening and welcome to the live coverage of the second T20I between India and South Africa in Cuttack.

South Africa have won the toss and invited India to have a bat first.

The visitors lead the three-match series 1-0.

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