Opener B Sai Sudharsan and skipper KL Rahul smashed fifties however South Africa fought again to bowl out India for a modest 211 within the second ODI of the three-match collection right here on Tuesday.
Sudharsan made a well-compiled 83-ball 62 studded with seven boundaries and a six, whereas Rahul cracked a 64-ball 56 laced with seven hits to the fence because the duo added 68 runs for the third wicket.
However not one of the different batters might make it rely as South African bowlers compelled their approach again into the sport with common strikes, dismissing the guests in 46.2 overs.
Put in to bat, India discovered the going powerful with South African seamers, particularly Nandre Burger (3/30 in 10 overs), exploiting the tempo and bounce on provide on the St George’s Park pitch to hassle the guests.
Ruturaj Gaikwad (4) was trapped in entrance within the second ball off Burger however Sudharsan and Tilak Varma (10) managed to soak up the stress created by the seamers within the preliminary overs.
Whereas Tilak was struggling a bit, opener Sudharsan was all class as he performed his off drivers and pulls with ease for boundaries as India reached 46 for one within the first powerplay.
Nevertheless, Tilak was despatched again by Burger with a bouncer, bringing skipper Rahul on to the crease.
With the South African seamers bowling in tandem, runs dried up as India might rating solely 10 runs in subsequent six overs from 11 to 16.
Sudharsan too appeared a bit subdued however as soon as spinner Keshav Maharaj (2/51 in 10 overs) was launched, he produced a slog-sweep to ship the ball over deep mid-wicket for the primary six.
Within the twentieth over, Sudharsan dived to finish a dangerous singles to finish his second successive fifty.
After a watchful begin, Rahul produced two pull photographs for successive boundaries off Wiaan Mulder (0/19 in 4 overs), earlier than discovering the ropes off Lizaad Williams (1/49 in 9 overs) and Aiden Markram (1/28 in 4 overs) to convey up the group 100 within the twenty fourth over.
Williams broke the 68-run stand, dismissing Sudharshan, who was a bit stunned by the additional bounce and ended up edging one to Klaasen.
Sanju Samson then wasted the chance as he dragged one on to the stumps off Beuran Hendricks (2/34 in 9.2 overs) as India slipped to 136 for 4 in 32 overs.
Rahul punished Maharaj for a poor supply with a sweep shot after which picked up three runs to finish his fifty in 60 balls.
Debutant Rinku Singh then danced down the pitch to ship the spinner over long-on as 16 runs got here off the thirty fifth over.
Rahul then performed a ramp shot for a 4 and simply when issues have been trying up, all of it went downhill.
First, Rahul was eliminated by Burger for his third wicket with David Miller taking the catch at backward level after which 5 balls later, Rinku was stumped off Maharaj’s bowling because the guests have been all of a sudden diminished to 169 for six.
Maharaj then accounted for Kuldeep Yadav (1), whereas Axar Patel (7) holed out at long-off off Markram.
Avesh Khan (9) and Arshdeep Singh (18) then smashed a six every to take India previous the 200-run mark.