In the first T20 match played in Durban, Team India defeated South Africa by 61 runs. In this match, all the players from Team India performed brilliantly and played an important role in the victory of their team.

Batting first, Team India scored 202 runs losing eight wickets in 20 overs. On behalf of the team, Sanju Samson batted brilliantly and played a match-winning inning of 107 runs. Sanju Samson completely destroyed the South African bowling lineup. In reply, South Africa was all out for 141 runs.

Team India is leading 1-0 in the four-match T20 series. Now the second match between these two teams will be played on 10th November at St. George Park, Gqeberha. This match will start at 7:30 pm Indian time. Both the teams would definitely like to win the upcoming match.

South Africa is fully prepared for a tremendous comeback

So far, only one match has been played between these two teams in this venue in which South Africa won by 5 wickets under the DLS rule. This match was played in December 2023. In this match, Team India, batting first, scored 180 runs losing 7 wickets. For India, Rinku Singh had scored 68* runs while Suryakumar Yadav played a stormy inning of 56 runs.

Due to rain, South Africa got the target of 152 runs in 15 overs, which they achieved easily. For the hosts, Reeza Hendricks scored 49 runs while Aiden Markram contributed 30 runs. If South Africa wants to remain in the T20 series, then it is very important for them to win the second T20 match. On the other hand, if Team India wins the second match, then it will almost win the T20 series.