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Patna : India beat South Africa (SA) by7 wickets in the 2nd T20I at Punjab Cricket Association I S Bindra Stadium, Mohali, on September 18, 2019, night, with captain Virat Kohli scoring an unbeaten 72 in 52 balls hitting 4 fours and 3 sixes, his 22nd T20I fifty, 63 and opener Shikhar Dhawan scoring 40 in 31 balls with 4 fours and a six. Sheyas Iyer remained unbeaten on 16 in 14 balls with 2 fours. Set a target of 150, India scored 151/3 in 19 overs.
SA had scored 149/5 in 20 overs with captain Quinton de Kock scoring 52 and Temba Bavuma scoring 49. India won the toss but opted to bowl.
Opener Rohit Sharma fell to all-rounder Andile Phehlukwayo for 12 with 2 sixes. Dhawan fell to spinner Tabraiz Shamsi. Rishbah Pant (wk) fell to spinner Bjorn Fortuin, 24, for 4. Kohli and Iyer added 47 runs in an unbroken partnership for the 4th wicket. Kohli and Dhawan added 61 runs for the 2nd wicket. Dhawan and Rohit Sharma added 33 runs for first wicket.
Kohli has now scored 2,440 runs in T20Is while Rohit Sharma has scored 2,434 runs. Martin Guptil (NZ) has scored 2,,283 runs in T20Is.