India won the toss and opted to bowl first. Arsh delivers the first over, Arshdeep finds difficulty in swing, and goes for a back-of-length delivery early. 

Neither Bumrah nor Arshdeep took a wicket. Varun Chakaravarthy got a wicket on his first ball. Reeza was struggling a lot. Reeza scored 8 runs on 10 balls. Markram also got out to Varun after hitting 2 sixes to Varun. Markram scored 29 runs in 26 balls.

De Kock scored 90 runs in 46 balls. De Kock got run out trying to steal a run, but Jitesh Sharma’s presence of mind took De Kock’s wicket. Dewald Brevis scored 14 runs but got out to Axar’s ball. Arshdeep delivered 13 balls over; it is the 2nd-biggest over, the 1st one was delivered by Pakistani player Mohammad Sami, 17 balls over.

Donavan Ferreira and David Miller finished the innings really well. South Africa posted a total of 213 runs.

In chasing this target, India lost quick wickets. Vice Captain Shubman Gill got out on the first ball. Abhishek also got out on a beautiful outswinger by Marco Jansen. Axar on one down was a bad decision. India’s batting position in the Coach Gambhir era was quite unstable. Suryakumar Yadav’s flop show continues.

Tilak Verma scored 62 runs. Hardik Pandya last match hero didn’t look in touch. Hardik scored only 20 runs in 23 balls. South Africa won by 51 runs. South Africa completely dominated in this after a huge loss in the last match.

South Africa win the 2nd T20I by 51 runs.#TeamIndia will aim to come back strongly in the 3rd T20I in Dharamshala.

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— BCCI (@BCCI) December 11, 2025