: India vs South Africa 2nd T20I: Heinrich Klaasen guides Proteas to 4-wicket win, 2-0 series lead #IndiaNEWS Heinrich Klaasen registered a career-best score as South Africa defeated India by four wickets

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India vs South Africa 2nd T20I: Heinrich Klaasen guides Proteas to 4-wicket win, 2-0 series lead #IndiaNEWS
Heinrich Klaasen registered a career-best score as South Africa defeated India by four wickets in the second T20 International at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Sunday to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.Klaasen scored a brilliant 46-ball 81, for which he bagged the player of the match award, as the Proteas won with 10 balls to spare after opting to bowl first and restricting Rishabh Pant and Co to 148/6 in their 20 overs.India were in the game despite a below-par total thanks to a sensational opening spell from Bhuvneshwar Kumar. The right-arm pacer dismissed Reeza Hendricks, Dwaine Pretorius and the in-form Rassie van der Dussen in the powerplay to bring his team back in the contest.Bhuvneshwar went on to finish with fantastic figures of 4/14 from his four overs, after dismissing Wayne Parnell later on, but his effort wasn’t enough as Klaasen stole the show with his knock.The wicketkeeper-batter added a 64-run partnership for the fourth wicket with South Africa skipper Temba Bavuma (35 off 30), before getting together with David Miller (20* off 15) to power the visitors towards victory. Klaasen hit seven fours and five sixes in his knock and was devastating in his counterattack.Left-arm spinner Axar Patel was...Read more

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