India vs South Africa Live Cricket Score, 2nd ODI: Playing XI and toss coming up from Raipur
India vs South Africa 2nd ODI Live Cricket Score Updates: Marco Jansen picked up Yashasvi Jaiswal for 22. India is two down. Earlier, South African skipper Temba Bavuma won the toss and opted to bowl first against KL Rahul’s India in the second of the three-match ODI series on Wednesday at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur. The hosts have already won the first game at Ranchi by 18 runs.
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Virat Kohli scored an imperious 135 in the first ODI, helping India post a massive 349 runs. He was well supported by the likes of Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul. While the batting looked like a well-oiled machine, there were a few issues in the bowling department as the dew played its part.
India vs South Africa Live Cricket Streaming for 2nd ODI
As per South Africa, they did look a bit shell-shocked during the powerplay as Rohit and Kohli went after the bowling, but once the intial phase was done, the bowlers did pull back things. With the bat, the top order struggled to score runs, but Marco Jansen and Matthew Breetzke’s partnership down the order did threaten to chase India’s massive total.
Teams
South Africa (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Aiden Markram, Temba Bavuma(c), Matthew Breetzke, Tony de Zorzi, Dewald Brevis, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Burger, Lungi Ngidi
India (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Washington Sundar, KL Rahul(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna
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(Clockwise from left): Nani Soren, who sells jerseys outside the stadium; The Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium on the eve of the second ODI against South Africa on Tuesday; Krishna Gup-Chup Chaat Centre. (Express Photos | Sandeep Dwivedi)
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