Sports Desk, New Delhi. India vs South Africa 2nd ODI Live Score: Today is the second match of the three-match ODI series between India and South Africa. The second ODI match is being played at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur. In the first ODI, Team India defeated South Africa by 17 runs and took a 1-0 lead in the series.
In the second ODI, South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl first. Indian team is batting first.
Playing of both the teams-11-
India- Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Washington Sundar, KL Rahul (captain, wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna
South Africa- Quinton de Kock, Aiden Markram, Temba Bavuma, Mathieu Bretzke, Tony De Georgi, Dewald Brewis, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Berger, Lungi Ngidi.
IND vs SA 2nd ODI Live: India's score crosses 50 runs
India's score after 7 overs was 53 runs at the loss of 1 wicket. The pair of Virat Kohli and Yashasvi is present at the crease.
IND vs SA 2nd ODI Live Score: Kohli opened his account with a six
After 6 overs of the innings, India's score was 47 runs at the loss of 1 wicket. Virat Kohli opened his account with a six. Yashasvi (14) is batting after scoring runs.
IND vs SA 2nd ODI Live Score: Rohit Sharma out
Rohit Sharma was batting brilliantly in the second ODI match. In the fifth over of the innings, he took a lot of notice from Nandre Berger by hitting fours on the first three balls, but he became Nandre's victim on the fifth ball itself. During this, he was out after scoring 14 runs on 8 balls. In this way, India got its first blow on the score of 40 runs.
After 5 overs, India's score was 40 runs at the loss of 1 wicket.
IND vs SA 2nd ODI Live Score: Great start for India
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma came to open the innings for the Indian team. Yashasvi gave a great start to the team by hitting a four off Nandre Berger on the first ball. Yashasvi ended the first over by hitting a four on the last ball of this over. A total of 14 runs were scored in the first over, out of which 6 runs came from wides.
Even in the second over, Team India's openers remained on the crease brilliantly and Rohit also opened his account. After two overs, India's score was 22/0 without any loss.
IND vs SA 2nd ODI Live: India-South Africa playing-11
India- Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Rituraj Gaikwad, Washington Sundar, KL Rahul (captain, wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna
South Africa- Quinton de Kock, Aiden Markram, Temba Bavuma, Mathieu Bretzke, Tony De Georgi, Dewald Brewis, Marco Janssen, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Berger, Lungi Ngidi.
IND vs SA 2nd ODI Live: No change in the playing-11 of the Indian team
India lost the toss in the second ODI against South Africa. This was the 20th consecutive time that India lost the toss. After losing the toss, captain KL Rahul said that there is no change in the playing-11. That means, the Indian team has come to play the Raipur match with the same 11 players with whom the Indian team had come to play the match in Ranchi ODI.
IND vs SA 2nd ODI Live Score: South Africa won the toss
South African captain Temba Bavuma won the toss and decided to bowl first in the second ODI. The Indian team thus lost the toss for the 20th consecutive time.
IND vs SA 2nd ODI Live: Toss in a few minutes
The toss of the second ODI match between India vs South Africa is to be held at 1 pm.
IND vs SA 2nd ODI Live Score: Pant will replace Gaikwad
Rituraj Gaikwad scored consecutive runs for Maharashtra in List A cricket. For the first time in two years, he was sent at number-4 in the first ODI against South Africa. In Ranchi, he was out after scoring just 8 runs. Now in the second ODI, there is a possibility that Rishabh Pant can replace him.
India vs South Africa 2nd ODI Live Score: Rohit Sharma has a chance to create history
As always, everyone's eyes are on Virat Kohli in the second ODI match between India and South Africa to be played in Raipur. In the match, Rohit Sharma has a chance to add a new historic milestone in his career. Rohit is currently just 41 runs away from completing 20,000 runs in international cricket and he can become the fourth Indian to achieve this feat. Before him, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and Rahul Dravid have achieved this feat.
IND vs SA 2nd ODI Live Score: Eyes on Rohit-Kohli
Everyone's eyes will be on Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in the second ODI match between India vs South Africa. Both these giants performed amazingly in the first ODI. Rohit scored 57 runs with the bat, while Kohli played an inning of 135 runs and contributed significantly to the team's victory.
IND vs SA 2nd ODI Live Score: Bavuma may return in the second ODI
South Africa had rested captain Temba Bavuma and spinner Keshav Maharaj in the first ODI. Now the return of both of them in the second ODI will strengthen the team. With Bavuma's return, one of Tony Di Georgi and Britzke could be dropped from the playing-11.
IND vs SA 2nd ODI Live Score: 2nd ODI match today in Raipur
The second ODI match between India and South Africa is to be played today at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur. Team India is currently leading 1-0 in the three ODI series. By winning this match, Team India would not only want to capture the series 2-0 but would also like to maintain its dominance in ODI cricket at home against South Africa for the last 10 years.
The Indian team has not lost a single ODI series against South Africa in the last 10 years. In such a situation, Team India will be eyeing to continue its 10-year long streak by winning this match, while South Africa will be eyeing a comeback in the series.