2nd ODI: Shreyas Iyer century, Mohammed Siraj, Ishan Kishan information India to sequence equaliser towards South Africa

IND vs SA, 2nd ODI: Shreyas Iyer scored his second ODI century off 103 balls and helped India beat South Africa by seven wickets at JSCA Stadium in Ranchi. India chased down 279 with 25 balls to spare.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Oct 9, 2022 21:08 IST

2nd ODI: Shreyas century, Siraj, Kishan information IND to sequence equaliser towards SA. Courtesy: AP

By Sabyasachi Chowdhury: India, on Sunday, October 9, drew stage of their three-match ODI sequence towards South Africa. Shikhar Dhawan’s males received the second ODI by seven wickets at JSCA Stadium in Ranchi after initially dropping the sequence opener in Lucknow.

After opting to bat first, the Proteas did not get off to an ideal begin as Mohammed Siraj accounted for Quinton de Kock’s wicket. Janneman Malan made a promising begin by scoring 25 runs, however failed to hold on.

Thereafter, Reeza Hendricks and Aiden Markram placed on 129 for the third wicket to regular the ship for the visiting staff. Siraj gave India the breakthrough after dismissing Hendricks, who made a good 74-ball 76 with 9 fours and a six.

Markram additionally perished quickly after, scoring 79 off 89. Heinrich Klaasen hit two fours and as many sixes on his method to 30 earlier than Kuldeep Yadav removed him. David Miller scored an unbeaten 34-ball 35, taking South Africa to 278 for the lack of seven wickets.

Siraj was the standout bowler for India after he picked up three wickets. Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Kuldeep and Shardul Thakur received one wicket apiece.

IYER HUNDRED CRUSH PROTEAS

South Africa would have fancied their possibilities after Wayne Parnell and Kagiso Rabada eliminated Shikhar Dhawan and Shubman Gill with India’s rating at 48 for 2.

But from there on, Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer made certain that the Men in Blue did not endure hiccups. Kishan was unfortunate to overlook out on his century after he received out for 93 whereas attempting to take the assault to left-arm spinner Bjorn Fortuin.

However, Shreyas didnt lose his composure and notched his second ODI century off 103 balls.He stayed unbeaten on 113 as India chased the goal down with 25 balls to spare. Sanju Samson additionally carried his good kind after scoring 29 off 36.

The third and ultimate ODI of the sequence is scheduled to happen on Tuesday, October 11 at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.