An electric affair in Gqeberha on Sunday evening met a thrilling end as South Africa pipped India despite an avalanche of wickets toppling in the center. Winning the toss on Sunday, South Africa decided to bowl on a difficult pitch and the Indian batters had their fair shares of challenges to start with.

Spinner Varun Chakravarthy’s magical craftiness en route a maiden fifer remained a mere footnote as South Africa rode on the stubbornness of Tristan Stubbs to eke out a three-wicket win over India in a low-scoring second T20I on Sunday.

Put into bat, India struggled right from the onset, losing Sanju Samson, their centurion from the last match, off just the third ball of the game. Thanks to a few late strikes from Hardik Pandya (39 not out off 45 balls),

Stubbs and Coetzee powered SA to victory after Chakravarthy's five-wicket haul threw their chase into disarray

GQEBERHA: Spinner Varun Chakravarthy's magical craftiness en route a maiden fifer remained a mere footnote as South Africa rode on the stubbornness of Tristan Stubbs to eke out a three-wicket win over India in a low-scoring second T20I here on Sunday.