Team India collapsed again as soon as Sanju was out, South Africa got a target of 125 due to Pandya

Despite scoring over 200 runs in the first match, the Indian team lost to South Africa by 124 runs in the second T20 match played there. India's score was able to cross 100 runs after the top order failed due to some middle-order runs from Hardik Pandya (39 not out), Axar Patel (27), and Tilak Verma (20). None of the other batsmen were able to score in the double digits. Of the 14 extra runs that the South African bowlers allowed, eight were wides.

After winning the toss for the second consecutive match, the host team invited India to bat first. India had a very bad start. Sanju Samson, who scored a brilliant century in the first match, was out on the third ball of the match without scoring any runs. Marco Jensen's good-length ball hit his leg stump. On the fifth ball of the next over, Abhishek Sharma (4) became the victim of Gerald Coetzee. Jensen caught his catch. On the last ball of the fourth over, Andile Simlane sent captain Suryakumar Yadav (4) back to the pavilion by LBW. At that time the team's score was just 15 runs.

Tilak Verma took the inning ahead with Axar Patel, but in the last ball of the eighth over, he got caught by David Miller off captain Aiden Markram's ball when the team's score was 45 runs. Axar Patel was taking the inning ahead with Hardik Pandya, but he was run out in a very unfortunate way. In the 12th over, Hardik Pandya played the ball of Nkabayomji Peter straight in front with the bat. His fast shot kissed the hand of the bowler and went to the stumps at the nonstriker's end. Akshar was out of the crease.

The other end did not provide too much support to Hardik Pandya. Rinku Singh made nine off 11 and Arshdeep Singh seven not out off six balls. India scored 124 runs for six wickets in 20 overs. Six bowlers were used by South Africa in which everyone except Keshav Maharaj took one wicket each.