India will square off against South Africa in the second T20I at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, Chandigarh on Thursday. The hosts were able to draw first blood, winning the series opener by a gargantuan margin of 101 runs at Cuttack.

Hardik Pandya was the star of the show in the opening game, smashing a blistering knock of 59 runs off just 28 balls. Moreover, India came up with a collective bowling effort as Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, and Axar Patel bagged two wickets each.

Meanwhile, South Africa were skittled out for 74 runs and they would want to come up with an improved show.

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Indian skipper Suryakumar Yadav needs two more fours to reach 250 boundaries in the shortest format.

Sanju Samson needs five runs to complete 1000 runs in T20Is.

Hardik Pandya needs one wicket to complete 100 scalps in T20Is. He will become the third Indian bowler to reach the milestone after Arshdeep Singh and Jasprit Bumrah. Furthermore, Pandya needs 81 runs to complete 2000 runs in T20Is and four more boundaries to complete 150 fours.

Varun Chakravarthy needs three wickets to complete 50 scalps in T20Is.

Aiden Markram needs 19 runs to complete 1500 runs in T20Is.

Reeza Hendricks needs 17 runs to reach the 2500-run mark in T20Is.

India squad: Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shubman Gill (vc), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Washington Sundar

South Africa T20I squad: Aiden Markram (captain), Ottneil Baartman, Corbin Bosch, Dewald Brevis, Quinton de Kock, Tony de Zorzi, Donovan Ferreira, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, George Linde, Kwena Maphaka, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Tristan Stubbs.