India beat South Africa by seven wickets in second T20 International in Mohali courtsey a fantastic kck by Indian captain Virat Kohli, who scored runs 72 runs. He was given Man of Match award for his match-winning kck.

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India's solid start

Winning toss, India chose to bowl first and decision paid it's dividends as y restricted South Africa to a mere 149 runs for five. Temba Bavuma, Bjorn Fortuin, and Anrich rtje me ir T20 debuts for South Africa. Quinton de Kock scored 52 runs and Bavuma scored 49 runs, justifying his selection. South Africa, however, did t find much joy from rest of ir squ since India's bowling attack was much more dominant on day. Deepak Chahar picked two wickets, and he was assisted by Navdeep Saini, Hardik Pandya, and Ravindra Jeja, who took a wicket each. Virat Kohli went off field towards end of first innings, but t before taking a fantastic catch to end de Kock's innings. 

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India's openers set tone right from beginning of second innings, especially Shikhar Dhawan, who scored 40 runs before ar fantastic catch, this time by David Miller, ended his innings. Kohli came in for him and showed signs of sluggishness or any injuries as he went on regularly and scored a 61 run partnership with Dhawan. Pant, who came in for Dhawan only ded to debate around his pre-mature shot selection as he was taken at fine-leg for just four runs off five deliveries. Shreyas Iyer came in next and he helped Kohli to comfortably finish off match. Tabraiz Shamsi was most effective bowler for South Africa as he picked one wicket and h an ecomy of 6.33. 

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Bowlers make difference

In post-match presentation, Kohli said, "Bowlers showed a lot of character. pitch was very good and y got off to a good start so it was an outstanding effort from bowler to pull game back from us. That's exactly what we're looking at, try out new people and see who stands up under pressure." De Kock said, "I think we got off to a good start. Towards end, y bowled pretty well, y understood conditions a lot quicker than we did. re was a lot of pressure coming in for some of new guys and I thought y played really well. Obviously we didn't get a winning start but I thought y held ir nerve very well."

This was first match of South Africa's tour of India after first T20I in Dharamsala was washed out. third and final T20I will be played at Bengaluru on Sunday.

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