India's Shreyas Iyer plays a shot during the second one day international cricket match between India and South Africa, in Ranchi. (AP)India vs South Africa 2nd ODI Highlights: Shreyas Iyer scored his second ODI hundred as India beat South Africa by seven wickets on Sunday with 25 balls to spare. Iyer finished with his highest ODI score of 113 not out and put on 161 runs with Ishan Kishan (93) for the third wicket as India eased to 282-3 in 45.5 overs in the second one-day international.
Playing XIs
India XI: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer, Washington Sundar, Sanju Samson (wk), Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Avesh Khan
South Africa XI: Reeza Hendricks, Quinton de Kock (wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj (c), Janneman Malan, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Kagiso Rabada, Wayne Parnell, Bjorn Fortuin, Anrich Nortje
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282/3 (45.5)South Africa
278/7 (50.0)India beat South Africa by 7 wickets
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Shreyas Iyer: "When I went into bat, felt that the wicket was playing good. The talk between me and Ishan was to play the ball on merit, build a partnership. Let's see what is in store for me (regarding his fitness for next game). I'm not someone who changes according to the bowler."
Shikhar Dhawan: "Worked perfectly well for us, thanks to Keshav that he chose to bat (smiles). It was coming on nicely, but it stayed low. Plan was to take on the bowlers in the first 10 overs as we knew it could get difficult in the middle overs. When the dew came, you could see that it got easier. Very satisfied with the bowling unit, they are all young and these are good learnings for them. Especially Shahbaz."
Keshav Maharaj: " We didn't expect dew to be such a factor here, that's why we opted to bat. We tried what we could, Shreyas and Kishan played very well."
Ishan Kishan: "When I was fielding they (fans in Ranchi) were asking me to get a hundred today, unfortunately I missed it. No worries, I'm just happy that my team won the game today and maybe in the next game I will give my best and make my team win again. It's difficult here sometimes, because I played so many matches in Ranchi, it is not easy for the new batters to score runs, so we were looking to play according to the merit of the ball. Nortje, Rabada are too quick and sometimes the ball isn't coming on properly and stopping a touch and the next ball it was coming really quick. So, I was planning to go for it if it was near my chest and not to play a pre-determined shot if the ball is not there."
And that is that. A comprehensive win for India in Ranchi by seven wickets. Ishan Kishan with a 93. Shreyas Iyer with a triple figure score. The series is all level with the decider in Delhi on Tuesday.
Shreyas Iyer!
Slaps a Rabada free hit over extra cover for four and brings up his century. What an innings this has been from him. Calm and composed under pressure. India need 16 to win off the last seven overs.
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Slight caution has creeped in as India move closer to the target, and why not? No net run rate involved here. 242/3 after 41 overs. 37 required off 54 deliveries.
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The attack continues as India inch closer to 279. 200 up for the hosts. Kishan goes after Nortje, yet again. Short, outside off and dispatched for a six over fine leg. India, 208/2 after 34 overs.
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Ishan Kishan has opened the floodgates. That second six off a 145 kmph Anrich Nortje delivery. Unreal hitting this. 198/2, India after 32 overs.
Back to back boundaries for Iyer off Parnell. India in firm control of the chase. 177/2 after 30 overs.
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50 up for Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer in the same over. Good partnership this for India. 144/2 after 26 overs.
Shreyas Iyer goes after Fortuin and Markram to get a boundary each in back to back overs. South Africa utilising spin from both ends and these two know how to play it very well. India, 133/2 after 24.
Ishan Kishan breaks the shackles to hit his first six of the innings off Keshav Maharaj. Anrich Nortje facing the southpaw in the next over touches the 146 kmph mark and finishes the the over with a 142 clicks bouncer flying past Kishan's nose. India 96/2 after 20 overs.
Kishan (20) and Iyer (22) in the middle for India. The duo have added 37 runs so far off 55 deliveries for the third wicket. 85/2 after 18 overs.
Anrich Nortje crosses the 140kmph mark four times in his third over, going as up as 144 clicks. He can be crucial here, especially up against Shreyas Iyer. Only four off the over. India, 79/2.