India and South Africa crossed their swords in the second of the three-match T20I series. Both teams played this. The men in blue completely outmuscled the Proteas in the penultimate encounter to gain the winning lead in the series by a margin of 2-0. The visitors’ skipper Temba Bavuma won the toss and asked the hosts to bat first.
Batting first, the Indians posted a mammoth total of 237 runs for the loss of only three wickets in the allotted 20 overs. While chasing the target, senior South African batter David Miller smashed an amazing century however, it went in vain as the Proteas couldn’t cross the line and scored 221 runs for the loss of three wickets in the 20 overs.
Indian cricket fans were overwhelmed by the fantastic performance of the Indian batters and were also thrilled after an interesting match. They took to social media for coming up with some creative and humorous memes. So, here we’ll have a look at some top memes from the second match of the series between the men in blue and the Proteas.
Here’re the top 10 memes from the second T20 between India and South Africa:
The moment Sky comes to bat every indian :#INDvSA #SuryakumarYadav pic.twitter.com/3v7eXBXYSw
— Shrijan Pandey (@ShrijanPandey4) October 2, 2022
Every bowler who is bowling 19th over in every match #INDvSA pic.twitter.com/UZhYFdSwm1
— Bobby🇮🇳 (@bobbysingh045) October 2, 2022
Sir, my name is Miller. I have another name.......
— ᴏᴘᴘᴇɴʜᴇɪᴍᴇʀ (@MrBeerTotaler) October 2, 2022
(BGM ROLES)
.#INDvSA | #Miller pic.twitter.com/n0Q7YPr8eU
Fire @surya_14kumar 🔥🔥#INDvSA #PushpaTheRule #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/epnp5OiveL
— TelanganaAlluArjunFC™ (@TelanganaAAFc) October 2, 2022
Indian bowlers Today #INDvSA pic.twitter.com/h82Q1UOyrp
— YAMLOK (@LORDHRHITS) October 2, 2022
SKY sacrificed his wicket 👍🏻
— ✨Sri✨ (@Sridhar56480869) October 2, 2022
🔗
Virat kohli sacrificed his fifty 🥺👍🏻#ViratKohli𓃵 #INDvsSA #SuryakumarYadav #INDvSA pic.twitter.com/LhU5C2RIg3
Fifty on just 24 balls. KL Rahul to his critics :#KLRahul #INDvsSA pic.twitter.com/3Q8LWQ0Up8
— Avinash Aryan (@AvinashArya09) October 2, 2022
Craze of cricket in India. Even snakes wanna see it live 😃 #Indvsa #SAvIND #snake #T20I#Guwahati #Cricket pic.twitter.com/Nos3vjKmor
— Rishi (@Cricview) October 2, 2022
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma applauding David Miller for his fantastic knock. #INDvSA #INDvsSA #SAvsIND #DavidMiller pic.twitter.com/QSaoBOkr0n
— Bibekananda Sahu (@IamBibeka) October 2, 2022
Speaking about the match, then the Indian team got a mind-blowing start of 96 runs for the first wicket from the opening pair of skipper Rohit Sharma and senior batter KL Rahul. KL Rahul smashed a quick half-century of 59 runs off just 28 balls with five boundaries and four maximums whereas skipper Rohit Sharma also made 43 runs off 37 balls with seven boundaries and a six.
Other than these two, Suryakumar Yadav’s swashbuckling knock of 61 runs off just 22 balls with five boundaries and the same number of sixes became the highlight of the Indian innings. Skipper Virat Kohli also contributed with a very vital knock of 49 runs off 28 balls with seven boundaries and a six. Keshav Maharaj ended up as the only bowler for the Proteas to scalp two wickets.
While chasing the target, the Proteas faced some early blows as they lost their two wickets only on the score of one in the second over. Senior wicketkeeper-batter Quinton de Kock and veteran batter David Miller went on play crucial knocks of and runs respectively. Although, their efforts went in vain as South Africa couldn’t cross the line and scored runs in overs. Eventually, India won the match by runs and took a winning lead in the series by a margin of 2-0.
KL Rahul won the ‘player of the match award for his match-defining performance for the Indian team.