Tony de Zorzi scored a fantastic unbeaten 119 as South Africa beat India by eight wickets in the second one day international at the St George’s Park in Gqeberha to level the series 1-1.
After being asked to bat first, India got off to a poor start, as Ruturaj Gaikwad (4) was trapped leg before wicket by Burger in the second ball off the innings.
The pair of Sai Sudarshan along with Tilak Varma added 42 runs for the second wicket stand before the latter perished for a painstaking 10 off 30 balls.
Sudarshan featured in a 68 run stand for the third wicket alongside KL Rahul before the former was dismissed by Lizaad Williams for 62.
Sanju Samson dragged at a delivery from Beuran Hendricks on to his stumps for 12, while Rinku Singh (17 off 14) was smartly stumped off Keshav Maharaj.
Arshdeep Singh scored a handy 17 ball-18, but the rest of the lower order could not offer much resistance as the hosts were bowled out for 211 in 46.2 overs.
In response, Reeza Hendricks and de Zorzi got South Africa off to a magnificent start. The pair added 130 runs for the opening stand before the former top-edged a pull off Arshdeep Singh to Mukesh Kumar at deep backward square leg for 52.
Zorzi along with Rassie van der Dussen added 76 runs for the second wicket stand before the latter was caught behind the stumps off Rinku Singh just close to the target for 36.
The left hander Zorzi scored the winning the runs in style by launching Sudarshan for a maximum to take the visitors past the finishing line.
The third and the final one dayer will be played at Boland Park in Paarl on Thursday, December 21.
South Africa 215 for 2 (de Zorzi 119*, R Hendricks 52) beat India 211 (Sudharsan 62, Rahul 56, Burger 3-30) by 8 wickets