De Kock fires up old engine to drive Proteas to victory

Second T201 Proteas: 213/4 (De Kock 90, Ferreira 30*, Markram 29, Chakravarthy 2/29) India: 162 all out (Varma 62, Sharma 27, Baartman 4/24, Jansen 2/25, Ngidi 2/26) ► Proteas won by 51 runs, level series 1-1

- ZAAHIER ADAMS

QUINTON de Kock bashed 90 to lead the Proteas to a convincing victory in the second T20I against India.

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QUINTON de Kock and the new-ball bowlers showed off the Proteas' bouncebackability as the visitors levelled up the five-match series at 1-1 with a 51-run victory in the second T20I in New Chandigarh yesterday.

After a two-ball duck a couple of days ago, De Kock showed the fickleness of the T20 game with a spectacular 90 off just 46 balls to power the Proteas to 213/4 after being inserted on a glorious batting surface at the Yadavindra Singh Cricket Stadium.

De Kock put himself right back in the frame for T20 World Cup selection, and the IPL shop window with the auction set to be held in a few days' time in Abu Dhabi, with a scintillating innings that was kickstarted with a couple of sixes off Arshdeep Singh and Jasprit Bumrah.