Tristan Stubbs stars as Proteas level T20I Series against India

After being soundly beaten in game one, the Proteas showed a lot of heart to fight back and beat India and level the T20I series between the two nations.

The bowlers share the workload with five of the six getting one wicket each.

Nqabayomzi Peter was the pick of with figures of 1/20 from his four overs, but Marco Jansen and Gerald Coetzee were equally impressive sharing the new ball and returning identical figures of 1/25.

Hardik Pandya starred with the bat for the visitors with 39 off 45 balls but, just like the rest of the India innings, struggled to get going.

South Africa limited India's scoring opportunities with some good disciplined bowling and the frustration became visible at times.

The Proteas got off to a decent start with both Ryan Rickelton and Reeza Hendricks getting into double figures but a bit of a wobble after the former fell meant that Stubbs had to play something of a steading innings when he came in to bat.

He played the role to perfection, even as wickets continued to tumble around him until he found a worthy partner in Gerald Coetzee - who blitzed 19 runs off just nine balls to help get the hosts over the line.

Varun Chakravarthy was easily the best of India's bowlers, returning outstanding figures 5/17 from his four overs, but Arshdeep Singh (1/41), Avesh Khan (0/23) and Pandya (0/22) all struggled to back him up.

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