The musical chairs in the Indian batting line-up continued as India faced a humbling defeat at Mullanpur after the highs of a 101-run win at Cuttack. One of the moves which raised eyebrows was Axar's promotion to number three in the order over Tilak Varma and Suryakumar Yadav. Axar could not
The experimentation and poor form of the captain-vice captain duo of Suryakumar Yadav and Shubman Gill continued after the highs of a 101-run win in the first T20I. The Proteas were more clinical and made India eat the humble pie by outplaying them in every department to level the series 1-1