Dinesh Karthik, the player of the match in India's very first T20 International way back in 2006, hit his initial fifty in the configuration as the hosts organized a fantastic rebound in the series to drive a decider. Karthik hit a dazzling 55 off only 27 balls in Rajkot on Friday (June 17) as South Africa let slip a magnificent chance to hold India to a humble aggregate. It probably won't have made a difference at any rate as their players concocted a lackluster showing to crease for only 87 in quest for 170. India's initial battles He could have hit two half-hundreds of years and afterward a 34 in his three trips such a long ways before this however Ishan Kishan battled against the new ball bowlers on a surface where the seamers tracked down help toward the start. In any case, it wasn't just Ishan who attempted to get moving. Ruturaj Gaikwad and Shreyas Iyer were back in the structure before him as the South African seamers made early advances. The lopsided skip on a superficial level ended up being hard to deal with for players from the two sides and by the seventh over, India were at that point three down with Anrich Nortje and the returning pair of Marco Jansen and Lungi Ngidi getting a wicket each. How did the hosts recuperate? Rishabh Pant, who has been watching out for runs, figured out how to capture the slide close by Hardik Pandya. With nine overs of speed straight up, India were careful before Pant at long last chosen to break the shackles whenever turn was presented. By the midway imprint, India had just 56 on the board and something needed to change for the home side to shift the equilibrium. While Hardik at last kicked off consecutive sixes off Tabraiz Shamsi, Pant gave South Africa one more opening to gain by pursuing one wide conveyance off Keshav Maharaj, just to track down the diminutive third man. This time, Karthik came in front of Axar Patel as India ended up requiring one enormous push at the trudge overs, taking into account they had just 96 on the load up after 15 overs. What's more, they got that push The sixteenth over of the game is where everything started. Karthik took on Nortje to bring three limits in the over and afterward took on Maharaj in the accompanying over to again rehash his heroics as the group at long last gotten comfortable with themselves. Dwaine Pretorius was the following in line as Karthik gave him a stowing away too. In the wake of clearing him for a six, the veteran hit the following two conveyances for limits too to totally paralyze the resistance camp. While Ngidi gave his side some break in the penultimate over by eliminating Hardik after the bad habit commander had smoked a six, Karthik kept on making happy and raise a fifty off only 26 balls. India, in very staggering style, figured out how to score 73 runs from those last five overs. SA stammer with the bat Bhuvneshwar Kumar was exact, Avesh Khan was unfriendly on this surface and the returning Quinton de Kock didn't improve the situation as he fell to pieces. South Africa made a horrible beginning with the bat. Temba Bavuma needed to resign hurt in the wake of harming his elbow and Pretorius was finally given some closure by Avesh as he succumbed to a six-ball duck. De Kock ran himself out to add to South Africa's misfortunes and the guests ended up reeling at 35/2 after the powerplay. They required somebody from that center request to move forward like Karthik accomplished for India. Also, it won't ever work out... There were gigantic expectations on David Miller given the sort of structure he has been in. He smoked one over cow corner in something very similar over Yuzvendra Chahal figured out how to trap Heinrich Klaasen leg-before-wicket. In any case, Harshal Patel let the pitch communicate everything by bowling one directly to evacuate the left-hander's stumps. That excusal most certainly made India a stride nearer to triumph with Bavuma not getting back to the wrinkle. What's more, on the off chance that that wasn't sufficient, Avesh then tore through the South African setup with a three-wicket over that successfully finished the pursuit. The pacer eliminated Rassie van der Dussen, Jansen and Maharaj in about five conveyances as the guests in the end disintegrated a couple of overs later for 87. It will for sure be a wonder in the event that the guests figure out how to pull themselves up in under 48 hours for the decider provided how with the composition of the series has changed. Brief scores: India 169/6 in 20 overs (Dinesh Karthik 55, Hardik Pandya 46; Lungi Ngidi 2/20) beat South Africa 87 in 16.5 overs (Rassie van der Dussen 20; Avesh Khan 4/18, Yuzvendra Chahal 2/21) by82 runs.