Sun Nov 10 15:20:22 UTC 2024: ## India Stumbles in Second T20 Against South Africa, Top Order Fails to Fire
**Bangalore, India:** India suffered a disastrous start in the second T20 match against South Africa, losing their first two wickets for just 5 runs. The Indian top order, which had been in fine form in the previous matches, failed to deliver, with Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, and captain Suryakumar Yadav all falling cheaply.
Samson, who had scored back-to-back centuries in the previous two matches, was clean bowled by Marco Jansen for a duck, becoming only the second Indian batter to be dismissed for a duck after scoring a century in the same series, following Yashasvi Jaiswal’s similar feat against Bangladesh in 2023.
Abhishek Sharma, who scored a century in his second T20 match, continued his poor run of form, getting out for 4 runs in the second T20. He has now managed just 70 runs in 8 matches following his century.
Captain Suryakumar Yadav also failed to fire, falling for just 4 runs.
The Indian team will need to regroup and improve their batting performance if they want to win the series.
**Note:** The information about the soldier’s death in Jammu and Kashmir is unrelated to the cricket match and has been removed from the news article as it is not relevant to the topic.
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