South Africa vs India 2018, 2nd T20I - 5 things we learnt from the match

#4 Manish Pandey slams powerful half-century

Pandey slammed a magnificent half-century from no.5

Manish Pandey brought his Kolkata Knight Riders avatar to Centurion on Wednesday, helping India out of a hole with a flamboyant, eye-catching innings. The no.5 batsman walked in with India having lost their top three and most reliable three of Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli.

He dug into Tabraiz Shamsi after a sedate start, taking him on for a four and back to back sixes to get himself going. With Dhoni joining him mid-way, Pandey gathered even more confidence and went berserk, hitting the fence six times and tonking over it a further three times. He finished with an unbeaten 48 ball 79.