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Anger erupts in Cuttack as South Africa beat India again & win Twenty20 series

Anger erupts in Cuttack as South Africa beat India again & win Twenty20 series - Shameful crowd behavior marred the second Twenty20 International as angry spectators threw water bottles onto the Barabati Stadium that saw South Africa beat India by six wickets to win the three-match series.

Put into bat, India were all out for just 92 runs in 17.2 overs, to record their second-lowest total in T20I. Their lowest was 74 against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in February 2008. South Africa overhauled the 93-run target with 17 balls to spare.

It was an unruly behavior by the crowd, who did not respond to repeated requests on the public system to keep calm putting a big question mark on future cricket matches in Cuttack. The disgraceful behavior also tarnished India's image at the cricket venue.

South African bowlers made the difference in the match, with Albie Morkel (3-12) picking up three wickets, and Imran Tahir (2-24) and Chris Morris (2-16) sharing two wickets apiece.

After a solid start provided by openers Rohit Sharma (22) and Shikhar Dhawan (11), the Indian batting lost the plot post some fine bowling and hesitant running by the batsmen.

Dhawan was the first batsman to go after being given LBW off Morris, while Virat Kohli (1) and Rohit ran themselves out.

Tahir took the wicket of Suresh Raina for 22 as Team India looked down the barrel at 67 for 5. Morkel, who was included into the XI in place of Marchant de Lange, took the wickets of skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (5) and Axar Patel (9) as Tahir and Morris kept up the good work.

South Africa lost early wickets as off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (3-24) tried his best to defend a low score, but the Proteas made it look simple in the end. After the fall of Hashim Amla (2), AB de Villers (19), and Faf (16), Jean-Paul Duminy (30 not out) and Farhaan Behardien (11) made sure South Africa stay comfortable in the chase. In the end David Miller (10 not out) stayed on with Duminy to get the win.

South Africa were 64 for 3 wickets in 11 overs when during the drinks break the crowd for the second time started throwing water bottles onto the field, interrupting the proceedings for 19 minutes.

After just 2 overs, umpires and players went back into the pavilion with the visitors placed comfortably at 70 for 3 in 13 overs, ahead by 15 runs as per Duckworth-Lewis calculation.