India, Dec. 14 -- On a cold Sunday night at Dharamsala, India bowled bruisingly fast to shock South Africa before the spinners came in to wipe out the lower order and ensure a seven-wicket victory that gave India a 2-1 lead in the five-match T20I series.

Arshdeep Singh (2/13), Harshit Rana (2/34), Hardik Pandya (1/23) and Shivam Dube (1/21) bowled full tilt, making the ball zip and zoom in a coordinated assault before Varun Chakravarthy (2/11) and Kuldeep Yadav (2/12) dismissed South Africa to a paltry 117. Abhishek Sharma once again reminded the world of his destructive ways with an 18-ball 35 that knocked the wind out of South Africa's sails to set up an emphatic victory.

Aiden Markram was the only South African to walk away from this...