New Chandigarh, Dec. 11 -- South Africa lit up the evening at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium with a crackling batting display, headlined by a majestic Quinton de Kock 90 and finished with booming fireworks from Donovan Ferreira and David Miller, as the visitors piled up 213 for 4 against India in the second T20 International on Thursday.

Asked to bat, South Africa wasted no time setting the tempo. De Kock, in that familiar free-flowing mood, flicked, pulled and launched India's bowlers into the stands with the calm authority of a man who felt the night belonged to him.

A pick-up flick for six off Arshdeep Singh in the very first over set the tone, and he continued to glide forward, backward and sideways - all with...