Former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni slammed his career's second Twenty20 International half-century during the second T20I against South Africa at the SuperSport Park in Centurion on Wednesday. MS Dhoni took just 27 balls to reach his half-century and his aggressive innings helped Team India to post a challenging total of 188 runs for 4 wickets on the scoreboard. The 36-year-old smashed four boundaries and three powerful sixes in his 28-ball unbeaten stay at the crease. Watching Dhoni bat in his typical style after a long time, fans flooded Twitter with their congratulatory messages for the former India captain.

As a result, the 3rd and final match at Newlands in Cape Town on Saturday will be the decider as this series is balanced 1-1 after India won the opener Johannesburg on Sunday. Indian opening batsmen Shikhar Dhawan (24 off 14) came to the party and beat up Chris Morris for two fours and as many sixes in the third over to up the stake. Suresh Raina (31 off 24) matched his partner stroke for stroke and hit right-arm pacer Dane Peterson for three boundaries in the next over to take India to 40 for one after four overs.

While Dhoni scored a brilliant 52 off 28 balls, Manish Pandey remained unbeaten on 79 off 48 balls. The duo shared 98 runs for the fifth wicket in just 9.2 overs to take India to the commanding total. While Pandey struck six boundaries and three sixes during his knock.