Cuttack: South Africa tonight clinched the&nbsp;Twenty20 series with a comfortable six-wicket win over a&nbsp;lacklustre India in the second match, which was marred by&nbsp;shameful and unruly crowd behaviour here.&nbsp;
The visitors overhauled the 93-run target with 17-balls&nbsp;to spare to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match&nbsp;series.&nbsp;
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Put into bat, the hosts faltered against a disciplined&nbsp;South African attack to be bowled out for a paltry 92 in 17.2&nbsp;overs and the crowd, unable to digest the pathetic batting&nbsp;display, started throwing water bottles onto the ground. This&nbsp;was India's second lowest T20 score after their 74 against&nbsp;Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in February 2008.&nbsp;
<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/oct/sa-win.jpg" alt="" /> South Africa's Imran Tahir (C) celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of India's Suresh Raina during the second T20 cricket match between India and South Africa at The Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Monday. Pic/AFP&nbsp;
The spectators at the Barabati Stadium continued to throw&nbsp;bottles during the South African chase but could only delay&nbsp;the inevitable as Proteas cruised to victory.
It was a disgraceful behaviour by the crowd, who did not&nbsp;respond to repeated requests on the public system to keep calm&nbsp;putting a question mark on future cricket matches in the city.
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The behaviour also tarnished India's image at the cricket&nbsp;venue.
For South Africa, it was the bowlers who made the&nbsp;difference, with Albie Morkel (3-12) picking up three and&nbsp;Imran Tahir (2-24) and Chris Morris (2-16) sharing two wickets&nbsp;apiece.
After a brisk start provided by openers Shikhar Dhawan&nbsp;(11) and Rohit Sharma (22), the Indian batting lost the plot&nbsp;post some fine bowling and indecisive running by the batsmen.
Dhawan was the first to go after being trapped LBW off&nbsp;Morris, while Virat Kohli (1) and Rohit soon ran themselves&nbsp;out.&nbsp;
Leg-spinner Tahir also swung into action by scalping&nbsp;Suresh Raina for 22 as the Men in Blue looked down the barrel&nbsp;at 67 for five.&nbsp;
Morkel, who was drafted into the XI in place of Marchant&nbsp;de Lange, took care of skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (5) and&nbsp;Axar Patel (9) as Tahir and Morris kept up the good work.
The Faf du Plessis-led side also lost early wickets as&nbsp;off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (3-24) tried his best to&nbsp;defend a low score, but the visitors made it look simple in&nbsp;the end.
After the fall of Hashim Amla (2), Faf (16) and AB de&nbsp;Villers (19), Jean-Paul Duminy (30 not out) and Farhaan&nbsp;Behardien (11) made sure that Proteas stay comfortable in the&nbsp;chase. In the end David Miller (10 not out) stayed on with&nbsp;Duminy to get the win.

South Africa backed up their fierce bowling performance with the willow to inflict a crushing defeat on India by six wickets in the second Twenty20 International at the Barabati Stadium on Monday

2nd T20I: SA crush India, clinch T20 series 

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South Africa backed up their fierce bowling performance with the willow to inflict a crushing defeat on India by six wickets in the second Twenty20 International at the Barabati Stadium on Monday

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