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South Africa took the lead in the five-match T20I series against India after chasing down 212, their highest run-chase in T20Is, with seven wickets to spare.

If India had won the match, it would have been their 13th consecutive win, making it a new record in men’s T20Is, but it was not to be.

South Africa skipper Temba Bavuma won the toss and chose to field first. Rishabh Pant was leading India for the first time after stepping in after KL Rahul, who was ruled out with injury.

Ishan Kishan and Ruturaj Gaikwad opened the innings for India and the Pocket Dynamo took 13 runs off Keshav Maharaj’s opening over to get off to a flying start.

With the ball swinging around, both batters then played cautiously as some edges fetched runs and took India to a healthy 51/0 after the powerplay.

Ruturaj fell soon after, which brought Shreyas Iyer to the crease at no.3. Ishan and Shreyas then stitched together an 80-run stand in seven overs as both of them took the attack to the Proteas.

Ishan brought up his fifty with a big six over mid-wicket and he was severe on Maharaj in the 13th over, scoring 20 runs off him with two sixes and two fours before holing out for a well-made 76 in 48 balls.

Shreyas fell soon after but skipper Pant and Hardik Pandya hit timely cameos in the slog overs to take India to 211/4, the highest total in T20Is at the Arun Jaitley stadium.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar took the new ball for India and caused trouble for the South African openers - Quinton de Kock and Temba Bavuma - with the swing.

The outswinger from Bhuvi got India the first breakthrough as Pant took a sharp, low catch off Bavuma’s edge.

The Proteas promoted Dwaine Pretorious up the order at no.3 and the ploy worked as he made a valuable 13-ball 29, which allowed de Kock the time to settle. Harshal Patel snapped up Pretorious with the slower one but South Africa had moved to 61/2 in the powerplay.

Axar Patel then applied the brakes on South Africa’s progress with some tight bowling and that brought the wicket of de Kock, who holed out to Ishan at deep square-leg in the ninth over.

It brought together David Miller and Rassie van der Dussen at the crease for South Africa. The duo began watchfully as only 24 runs came off the next three overs.

Miller, who got going with a six and a four in the 12th over, then hit 19 runs in the 13th to regain the momentum. A big 15th over followed, which brought up Miller’s fifty in 22 balls.

Van der Dussen, who had not taken much risk, then let loose in the 17th over, scoring 22 runs before the duo hit 22 runs again in the 18th to bring the equation to 12 off the last two overs.

They scored eight runs in the penultimate over before van der Dussen finished off the chase with a reverse-sweep for four in the first ball of the final over.

India will have a chance to level the series on June 12th at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack.