IND vs SA | It is nice to see our hard work pay off, says Quinton de Kock

Life couldn't be any better for newly-appointed South African T20I skipper Quinton de Kock at the moment, who has struck two consecutive fifties and has avoided a series defeat against the mighty Indian team in their own backyard in just his first two matches as skipper. While things were all over the place in Mohali, the Proteas got their act together in Bengaluru on Sunday and unsurprisingly, walked away as clearcut winners.

At one stage, India were cruising at 63-1 off just seven overs, but it was then the tall and lanky left-armer Beuran Hendricks who tightened the noose and strangled India to restrict them to a score under 140. Hendricks ended with figures of 2/14 off his four overs and skipper de Kock had nothing but words of praise for the 29-year-old.

Sometimes it's better on these wickets to take the pace off. We fixed one or two things from our mistakes in the last game. Our intensity in the field has also been really good," de Kock said.

Another shining light for the Proteas was left-arm spinner Bjorn Fortuin who broke the back of the Indian middle-order by dismissing both Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant in a span of just three deliveries. De Kock also lavished praise on the young spinner who now has picked three wickets in his first two T20I matches.

Meanwhile, Rassie van der Dussen, who accompanied de Kock in the press conference, said that the Proteas would have bowled first anyway had they won the toss and lauded "world-class" de Kock for his fine efforts on Sunday which helped his team stroll to victory.

"We probably would have bowled first and I think they did not add enough runs to really put us under pressure.