De Kock and Hashim Amla once again laid a solid platform for their team that is already 1-0 up in this three-match series.
Both De Kock and Amla slammed their fifties off 57 balls bringing up South Africa's 50 in the tenth over, 100 in the 19th over and 150 in the 27th over.
The solid start came after Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and decided to field first.
A wet outfield delayed the toss for the second one-dayer and it will be a 49 overs-a-side game.
"Yuvraj Singh is not fit as Ajinkya Rahane comes in place of the southpaw," Dhoni said after winning at the toss.
The Indian team has made three changes to the squad with an unfit Yuvraj Singh making way for Ajinkya Rahane in the batting department.
In the bowling changes, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohit Sharma have been replaced by Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav.
South Africa have brought in Vernon Philander in place of Wayne Parnell.
Faced with a do-or-die situation after their crushing 141-run defeat in the first match, India would look to turn around their fortunes with an improved show especially in the bowling department.
The Indians, licking their wounds after an embarrassing defeat in Johannesburg, have been left with no other option but to win on Sunday to stay afloat in the three-match series which has been dedicated to anti-apartheid icon and former president Nelson Mandela who passed away on Friday.
Teams:
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Capt.), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav.
South Africa: AB de Villiers (Capt.), Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock, Jacques Kallis, JP Duminy, David Miller, Ryan McLaren, Vernon Philander, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Lonwabe Tsotsobe.
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