Markram (52 off 41) was dropped by Virat Kohli at deep midwicket on 35, while he would have been run out one run later had India skipper Rohit Sharma not missed the stumps from close range.
Markram holed out in the 16th over with South Africa needing a further 34 runs from 27 balls to top India's 133-9, with his dismissal ending a fourth-wicket stand of 76 from 60 balls with Miller (59no off 46) after the Proteas had been 24-3 in the sixth over.
But Miller guided his side home, relieving some of the pressure when he boomed Ravichandran Ashwin for back-to-back sixes in the 18th over and then hitting the victory-clinching runs off Bhuvneshwar Kumar from the fourth ball of the final over.
South Africa needed six from six balls at the start of the 20th over but a dot and a Wayne Parnell single were followed by Miller gloving a short ball down the leg-side for four before chopping the next over cover.
South Africa's win leaves them unbeaten and on five points from three games - their other results were a rain-off against Zimbabwe and a 104-run demolition of Bangladesh - with India in second spot after suffering their first defeat of the campaign, having started with wins over Pakistan and Netherlands.
South Africa's win unhelpful for Pakistan
South Africa's victory was bad news for Pakistan's chances of reaching the semi-finals.
Their hopes will be over if they lose to South Africa in Sydney on Thursday but even if Babar Azam's men beat the Proteas and Bangladesh to take their haul to six points, that will not be enough if India defeat Bangladesh and Zimbabwe and South Africa knock off Netherlands in their final match.
Source: https://www.skysports.com/cricket/news/12123/12734058/south-africa-beat-india-by-five-wickets-in-t20-world-cup-to-move-top-of-super-12-group-2
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