Do-die match for Team India today, these changes will happen in Playing 11!
The third match of the five-match T20 series between India and South Africa is to be played in Visakhapatnam today (June 13). The Indian team had to face a humiliating defeat in the first two matches. If India loses this match, India will also lose the series, in such a situation, the team led by Rishabh Pant will want to win the third match and stay in the series.
Rituraj’s Form Concern
Team India is struggling in all three departments and it will have to overcome these weaknesses in the third match. In the first match, the Indian team lost due to poor bowling, then in the second match the batsmen disappointed. The Indian openers have so far failed to give a good start in the powerplay. Ishaan Kishan has done well so far but Rituraj Gaikwad has been able to score only 24 runs.
Shreyas Iyer has started well but he was seen losing wickets at crucial junctures, which put pressure on the batsmen ahead. Hardik Pandya had made some visible shots in the first match but he could not even walk on the wicket of Cuttack. Hardik Pandya is proving to be very expensive in bowling.
Pant’s captaincy under question
Rishabhpant, who took over the captaincy due to KL Rahul’s injury, has so far scored 29 and five runs. Questions are also being raised on Rishabhpant’s decisions as captain. In the second match, the decision to send Axar Patel before Dinesh Karthik proved to be wrong.
Arshdeep or Umran will get a chance!
Barring Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Indian bowlers have not been very successful in taking wickets. In such a situation, fast bowler Umran Malik or Arshdeep Singh can get a chance for international debut in place of Avesh Khan, who has not taken a single wicket so far. In spin bowling, the spin duo of Yuzvendra Chahal and Axar have disappointed so far. In such a situation, the team management can exclude any one of these two players and include young leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi in the third match.
Probable XI of both the teams
India: Ishan Kishan, Rituraj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (C/W), Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh/Umran Malik.
South Africa: Temba Bavuma (c), Reeza Hendrix, Dwayne Pretorius, Rassi van der Dussen, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Enrique Norcia, Tabariz Shamsi.
