Hardik Pandya during training in Cuttack
The men in blue are all set to take on South Africa to level the 5-match T20I series after a scary game in Delhi.
The first T20 was one of the most surprising defeats for India in recent times. With a monstrous 211 runs on the board, no one would have expected India to lose, let alone seven wickets and five balls to spare.
anyway, match Arun Jaitley The stadium is behind us and the team looks set to return to Cuttack. The biggest question in the second T20 is whether India would like to make some changes in their XI.
As far as Harshal Patel is concerned, South Africa have done their homework. He used the crease very well to counter his slow deliveries and yorkers. Even Avesh Khan was easily taken to the cleaners.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar When an Indian goes to play the World Cup, one of the first 11 players is an old guard and a sure shot player. Hence, the team may consider bringing in Arshdeep Singh or Umran Malik. As far as the batting is concerned, it looked pretty good in the first T20, with most of the batsmen making useful contributions.
India Probable Playing 11
Ishan Kishan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Hardik Pandya, Dinesh KarthikAxar Patel, Harshal Patel/Arshdeep Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra ChahaliAvesh Khan/Umran Malik
According to reports, when the tickets were made available offline, a huge crowd gathered around the ticket counters. There were only 20,000 tickets to be sold, but viewership more than doubled. The crowd had to be controlled with the intervention of the police.
A day before the second match, the stadium was packed with supporters of Team India. The number of supporters during the practice of the Rishabh-Pant-led teams proves the enthusiasm among the spectators.
During practice, BCCI posted pictures of the stadium: