Team India vs South Africa during 4th T20
With the series tied at 2-2, India and South Africa face off in the fifth and final T20I in Bangalore on Sunday.
It has been a great turnaround for Rishabh Pant’s team. Team India came back after two consecutive defeats at the start of the series, winning the third T20 by 48 runs and the fourth T20 by 82 runs.
This Indian team has played four matches in a span of eight days. It fielded a similar XI, which, in line with Rahul Dravid’s “school of continuity”, saw a nadir in the first two games, only to break his record for the highest margin of victory over the Proteas – 47 in the third game. and by 82 runs in the fourth.
with Dinesh Karthik Doing what is expected of them and Harshal Patel and Avesh Khan also strapping on, Indian fans would like to see Yuzvendra Chahal do a trick or two with him IPL The home ground that matters the most in a match.
So, when the teams walk out of the M Chinnaswamy Stadium ground, the side that looked tired and over-ripe in the first two matches will start as the strong favorites as the South Africans have already lost the plot.
If Temba Bavuma doesn’t recover, he will miss a leader more than a batsman. And all of a sudden in the last two matches, the batting seems to have faded on variable bounce tracks, which has made this Indian attack all the more lethal.
Call it oddly pleasant, but it is a fact that not much has gone according to plan in this series but still India have managed to level the series after being down 0-2.
A young captain, who might have preferred to stay in his hometown of Roorkee for a few days, if not for pressure from any one stakeholder to have at least a few stars in the absence of a secure ‘box-office’ stake. Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma either Jasprit Bumrah,
Neither Pant’s captaincy has been exceptional nor his uniform pattern of dismissals have inspired confidence, but India have somehow managed to pull off.
Youngsters will be in that leadership mix if they win the series at the end Hardik Pandya And KL Rahul When the next change in Indian cricket will happen after the 2023 ODI World Cup.
If coach Dravid wants to see if there is a possibility of tinkering with the current top three. Ishan Kishan, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Shreyas Iyer have not found their place in the Indian batting order puzzle.
Gaikwad, with his current technique, was found desired nine out of 10 times against quality attack on better pitches, with sporadic performances here and there.
In top-flight cricket, he won’t find some uncapped domestic bowlers he can threaten. On the contrary, he could get fed up with the fast pace. Ishan Kishan has limited strokes and the amount of runs scored in this series should not be taken into account as the extra bounce and pace on Australian wickets will be a tough proposition.
Shreyas Iyer got a full series but he should be the first to admit that he blew it with both hands and when India next play against Ireland in Malahide, he will be replaced by Suryakumar Yadav, a better batsman. Considered T20 proponents.
There is something about ICC’s big event years and Karthik is revealing his performance. He is already donning the big gloves in Ireland and how he is proving to be an asset at the back-end, becoming the designated keeper-batsman by the time India play Pakistan at the MCG. No one should lift their eyes. In the last week of October.
Among the bowlers Bhuvneshwar Kumar Swinging the new ball once again and Avesh Khan, with the ability to bowl fuller and hit harder lengths along with developing a well-disguised bouncer, is also a contender among the five pacers that India can take down.
In this series, the spinners have performed at a lower level despite better efforts. Axar Patel looks hot and cold, but more important, one-dimensional, while Chahal, in his attempt to accelerate through the air, has proved useless.
This series so far has been full of twists and turns. When both these teams take to the field on Sunday, nothing less than a blockbuster is expected.