Possible line-up for India vs South Africa third T20I: India have already lost the Test series against New Zealand. Now if the same thing happens in the T20 series against South Africa, it will not be tolerated. India’s T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav knows this well. Under such circumstances, when he takes part in the third T20 International between India and South Africa, he will be very cautious in every step he takes. As of now, both teams have won one game each, and no matter which team wins the third game, it will not lose the series. A decision won’t be made until after Game 4, though. In such circumstances, Suryakumar Yadav is likely to make some changes to the eleven for the third match, which may be unthinkable.
Abhishek Sharma is Team India’s weak link
The biggest nerve for the Indian team at this time is Abhishek Sharma. Those who score a lot of runs in the IPL are counted as explosive batsmen but currently they have completely failed. After scoring an explosive hundred in the second T20 international, he is now completely at peace. In the first match of the T20 series against South Africa, he scored 7 runs and in the second match, he returned to the pavilion with just 4 runs. In the first game, Sanju Samson took charge. But in the second game, Sanju was also unavailable and Abhishek’s poor performance continued, with the result that India had to face defeat.
Abhishek Sharma likely to be ruled out of 11 games
Abhishek Sharma is still young and has a lot of time left, but Suryakumar Yadav has the potential to show the way for him in the next eleven. This will be good for Abhishek himself and the Indian team. Abhishek needs a break so that he can continue batting. The question now is, if Abhishek is out, who will start? The top contender is probably Tilak Verma. While Tilak doesn’t have a lot of opening experience, maybe this bet will work. He hits the ball carefully and can even send the ball out of bounds if needed.
Ramandeep may get a chance to make his debut
Ramandeep might get a chance as far as replacing Abhishek in the Indian playing XI is concerned. He is one of the best outfielders in the world right now. His batting is also very good. India batted poorly in the second game and had to face defeat. With the arrival of Ramandeep, the batting will also improve and India will have a chance of winning. But now it will be interesting to see if Suryakumar Yadav is able to take such a strong decision on the XI players.
Possible XI for India in third Test against South Africa: Sanju Samson, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ramandeep Singh, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Akshar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakraborty.
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