3 key changes team India need for 2nd T20I against South Africa

3 key changes team India need for 2nd T20I against South Africa

India vs South Africa: Team India has lagged 1-0 in the five-match T20 series. In the first T20 match, South Africa defeated the Indian team by 7 wickets.

In the first match, the players of Team India made three mistakes, which will have to be corrected by coach Rahul Dravid and captain Rishabh Pant together.

Improvement in fielding 

Team India’s fielding was very poor in the first T20 match against South Africa. The Indian team dropped many catches in the match, due to which the team had to face defeat.

Shreyas Iyer gave life to Rossi van Dusen on a personal score of 29 runs. Iyer had dropped his easy catch. Later, leaving this catch was very heavy for Team India, as Dussen scored 75 runs to help South Africa win the match. 

Runs to be scored in Powerplay 

Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul are not playing in the series against South Africa. In such a situation, Ishaan Kishan and Ruturaj Gaikwad will have to grab this opportunity with both hands. Ruturaj’s first match proved to be a flop badly with the bat. Ishaan-Ruturaj together will have to score more runs in the powerplay. If both of them perform well against South Africa, then they can be kept as backup openers in the T20 World Cup. 

Big steps have to be taken in bowling 

Indian bowlers performed very poorly in the first match against South Africa. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Harshal Patel scored 43-43 runs for Team India. At the same time, IPL 2022 superstar Yuzvendra Chahal gave 26 runs in 2 overs and could not get a single wicket. 

In such a situation, captain Rishabh Pant can make big changes in the bowling attack to win the second match. He can give a chance to either Umran Malik or Arshdeep Singh.