Rain gods teased the 13,000-odd spectators in attendance aplenty with gentle showers by the course of the second T20I between India and South Africa on the MAC Stadium right here on Sunday. The sport’s submission to the weather washed out the fixture.
This makes Tuesday’s fixture a make-or-break affair for the host which wants a win to tie the collection. The Proteas, who lead the collection 1-0, will look to finish the multi-format tour, and their remaining worldwide stint earlier than the T20 World Cup, on a excessive.
India made main adjustments to its XI, with a watch on giving the bench some sport time and doubtlessly as a transparent message to the regulars to get its act collectively on the sector.
Over two high-scoring video games, the Indian bowling lineup – the stronger of the 2 sides – has struggled to include an usually nervous South African batting pool. Nervy batters have been allowed to seek out their ft and chokeholds on the runs within the center phases couldn’t be sustained.
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All-rounders like Sajeevan Sajana and Shreyanka Patil didn’t get to wield the bat with the chase aborted earlier than it even started.
That additionally meant the Proteas didn’t have to fret about taking a raffle with Marizanne Kapp who has not bowled in a world fixture since April this 12 months.
Tazmin Brits discovering confidence after a shaky first sport and Laura Wolvaardt’s fluency within the PowerPlay have given the customer a shot within the arm. Nonetheless, its largest situation stays the sharpness of its bowling.
With Kapp sitting out, the strain falls on Ayabonga Khaka. Masabata Klaas has sat out each T20Is which suggests Annerie Dercksen has needed to step as much as assist her. Sune Luus missed yet one more sport as a precautionary measure and could be within the looking on Tuesday.
With scattered thunderstorms within the offing round match time, each groups will hope for some strong sport time as the ladies’s worldwide calendar gathers steam within the run-up to the World Cup in October.
SQUADS:
India Girls: Harmanpreet Kaur (C) Smriti Mandhana (vc), Uma Chetry (wk), Richa Ghosh (wk), Dayalan Hemalatha, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Amanjot Kaur, Shreyanka Patil, Sajeevan Sajana, Deepti Sharma, Asha Sobhana, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh, Shabnam Shakil, Pooja Vastrakar and Radha Yadav.
South Africa Girls: Laura Wolvaardt (C), Tazmin Brits, Mieke de Ridder (wk), Sinalo Jafta (wk), Anneke Bosch, Nadine de Klerk, Annerie Dercksen, Marizanne Kapp, Sune Luus, Chloe Tryon, Ayabonga Khaka, Masabata Klaas, Eliz-Mari Marx, Nonkululeko Mlaba and Tumi Sekhukhune.
Match begins at 7pm