Team India's tour of South Africa has been a mixed bag so far. At least from the batting point of view, the first and second matches of the T20 series were completely mediocre for Team India. While in the first match Team India made a big score, in the second match the top and middle order failed miserably. Although the bowling was strong in both the matches, the series is still tied at 1-1. Now if India has to win the series or avoid defeat, then it will have to win the third T20 match to be held in Centurion. On one hand, this match is very important for the young opener Abhishek Sharma, while on the other hand, the 3 South African superstars of Centurion will present a big challenge to Team India.

Last chance for Abhishek?

The third match of the T20 series will be played on Wednesday 13 November at SuperSport Park. India had easily defeated South Africa by a margin of 41 runs in the first match but in the second match, Team India could score only 124 runs. Sanju Samson, who scored a century in the first match, could not even open his account this time, while Abhishek Sharma's poor form continued here too. Young left-handed batsman Abhishek, who scored a brilliant century in the second match of his career, has not been able to play a single big innings since then. Abhishek has played 9 matches so far, out of which he has faced more than 10 balls in only 3. In such a situation, this match may prove to be the last chance for him.

At the same time, after becoming the captain, Suryakumar Yadav has also not been in his full form and has failed in this series, while Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh and Hardik Pandya have also not been able to do anything special in this series so far. Hardik could score only 39 runs in 45 balls in the last match. Despite this, in the second T20, Team India made South Africa suffer for victory. The reason for this was spinner Varun Chakraborty, whose balls South Africa had no answer to. Varun had taken 5 wickets. Ravi Bishnoi also took 2 wickets.

Varun-Bishnoi magic won't work?

In such a situation, once again these two bowlers will be under watch but the reality is that the pitch of SuperSport Park has not been very helpful for the spinners. On this ground, among the top 10 bowlers who have taken the most wickets in T20, there are only 2 spinners, that too at number six and seventh. In such a situation, the onus will be on the Indian fast bowlers but looking at the current form, the South African pace department looks stronger. Especially the deadly bowling of Gerald Coetzee and Marco Janson can put Team India in trouble. In such a situation, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan and Hardik Pandya will have to play a big role from India's side.

Team India saved from 3 stars of Centurion

This ground is known for big scores and in the last T20 match played one and a half years ago, West Indies had scored 258 runs but South Africa had also achieved this score 1 over earlier. In such a situation, the biggest challenge for Team India is the three superstars of Centurion, who bat a lot on this field. These three are David Miller, Reeza Hendrix and Heinrich Klaasen. Here Miller has scored 200 runs (147 strike rate) in 10 innings, whereas Hendricks has scored 185 runs (169.72 strike rate) in only 5 innings. Clason has scored 178 runs in 7 innings and the strike rate is 171. India played only one match here in 2018 and it lost that too. The reason for the defeat was also Classen, who had scored 69 runs in just 30 balls.