Will Shubman Gill's card be cut in the third T20?Image Credit source: PTI
After Cuttack and Chandigarh, the journey of T20 series between India and South Africa has now reached Dharamshala. Both the teams will compete after a long gap of 10 years in HPCA Stadium, one of the most beautiful stadiums in the world. After the five-match series is tied at 1-1, this third T20 match is going to be very important. The competition is important for both the teams but some players of Team India will be under the maximum attention. The prominent name in this is Shubhman Gill, who is continuously failing. So will Team India drop him this time?
The third match of the series will be played on the evening of Sunday 14th December at HPCA International Stadium, Dharamshala. in the last match team india After his very poor performance, he will be expected to make a comeback in this match. Captain Suryakumar Yadav's team had registered a big win by 101 runs in the first match of the series but lost by 51 runs in the second match. In such a situation, now he will have to perform strongly in the third match to take the lead in the series but he has big concerns.
The biggest concern is regarding the batting order. The top order batsmen could not leave any impact in both the matches of the series. Abhishek Sharma has looked a little ineffective in this series but the biggest concern is about the form of captain Suryakumar Yadav and vice-captain Shubman Gill. Both the batsmen have not been able to score even a single half-century this year. In this series, Surya could score only 17 runs and Gill could score only 4 runs.
Now the captain cannot be dropped but can Gill be dropped in this match? Can Sanju Samson return in his place? Looking at the support of coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Surya, it seems that Shubman Gill will get at least one more chance. In such a situation, this match can be important for Gill.
Talking about bowling, Arshdeep Singh looked very average in the last match. He and Jasprit Bumrah were badly beaten by the South African batsmen but the biggest difference between the two was control and here Arshdeep was seen losing. This left arm pacer had bowled 7 wides including 5 consecutive wides in the same over. He bowled a total of 9 wide balls in the match and conceded 54 runs in the spell of 4 overs. In such a situation, he can be dropped from this match. In such a situation, this time Harshit Rana may get a chance in place of Arshdeep.
As far as HPCA Stadium is concerned, the Indian team has played a total of 3 T20 matches here, out of which it has won two and lost one. Team India suffered its only defeat here at the hands of South Africa. Exactly 10 years ago, in October 2015, a T20 match was played for the first time on this ground, in which South Africa defeated India by 7 wickets. In such a situation, Team India will try to settle the 10 year old score.
Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Shubhman Gill, Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Jitesh Sharma, Shivam Dubey, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakraborty and Jasprit Bumrah.
