Ind vs SA | India looks to address death bowling concerns in final tune up ahead of T20 WC
The Hindu
India skipper Rohit Sharma, expectedly, singled out death bowling as an area that requires improvement following the series win over Australia.
India will be looking to round off their T20 World Cup preparation with a marked improvement in their death bowling besides providing crucial game time to its untested players in the three-match series against South Africa, beginning in Thiruvananthapuram on September 28, 2022.
India skipper Rohit Sharma, expectedly, singled out death bowling as an area that requires improvement following the series win over Australia.
The hosts will be without two of their key bowlers, Hardik Pandya and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who have been rested ahead of the ICC event next month.
Mohammad Shami, who is one of the World Cup reserves, is yet to recover from COVID-19 and will be missing the three games against the Proteas after being unavailable the rubber against Australia.
Harshal Patel did not have the best of times in his comeback series against Australia but he will be expected to get back to his best in the final three games before the World Cup.
His career economy rate stands at 9.05 but he conceded more than 12 runs per overs against the Aussies.
Deepak Chahar, who is also on standby for the Word Cup, did not get a game in the previous series and he could get a chance if the team decides to rotate its pacers over the three games.
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