This series provides a perfect opportunity for the Indian selectors to test new stars emerging from the IPL and plan accordingly for the T20 World Cup 2022
The Indian team would face South Africa in five T20Is starting on June 9 in New Delhi. Indian selectors have decided to rest star players like captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah before the all-important tour of England in late June and July this year.
On the other hand, South Africa are coming in with their best possible unit.
The series provides a perfect opportunity for Indian selectors to try fresh players and see what they have to offer in the five-match long series.
The ultimate search for a left-arm pacer.....
India have yearned for a left-arm pacer in their playing eleven, at least in limited-overs cricket if not in all three formats, ever since the departure of Zaheer Khan.
Punjab Kings pacer Arshdeep Singh who has shown brilliant control. He can be tested in the death overs and asked to bowl away swingers to the right-handers at the start of the innings as well.
Thus, Arshdeep is one player who would be looked at very closely by the selection committee with the T20 World Cup 2022 hardly six months away.
Solving the opening slot conundrum
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, both are not part of the squad.
The need to go big from the start is particularly important and, in that regard, the likes of Venkatesh Iyer, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan and KL Rahul need to show the selectors that they must be given the opportunity to prove their prowess going into the T20 World Cup preparation mode.
The spinners that would lead the attack
Yuzvendra Chahal, Ravi Bishnoi, Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav, the four spinners who will be taking the two places up for grabs alongside Ravindra Jadeja in India’s T20 World Cup 2022 squad, would be showcasing their skill in this series and they have an excellent opportunity to present their case for inclusion in the World CUP squad.
Death overs bowling
India’s death bowling has always been a problem, even with Jasprit Bumrah in the playing eleven. Now with Harshal Patel and Arshdeep Singh being introduced into the bowling attack and Hardik Pandya and Bhuvneshwar Kumar fully fit and available to bowl, there would be a lot of options for the captain. With Umran Malik mostly being employed in the middle overs with the field spread out, the burden of spacing out his overs would also not be there.
Hence, in the five matches, India could try all bowling options to try and match its rhythm when Bumrah is available for the next series.
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