Chennai. The Indian cricket team is under pressure after losing its first match of the T20 World Cup Super 8. The poor form of top batsmen is also a matter of concern for Team India. India will have to give its best performance against Zimbabwe on Thursday in a ‘do or die’ match. After losing to South Africa by 76 runs, India’s net run rate has become very bad, so to reach the semi-finals it is necessary to win this match by a big margin. For this, the problem of opening and number three will have to be solved. Rinku Singh will return to Chennai on Wednesday evening. He left the T20 World Cup team to be with his father as his father is unwell. Rinku had gone home on Tuesday to meet his father, who has reportedly been admitted to the hospital due to stage four liver cancer. Indian batting coach Sitanshu Kotak told reporters, ‘Rinku Singh is joining the team this evening. He had gone back home due to his father’s ill health.
Before the T20 World Cup, Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan were in good form, but after stomach problem, Abhishek has lost his rhythm. In this tournament, he has been able to score only 15 runs in four matches. The question is whether he will be able to give up his aggressive batting and score some runs. England captain Harry Brook changed his game and scored a century against Pakistan, perhaps Abhishek would be inspired to do the same. Tilak Verma will also have to improve his game. Ishan Kishan is scoring runs at a strike rate of 193, but he is not getting support from the other end.
The Indian team will face Zimbabwe in a do or die match on Thursday.
Suryakumar Yadav has scored 180 runs
Suryakumar Yadav has scored 180 runs, but his strike rate is 127, which is much lower than his T20 career, due to which the pressure on Ishaan has increased. If Shivam Dubey and Hardik Pandya do not play aggressive innings in the lower order, then India’s score in many matches is not even respectable. The opposing teams have used off-spinners in the powerplay, due to which the left-handed batsmen have faced problems. Sanju Samson can be included in the top three, although he is also not in good form.
Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya
Suryakumar can be fielded at number three and Tilak at number four.
Team management can field Suryakumar at third position and Tilak at fourth position. The Chepauk pitch can help and Zimbabwe does not have that dangerous spin attack. There can be challenge from fast bowlers Blessing Muzarabani, Richard Ngarawa and Brad Evans. India are not too worried about bowling, but in the last match South Africa took three quick wickets and still gave them a chance to score 187 runs, there is a need to think about this.
India team:
Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma, Shivam Dubey, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakraborty, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh.
Zimbabwe team:
Sikandar Raza (captain), Brian Bennett, Ryan Burl, Graeme Cremer, Ben Curran, Brad Evans, Clive Madande, Tinotenda Maphosa, Tadivanashe Marumani, Wellington Masakadza, Tony Munyonga, Tashinga Musekiwa, Blessing Muzarabani, Dion Myers, Richard Ngarwa.