ICC World Twenty20: In-form India favourites against South Africa, reveal statistics.Dhaka: They are on a high after four triumphs on the jog yet group synthesis and damage to Yuvraj Singh will be a stress for India as they go into the second elimination round of the ICC World Twenty20 against a decided South Africa on Friday.
While the Indian group administration will be trusting that Yuvraj recuperates completely from his lower leg harm which he supported throughout a football session, selecting the last XI could be an unreliable recommendation for them. (Additionally read: Past details show India firm top choices to win vs SA)
The problem confronting the Indians is whether to hold Ajinkya Rahane set up of out of structure Shikhar Dhawan and Mohit Sharma, who had swapped Mohammed Shami in the last match against Australia. While Dhawan is known to be ruinous batsman, his structure has been a huge concern which may provoke the group administration to hold Rahane. On the other hand, if Yuvraj does not recuperate completely, both Rahane and Dhawan are prone to be in the playing eleven in such a situation.
While captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni will wish that senior professional Yuvraj remains battling fit for the urgent match, the South Africans will be careful about the quality twist strike that they will need to experience so as to book a billet for the last. It will be a definitely battled challenge when Virat Kohli's swagger will meet Imran Tahir's trickiness and Rohit Sharma will attempt to splash the "blaze" set by Dale Steyn.
In the event that one passes by structure in the competition, India might be termed top choices on paper yet a round of Twenty20 can change in a matter of three overs as Pakistan commander Mohammed Hafeez acknowledged it the hard way. While India have had an all-win record coming into the last-four crash, the South African group won three out of their four amusements, though in a differentiating way.
India have so far convincingly pulverized a portion of the groups, for example, Australia, Pakistan and Bangladesh while enlisting an agreeable win against safeguarding champions West Indies. South Africa, on the otherhand, have recorded some nearby triumphs against New Zealand, The Netherlands and England in their last three amusements.
