India will look to level the series in Cuttack

October 04, 2015 12:56 pm | Updated November 17, 2021 02:19 am IST - Cuttack

Unlike Dharamsala, the conditions are expected to be ideal for Dhoni’s men in Cuttack.

Unlike Dharamsala, the conditions are expected to be ideal for Dhoni’s men in Cuttack.

A determined India will look to plug the loopholes in bowling and bounce back in the must-win second T20 of the three-match series against South Africa on Monday.

Unlike Dharamsala, the conditions are expected to be ideal for Dhoni’s men in Cuttack and the third T20 in Kolkata as the surface is likely to be low and slow in nature.

Going into tomorrow’s match, there would be concern over the ground conditions. The MET department has also forecast a few spells of rain in the next 48 hours and possibility of a curtailed match cannot be ruled out.

In the series opener, Rohit Sharma’s maiden T20I century along with Virat Kohli’s 43 meant India could not have asked for more from their batsmen who posted their highest score of 199 against the South Africans.

Chasing a target of 200, Hashim Amla (36) and A.B. de Villiers (51) laid the solid foundation before J.P. Duminy (68) and Farhaan Behardien (32) saw the South Africans through with two balls to spare.

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