With an unassailable 2-0 lead, Suryakumar Yadav’s Team India will look to whitewash Bangladesh when they lock horns in the final T20I in Hyderabad on Saturday. The hosts will be eagerly pursuing the twin goals of a series sweep and monitoring the progress of impressive second-line players during the third and final T20.
Holding an unassailable 2-0 lead, Team India, led by Suryakumar Yadav, will be looking to complete a clean sweep against Bangladesh in the final T20I in Hyderabad on Saturday. With the series already secured, the focus shifts to giving opportunities to promising second-string players while aiming for a dominant finish.
Coach Gautam Gambhir and skipper Suryakumar Yadav are expected to utilize this opportunity to test the bench strength. Ravi Bishnoi, Tilak Verma, and Jitesh Sharma are all in line to feature in the final match. Delhi pacer Harshit Rana could also be handed his international debut.
The management might opt to rest key performers, Varun Chakravarthy and Mayank Yadav, paving the way for Bishnoi and Rana to showcase their abilities. Jitesh Sharma’s inclusion depends on whether the team management decides to tinker with the opening combination.
India’s Probable XI vs Bangladesh for 3rd T20I:
Batters: Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (C), Riyan Parag, Rinku Singh
Allrounders: Nitish Kumar Reddy, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar
Wicketkeeper: Sanju Samson
Bowlers: Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana
Opening Remain a Concern
India’s newly assembled opening pair of Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma haven’t quite fired yet in the series.
Samson has given a chance to open the innings in this series and it’s a godsend in T20s, giving the batter a chance to exploit the six powerplay overs. But the Kerala man has two modest outings to show so far – a 19-ball 29, a missed chance to make a fifty in a small chase of 128, and a 7-ball 10.
Samson will have to come up with something special here not to slip away from the eyesight of management unless they want to give a go to Jitesh Sharma, the second wicketkeeper batter in the squad.
Similarly, the backroom staff would want a substantial outing from Abhishek who too has produced lukewarm 15 and 16 in the last two matches. The failure of openers has put a bit of strain on the middle-order, as the hosts were 41 for three inside the power play segment before the middle-order bailed them out in the second T20I.
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