India's top order under scanner in must-win 3rd T20I against West Indies

Indias young toporder will be under pressure to avoid a series defeat in the third T20 International against the West Indies on Tuesday The Men in Blue who last lost to the West Indies in a bilateral T20 series back in 2016 trail 02 in the fivematch seriesThe slow pitches on offer have not been the best for batting but as skipper Hardik Pandya pointed out after the loss on Sunday India should have a found way to score additional 1020 runsThe shortest format demands the batters to go hard from ball one and that is something Indias toporder comprising Ishan Kishan Shubman Gill and Suryakumar Yadav have not been able to doThe toporders failure has put extra pressure on the likes of Sanju Samson and rookie Tilak Varma who has taken to international cricket like fish to waterWith focus on ODIs in a World Cup year Gill Kishan and Suryakumar would want to be amongst runs ahead of the Asia Cup beginning August 31Batters need to take more responsibility Hardiks message was clear to the batters following the twowicket loss here on SundayIndia have been playing with a long tail with Axar Patel batting at seven to maintain the balance of the side and it is unlikely to change in the next gameAlso Read Team Indias Big Three and the inevitability of successionIndias inform spinner Kuldeep Yadav missed Sundays game due to a sore thumb and it remains to be seen if he is available for selectionThe bowlers especially the spinners need to find a way to contain a rampaging Nicholas Pooran The southpaw has been batting with disdain against the likes of Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravi Bishnoi Leftarm spinner Axar was not even used in the last gameHardik and Arshdeep Singh were able to swing the new ball in the second game and would be looking to repeat that on TuesdayChahal playing after a gap of two months has been impressive in the series Bishnois frequent googlies were not able to put pressure on the opposition forcing him to rethink about his plansPacer Mukesh Kumar has leaked most runs for India and there is a possibility that he could be replaced with Avesh Khan or Umran MalikWest Indies are in an ideal position for their first series win over India since 2016Like the opposition West Indies toporder too has not been amongst runs with Pooran left to do the heavy lifting The hosts would want to change thatThe likes of Pooran and Shimron Hetmyer will once again be looking to take the attack to the Indian spinnersThe home teams bowlers have done well to keep India in check and will be keen to maintain that with series on the lineIts a very good position to be in Since 2016 we havent won T20 series against India said West Indies skipper Rovman PowellSquads fromIndia Ishan Kishan wk Shubman Gill Yashasvi Jaiswal Tilak Varma Suryakumar Yadav vc Sanju Samson wk Hardik Pandya c Axar Patel Yuzvendra Chahal Kuldeep Yadav Ravi Bishnoi Arshdeep Singh Umran Malik Avesh Khan Mukesh KumarWest Indies Rovman Powell c Kyle Mayers vc Johnson Charles Roston Chase Shimron Hetmyer Jason Holder Shai Hope Akeal Hosein Alzarri Joseph Brandon King Obed McCoy Nicholas Pooran Romario Shepherd Odean Smith Oshane ThomasMatch starts at 8 pm ISTWith agency inputs