India three down, Suryakumar Yadav steadies innings after initial hiccup

The Indian bowlers will come under sharp scrutiny in the teams pursuit to merge the immediate task of serieslevelling and the distant target of finding an ideal combination for next years World Cup during the SA vs IND 3rd T20I on ThursdayThe second T20I against the Proteas was a microcosm of the struggles this nextline Indian bowlers have gone through more often than not over the last three weeksThe leftarm pacer Arshdeep Singh and his rightarm colleague Mukesh Kumar were carted around by South African opener Reeza Hendricks leaking 1550 and 1133 runs per over and they needed to regroup in a days time Of course rain and dew made their task a bit tough at Port Elizabeth but the pair lacked the imagination or control while bowling in a rather unfavourable environmentThe nonavailability of pacer Deepak Chahar for personal reasons only have added to the bowling woes Arshdeep and Mukesh are the bowlers the management trusts to produce forceful efforts in the absence of seniors like Jasprit Bumrah But this reserve bench hasnt been able to vindicate that faith so far many times finding themselves in deep watersAlso ReadLadies SpecialSouth Africa too will have their own concern in the bowling department as pacers Gerald Coetzee Marco Jansen and Lungi Ngidi injured as of now will miss tomorrows match as they head to play in FirstClass matches to prepare for the redball leg of the tourBut banking on past records and oppositions weak points alone will not work against an outfit like South Africa as India especially bowlers need to find a way to fire in unisonAlso ReadYoung guns harbour big hopesSA vs IND 3rd T20I live updates Squads South Africa Aiden Markram capt Ottniel Baartman Matthew Breetzke Nandre Burger Gerald Coetzee Donovan Ferreira Reeza Hendricks Marco Jansen Heinrich Klaasen wkt David Miller Lungi Ngidi Andile Phehlukwayo Tabraiz Shamsi Tristan Stubbs Lizaad Williams India Suryakumar Yadav capt Ravindra Jadeja vicecapt Ravi Bishnoi Deepak Chahar Ruturaj Gaikwad Shubman Gill Shreyas Iyer Yashasvi Jaiswal Ishan Kishan wkt Mukesh Kumar Jitesh Sharma wkt Arshdeep Singh Mohammed Siraj Rinku Singh Washington Sundar Tilak Varma Kuldeep YadavSA vs IND 3rd T20I live updates Pitch reportThe wickets that South African pitches tend to offer more pace and bounce by default however in whiteball format the pitches have been mostly flat favouring batsmen as of lateSA vs IND 2nd T20I live updates Toss updateSouth Africa won the toss and chose to bowl in the third and final Twenty20 international against India at the Wanderers Stadium on Thursday SA vs IND 3rd T20I live updates Confirmed playing XIsIndia Yashasvi Jaiswal Shubman Gill Tilak Varma Suryakumar Yadavc Rinku Singh Jitesh Sharmaw Ravindra Jadeja Kuldeep Yadav Mohammed Siraj Arshdeep Singh Mukesh KumarSouth Africa Matthew Breetzke Reeza Hendricks Aiden Markramc Heinrich Klaasenw David Miller Tristan Stubbs Marco Jansen Andile Phehlukwayo Gerald Coetzee Lizaad Williams Tabraiz Shamsi930 PM 1312 13Suryakumar Yadav misses a cut off a wideofthecrease delivery but makes up for it with two consecutive sixes follows it up with a cheeky late cut for a four and later clobbers a legcutter over cow corner for a massive six Jaiswal makes room to cut hard for a single contributing to a century partnership with Yadav912 PM 1082 12Suryakumar Yadav is beaten on the outside edge by a delivery with extra bounce while Jaiswal squeezes a yorker to third man for a single hammers a short offspeed ball for a six over deep midwicket to race to his fifty off 34 balls by working a backofalength delivery through midwicket for a single855 PM 752 8Suryakumar Yadav works a delivery through midwicket for a single and gets a major reprieve on account of a failed review on an lbw appeal with the ball pitching outside leg839 PM 622 6Suryakumar Yadav faces Maharaj initially cutting hard but finding extra cover then chopping towards extra cover followed by an impressive six as he shimmies down the track and flicks over deep midwicket while Yashasvi Jaiswal leans forward to drive a fullish delivery to longon in the same over830 PM Match beginsProteas captain Aiden Markram said they were following the pattern set in Tuesdays rainhit second match in Gqeberha when South Africa won by five wickets after putting India in to bat