3rd T20I: The countdown begins to another World Cup

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2-0 up and with nine matches left before the big event in US and WI, India's youngsters look to seal series and spotsGUWAHATI: : It has been
these days and cricket is very much a part of it, at least in this part of the world
World Cup campaign
evening, Team India will be looking forward to seal the fate of the series with another win before moving on to Raipur
With the likes of Ishan Kishan, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rinku Singh and the captain himself in fine form, it augurs well for
The youngsters are enjoying their time in the middle under SKY, who has added his carefree style of batting to his leadership abilities in
the absence of regular T20 skipper Hardik Pandya
The top order is in fine form with all the batters scoring impressive half-centuries
Among the batters only Tilak Varma is short of quality time in the middle and the stylish left-hander will be eager to make his chance count
before Shreyas Iyer comes back into the fray following his week-long break after World Cup
Batting at No
5, Varma has faced only 12 deliveries in the last two games combined
management decides to include the Mumbai batter in the playing XI immediately after joining the squad
as they leaked more than 200 bowling first in the opening game and had a cushion of 235 runs before winning the second game by 44 runs
Though they improved the showing in the second game, all the bowlers went for runs and Arshdeep Singh was wayward
Pacer Prasidh Krishna took charge with three wickets in the last game but left-arm spinner Axar Patel did a good job of containing the
paradise but the fatigued World Cup-winning stars are their main concern
With more than 400 runs scored in the last T20 game at the venue, Tuesday calls for a run fest but dew could play a major role in the second
innings.