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After the unseasonal Chennai rains on Sunday robbed India's in-form batting a shot at drawing level in the ongoing T20I series against South Africa the hosts will get another go in Tuesday's (July 9) decider at the Chepauk. That is if the rain gods keep their end of the bargain.
Majority of the slog overs of South Africa's batting innings were played out amidst a steady mizzle. But the inclement weather intervened before India's chase could get underway eventually leading to an abandonment. Neither South Africa's bowling which had restricted an on-song Jemimah Rodrigues-Harmanpreet Kaur pair in Game 1 for their first win on this tour nor India's new-look batting order could be cross-examined.
With as many as four changes to their line-up and only Richa Ghosh's rest being declared a forced move it would have been interesting to see who India backed as their latest no. 3. Debuting 'keeper Uma Chetry an opener domestically or Sajana Sajeevan replacing local hero D Hemalatha were the potential candidates both of whom are fairly new to the India senior set-up. After a breakout WPL 2024 Hemalatha looked set to rest the no.
3 debate in the shortest format at least with consistent backing on the Bangladesh tour and up until now. But even though she resumed fielding and batted in India's failed pursuit of 190 in the T20I series opener in front of a 12000-strong home crowd she was likely dropped in favour of Sajana another breakout WPL finisher. Chetry meanwhile had a tough initiation behind the stumps but promises quickfire starts with the bat which aligns well with India's "aggressive approach" mantra.
After conceding 189 in the first game despite a miserly and incisive spell from Pooja Vastrakar India's bowling attack put up an improved performance but again allowed the visitors to run away to 177. Deepti Sharma brought to the fore her experience leading India's fightback with a middle-overs spin squeeze but in the two batting phases before and after India bled runs at more than 10 RPO with Harmanpreet ringing in changes aplenty.