The opening show is only a fortnight away. So both India and South Africa will be particularly keen to put in their best efforts in the last dress rehearsal.
The three-match T20I series, which gets underway at the Greenfield Stadium here on Wednesday, offers one last opportunity for the teams to iron out the flaws, try something different and for the stars and to get their acts right ahead of the T20 World Cup in Australia, beginning on October 16. India’s first World Cup match is scheduled for October 23 and South Africa’s the following day.
A fine show in this series will do no harm to either team. Both sides have landed in this city — known for its lovely beaches, rich cultural heritage and traditional as well as colonial architecture — in a confident frame of mind, having won their last series.
