CUTTACK: Just as Rishabh Pant-led Team India entered the Barabati Stadium turf late on Saturday afternoon for their practice session ahead of the second T20I, the setting sun sneaked through the overcast conditions. Trailing 0-1 in the five-match series after losing the first game in charge despite a record score of 211, the stand-in skipper didn’t have the best start in front of his home crowd in New Delhi.
With the new-look bowling department coming a cropper against an in-form South Africa batting line-up, especially the duo of David Miller and Rassie van der Dussen, Pant will hope to leave the ground with a smile on his face on Sunday night. But for that to happen, they need to get their act together in the bowling department, led by Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the absence of the likes of Bumrah and Shami.
