As India raring to locking horns with South Africa in the second T20 International (T20I) against South Africa on Wednesday evening, they will be hoping that rain won’t play spoilsport like it did in the first match, which was washed out in Dharamsala. Although thunderstorms were predicted at around 3 pm, the sky is expected to be clear during the timeline of the match.

Humidity in the evening is expected to be at around 5% and the temperature has been forecast at around 27-30 degrees Celsius. With the first match getting washed out without a single delivery bowled, the focus on Wednesday will be on young wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant.

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Talking about the same ahead of the first T20I in Dharamsala, the Indian coach Ravi Shastri said, “We’ll let him be but at times when you see a shot, as the first ball dismissal in Trinidad (during the tour of West Indies), if he repeats that, then he will be told. There will be a rap on the knuckles, talent or no talent.”

India skipper Virat Kohli has already explained that they have game plans and expectations from the youngsters ahead of ICC T20 World Cup, to be played in Australia next year. Spinners Rahul Chahar and Washington Sundar, picked ahead of the proven duo of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal for the second straight series, will be under the radar.

Shreyas Iyer and Manish Pandey will also be expecting to get sufficient opportunities, with the former looking to join his claim for a spot in the middle order after an impressive tour of West Indies.

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Currently, the Indian team is hosting the South African team for a three-match T20I series out of which the first one has been washed out due to rain in Dharamsala and the second T20I is scheduled to take place in Mohali on Wednesday. The T20I series will be followed by a three-match Test series.