The veteran Indian opener, Shikhar Dhawan failed to play a crucial role during West Indies tour, where he only managed to score 65 runs in five innings. However, in a big positive, Dhawan scored two consecutive half-centuries for India A against South Africa A recently. But the veteran opener will also look to get back to scoring for India when they take on South Africa in the second T20I on Wednesday.
India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who has shared the dressing room with Shikhar, reckons the Delhi batsman is the finest opener along with Rohit Sharma.
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Harbhajan further explained, “Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma are some of the finest batsmen that India has seen and have proven to be one of India’s best opening pairs. Shikhar Dhawan’s contribution to the game is as important as that of Rohit Sharma or Virat Kohli. Be it T20 or 50 overs, irrespective of the format, Shikhar is really good. According to me, there is no better opener than Shikhar Dhawan, along with Rohit Sharma, in any format – T20 and 50 overs. If he continues working on his fitness in the coming 2-3 years, I think he will be unstoppable.”
Since the first match of the three-match T20 series was washed out by rain, both teams would aim to put in their best foot forward in Mohali as they know that the winner will be having an unassailable lead in the series. With the stakes so high, there is, therefore, not much scope for mistakes for both the teams.
India would be riding high on confidence following their superb show against the West Indies in their recent tour. India was absolutely ruthless against the West Indies, with only rain denying them a clean sweep of the Test, ODI and T20 series contested between the two nations.
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On the other hand, Quinton de Kock will be hoping to lift the morale of the Proteas, as they are quite low on confidence after their dismal performance in England in the World Cup.
