Runs due from skipper Suryakumar Yadav's bat as India look to seal series

Team India captain Suryakumar Yadav will be expected to score runs ahead of the third T20I match against England In the concluded two games the Indian skipper departed on low scoresSince Suryakumar Yadav has taken over the captaincy India has hardly taken a wrong step but his own form has dipped The year gone by has not really been a productive one for the worlds best T20I batsmen He managed to score 429 runs in innings with an average of 2681Suryakumar Yadav averaged close to 35 in 2021 his first year in international cricket before raising it to 45 plus in the following two yearsThe Mumbaibased batsman is yet to garner runs in the ongoing fivematch T20I series against EnglandThough he is Indias very own Mr 360 Suryakumar is at his finest when he is toying with the opposition attack with runs behind the wicketHe perished while attempting his signature pickup shot of a slower ball in the series opener before playing one onto his stump in the last gameTilak Varmas individual brilliance got India over the line in Chennai but besides Suryakumars lack of runs Sanju Samsons short ball shortcomings were highlightedSamson who had a memorable series in South Africa has been dismissed to the short ball from Jofra Archer twice in the seriesAlso ReadAfter breakout IPL Shashank Singh to rely on playing more reverse sweepsIt is something that he would look to correct on a Rajkot pitch Though Archer and Mark Wood have troubled the Indian batsmen with their fierce pace the only batsman who looked comfortable against the speed was Tilak VarmaThe southpaws pickup shot off Archer at Chepauk spoke a lot about his classWith Rinku Singh and Nitish Reddy unavailable due to injuries there is a possibility of either Shivam Dube or Ramandeep Singh getting a gameDube who was tasked with smashing the spinners in the middle overs during the T20 World Cup could come in handy against the legspin of Adil RashidArshdeep Singh has been the lone specialist pacer in the playing eleven thus far with Hardik Pandya providing support The team management is likely to keep that combinationIndia who prefer to play with eight batters have been relying on Ravi Bishnoi and Varun Chakaravarthy to do the job in the middle overs and have used as many as five spin options in ChennaiWeve been playing with an extra batter since the last twothree series We want that cushion and also that batter gives us twothree overs in the game said Suryakumar following the close finish on Saturday nightIn a mustwin situation to keep the fivematch series alive England would be hoping to put in a muchimproved performance with the batSkipper Jos Buttler has looked the most assured England batter thus far while the others have struggled against quality spinJamie Smith and Brydon Carse showed potential in the last game and they would be looking to build on that On the bowling front Archer would be aiming for the early wickets but at the same time he will also look to stem the flow of runs having conceded 60 off his four overs in ChennaiLegspinner Adil Rashid has been frugal as ever and its the batting that needs to step up and do the jobWith PTI Inputs