South Africa vs India 2018: 3 changes India must make to win at the Wanderers
After a tremendous winning streak at home, India faced an uphill battle in challenging South African conditions.
Although the bowling department has performed superbly, batting has been an awful mess. Poor team selection, poor captaincy and sloppy fielding are the main causes for their shocking series loss in South Africa.
The Proteas gained an unassailable lead of 2-0 in the three match Test series with one to play at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. If India can change their mindset and play an aggressive brand of cricket, they can beat the mighty South Africans in their home conditions at least to avoid a whitewash.
Here are some changes that India must do in the third Test starting from Wednesday to restore some pride.
# 1. Bring back Ajinkya Rahane-
The team management's decision to drop Ajinkya Rahane from the starting XI has backfired in the last two Tests in South Africa.
Rohit Sharma, who was chosen ahead of Ajinkya Rahane, has failed to deliver the goods for the team at crucial stages of both the matches.
Rahane's form in the recent Test series was poor, but he had scored lots of runs in the overseas conditions when India toured the world in the 2014-15 season. Six of his 9 Test centuries are in away conditions and he has the right technique to gain success in these conditions.
Kohli must bring back this superb batsman in the starting XI for the last game of the series.