2nd ODI: India under pressure to draw level against South Africa

INDORE: The Indian team needs to flame on all barrels on the off chance that they would like to make a rebound in the ODI arrangement when they tackle South Africa at the Holkar stadium here on Wednesday evening. Subsequent to losing the T20 arrangement and enduring a thin annihilation in the first ODI in Kanpur on Sunday, both the Indian team and their captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni are under colossal weight to draw one back before it gets past the point of no return.

Dhoni has never been under such extraordinary weight and investigation as he is today. He has never looked so defenseless, as could be seen from his non-verbal communication in Kanpur where he struggled futile to take India over the line in the last overs. He was philosophical after the match and said it was one of those uncommon times his bets as a finisher had neglected to fall off. Be that as it may, his enchantment with the bat is on the melt away and he is losing his grasp on the team.

There is undoubtedly the whole center will be on Dhoni. Before, as well, he has confronted serious feedback however has hit back by retaining the weight and hauling rabbits out of the cap. At the end of the day he needs to demonstrate the same animosity and power to be an overwhelming power.

Sadly, he is without strike bowler Ravichandran Ashwin - who is recuperating from a side strain endured in Kanpur - and head batsman Kohli is out of structure. The South Africans will be cheerful to have India in a tight corner and would endeavor to benefit as much as possible from the chaos in the Indian camp, which is as yet battling with its passing knocking down some pins and looking for a perfect mix. They are as yet working out if Kohli ought to bat at No. 3 or 4.

Kohli can't locate a superior venue than this to break his grouping of low scores, whether he bats at No. 3 or No. 4, as the Holkar stadium pitch has the notoriety of delivering high scores. Truth be told, the last two ODI amusements facilitated by MPCA, in Gwalior and in Indore, saw records tumble with the bat.