#2 Shikhar Dhawan
He was crunching the ball like a dream before the T20I series where Dhawan got out for rather mediocre scores. However, he will still walk out to face the new ball and India would hope that the series gone by was nothing more than a minor blip.
The southpaw has the ability to take attacks apart and on pitches which will be conducive to stroke making, his free-flowing willow will be a huge bonus for the rest of the batting order.
He has been in good run-scoring form and has to see off the new ball and then hit his stride, for then he can press on the accelerator and take the attack to the hosts.
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