South Africa vs India 2018: 3 changes India must make to win at the Wanderers

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#2. Show more intent while batting

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Apart from Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya, no one showed much intent to score runs and take game away from the opposition in both the matches.

Virat Kohli's brilliant 153 in Centurion and Hardik Pandya's 93 in Cape Town are the only standout performances so far from Indians in the series.

Cheteshwar Pujara has struggled against this impressive South African bowling line up and Murali Vijay's impatience at the crease has let the team down massively. Shikhar Dhawan should have been given the license to attack in the first 10-15 overs to put some pressure on the South African bowling attack. India scored just 209, 135, 307 and 151 in the four consecutive innings and that is not good enough to beat a team like South Africa.

Indian batsmen have to show some intent to score gritty runs in the crunch moments of the match.

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