5 ways in which South Africa can start building up for World T20 2016

5 ways in which South Africa can start building up for World T20 2016: The showdown Gandhi-Mandela series is about to rock India as it commences from October 2. The T20I series will include as many as 3 matches which mean for the first time India will be playing a full-fledged T20 international series. For the visitors, the series presents a mouth-watering chance to start building up for the World T20 2016 which will be played in India. The T20 WC will present the African side with the opportunity to once again give a shot at the World Cup title. The Proteas have made many attempts to win the World Cup trophy in 50 overs as well as 20 overs cricket, but they have been unsuccessful in all the attempts. But recently in the World Cup 2015, they won their first knock-out match though they got defeated in the Semi-Finals. Now they would look to finally end their World Cup drought. Today, let’s have a look at 5 ways in which South Africa can start building up for World T20 2016: 1. Jelling together as a unit: South Africa. (© Getty Images/Gallo Images) In any sport this saying holds utmost significance ‘Talent wins games but teamwork wins championships, the South African’s would look to get into their groove and start performing collectively than individually which was the case in the World Cup 2015 as well. Ultimately, a team which is bounded with strong bonds and values of enjoying each other’s success always comes up with flying colors in comparison to teams who hold values contrary to these. The 3-match series provides South Africa with the perfect opportunity of jelling together as a unit and creating everlasting strong bonds which can reap fruits for them in the World T20. 2. Getting their batting order right: Hashim Amla (© Getty Images) In Indian conditions, flat decks and dead pitches generally opens up opportunities for teams to post gigantic totals on the board. South Africa boasts a fierce batting line-up with likes of AB de Villiers, Faf du Plessis, David Miller, JP Duminy, Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla in their ranks. But how they position their batting line-up will be key to their success in the World T20 2016. With this T20I series, the Proteas can get a fair idea as to which position suits which batsman in Indian conditions. This series will be like a dress rehearsal for them. They would like to ensure that a demolishing player like ABD is not underutilized in their line-up which has been the case in T20Is till now. 3. Composition of their bowling line-up: (Photo Source: AFP) The South African team’s pace battery includes the likes of Kagiso Rabada, Chris Morris, Marchant de Lange and Kyle Abbott. They have excluded the senior pace bowlers Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel from the squad for the 3-match T20I series. It would be interesting to see how these young pacers fare up in the conditions where they would be playing the World Cup in few months. It will be a perfect time for the selectors as well to decide whether these new bunch of bowlers can take South Africa forward in T20 internationals or else they need the services of their senior pacemen. While in the spin department, Imran Tahir and Eddie Leie have got reckoning, it will help the team management to foresee whether they are good enough in Indian conditions or they need some other spinners as well in the T20I side. 4. Handling pressure situations: (Photo by Anesh Debiky/Gallo Images/Getty Images) Playing in India is always a difficult proposition for any visiting team. In India, people worship cricket and for them cricket is like a religion. So its effects are also visible in the way the crowd reacts to each and every happening on the field. Indian crowd is very hostile. Unlike the IPL matches where the African players experience a lot of love and support, things will be contrary when the same African players take on the home side. The series presents a golden opportunity for the Protean boys to get used to all these things as in crunch situations all these things holds paramount importance. 5. Getting used to Indian pitches: David Miller. (Photo Source: AFP) These days the saying ‘Lions at home, Lambs abroad’ has become a very common phenomena. The Indian pitches are very different to African pitches which are fast and lively. Generally in India, the pitches are slow and the ball doesn’t come on to the bat as well as it comes on African pitches. The Protean batsmen use the pace of the bowlers well so playing T20I series in India before the World T20 will help them to get used to the pitches which are exactly opposite. When they will return to India next year, things can get easy if they utilize this T20I series to the very best. For spinners, it would be more about finding immaculate line and lengths and not to get overawed by the spinner friendly conditions in India. Pacers will have an uphill task in hand, so they have to learn the art of making the best use of the given conditions in India for their beneficiary in World T20 2016.

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