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IND vs SA - Facing New Ball Quite A Challenge In India: Temba Bavuma Ahead Of First T20I

South Africa captain Temba Bavuma feels facing the swinging ball in the powerplay will be one of the main challenges for his team in the three-match T20I series against India, beginning in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday. India relied on their batting might to bounce back from being 0-1 down to post a 2-1 win in the recently-concluded three-T20I series against Australia. The focus will now shift to an identical match-up against the Proteas, the final dress rehearsal for both the teams before the T20 World Cup in Australia next month.

Facing new ball quite a challenge in India: Temba Bavuma

India relied on their batting might to bounce back from being 0-1 down to post a 2-1 win in the recently-concluded three-T20 series against Australia. The focus will now shift to an identical match-up against the Proteas, the final dress rehearsal for both the teams before the T20 World Cup in Australia next month. "Facing the new ball bowlers (in India) is quite challenging, they make the ball to swing and move in quite a bit, a bit more than what we are accustomed to in South Africa. That's obviously a challenge you have to manoeuvre around," the South African white-ball skipper said on the eve of the opening T20 here.

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IND vs SA - Facing New Ball Quite A Challenge In India: Temba Bavuma Ahead Of First T20I

Facing new ball quite a challenge in India: Temba Bavuma

Irfan Pathan's Reply To Fan Blaming MS Dhoni For All-Rounder's Short White-Ball Career Is Gold

Smiling Nohamba admits silly ball-slap was 'bad ploy', but atones with fine Lions showing

Bat dominated ball in the series, so death-overs is really not a concern: McDonald

Virat Kohli Achieves Rare Feat In White-Ball Cricket After Win Over Australia

Watch: A 12-Year-Old Roger Federer Starts ATP Journey As Ball Boy In Basel

Sidemen 8-7 YouTube All Stars: Footage of 'Mark Goldbridge ball' is impressive