India rely on young bowlers to deliver in elusive search for series win

Indias young bowling unit which has been under the pump will look to better its death overs performance while utilising Glenn Maxwells absence to its advantage in the IND vs AUS 4th T20I against Australia on FridayIndias secondstring attack did not paint a good picture of itself by not defending 40plus runs in the final two overs in the third match which the Australians won while chasing a daunting 223run targetThere is a possibility of a minor tweak in the Indian lineup after Prasidh Krishna gave away 68 runs in four overs including 21 in the final overDeepak Chahar is back in the T20 mix and his ability to move the new ball should be considered for his inclusion in the playing XI along with death overs specialist Mukesh Kumar who is back after onematch breakBoth Prasidh and Avesh Khan lack variety and innovation as they keep pitching the ball at the same length Both bowl in late 130s or early 140s but consistently pitch it back of the length and the nature of Indian tracks make it a cannon fodder for battersAlso not being able to use variations like conventional or wide yorkers has been the undoing of these bowlers who also didnt execute slower deliveries properlyIn the batting line up Shreyas Iyers comeback means only Tilak Varma looks a candidate who could be benched as five others Yashasvi Jaiswal Ruturaj Gaikwad Ishan Kishan skipper Suryakumar Yadav and finisher Rinku Singh select themselvesIndia will also look to exploit the absence of a marauding Maxwell who pulled off a heist of sorts to singlehandedly bring Australia back into the fivematch series with a win in a lastball finish in GuwahatiAlso ReadSkys the limit for Australiaborn Mad MaxiBut the hosts will fancy their chances with Maxwell and other influential players such as Steve Smith and Adam Zampa not figuring in the playing XI here having left for home after a long stay in the country where they won their sixth World Cup title recentlyCricket Australia CA released many of its top players including Maxwell midway into the series keeping in mind their workload and fitness ahead of the T20 World CupThe Suryakumar Yadavled secondstring India are smarting from a classic Maxwell innings and the home team bowlers will be relieved that he will not walk out to bat at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International StadiumInstead they will probably be bowling to players such as Tim David Josh Phillippe and bighitter Ben McDermott a far better proposition at the moment than challenging Maxwell who has enhanced his reputation as one of Australias greatest whiteball batters in the past fivesix weeksThe runs and the manner and situation in which he has accumulated them has catapulted Maxwell into a level not meant for othersIndias bowlers though will still have to contend with Travis Head on a high after his scintillating matchwinning hundred in the World Cup final against India and the seasoned Matthew Wade who is leading the side in the ongoing seriesLike in Guwahati dew could again have a say on a December evening in this part of the world and the captain winning the toss would opt to bat second without an iota of doubt leaving the team batting first to deal with the wet ball in the second inningsAlso ReadWhere cricket is all play and no restThe reinforcements have already joined the Australian squad and are available for the penultimate match of the series that started barely three days after their triumphant World Cup campaign the tight scheduling leaving many former players surprisedTeams fromIndia Suryakumar Yadav captain Ruturaj Gaikwad vicecaptain Ishan Kishan Yashasvi Jaiswal Tilak Varma Rinku Singh Jitesh Sharma wk Washington Sundar Axar Patel Shivam Dubey Ravi Bishnoi Arshdeep Singh Prasidh Krishna Avesh Khan Deepak ChaharAustralia Matthew Wade capt Jason Behrendorff Tim David Ben Dwarshuis Nathan Ellis Chris Green Aaron Hardie Travis Head Ben McDermott Josh Philippe Tanveer Sangha Matt Short Kane RichardsonWith agency inputs