India will have no option other than winning when they go head-to-head against South Africa in the final game of the ongoing two-match Test series if they want to avoid their second series loss at home in the last three outings.
A major concern for the team going into the second Test would be the fitness of Shuman Gill, who had to retire after playing just a few balls in the first innings of the previous match and didn't take part in the rest of the game.
Gill's absence would also mean that the team management will have to make a change in the batting lineup, with Sai Sudharshan coming in to replace the captain.
The home team is otherwise expected to go in with an unchanged batting lineup, with KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal opening the batting.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Sai Sudharsan, Washington Sundar, Rishabh Pant (c and wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Kumar Reddy
As far as the makeup of India's middle order is concerned, it relies on Rishabh Pant as he is one of the most experienced batters in the top five, and with Gill's unavailability, the onus increases manifold on Pant.
The batting lineup will have a good chance of posting a big score on the board if the top four batters click with the depth the team has in its batting lineup, which comprises two keepers, Pant and Jurel, and as many all-rounders in Jadeja and Nitish.
Following which, a big question arises: will India stick with their plan of playing on such tracks, given that it backfired in Kolkata, or dish out a sporting wicket for the final game of the series?
Bowlers: Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah
One of those questions is whether India's combination of going in with four spinners in Kolkata was the right one or the home team played one spinner too many, given that Washington Sundar hardly bowled in the match.
It might be a wise thing to give him more chances to have his say with the ball if the team management decides to stick with the same bowling attack, with Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, and Axar Patel being the other three spinners.
The fast bowling department of the team will be handled by Jasprit Bumrah, who was the pick of the bowlers in the first innings, courtesy of a five-wicket haul, and Mohammed Siraj, who cleaned up the tail in the second innings.
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