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I Expect A Fearless Approach From Young India Batters In 2nd T20I: Abhinav Mukund

India are 1-0 down in the five-match T20I series against the West Indies.

Indian cricket team take on West Indies in the 2nd T20I.
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After a narrow four-run defeat in the 1st T20I against the West Indies, India will be aiming to stage a strong comeback and level the series when the two sides meet at the National Stadium in Guyana on Sunday.

JioCinema expert Abhinav Mukund feels India should not worry too much about the loss in the opener and focus on the immediate job at hand.

바카라India are playing a young team and playing this format after a long time. There바카라s a new batting order in place and no senior players in the side like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja. No (Jasprit) Bumrah and (Mohammed) Shami with the ball, too. I don바카라t see it as too much of a concern,바카라 said Mukund. 

바카라They approached the first game well, made a few mistakes but overall, I feel if they have the right approach, they will come out as the winning side. It바카라s too early to read into the result as something of a defeat because it was a game of close margins. I feel India will bounce back strongly as they have a good side,바카라 he added. 

So should India바카라s top order change its approach in this game? 바카라India바카라s batting approach was based on the conditions in Trinidad. The pitch was slow and it wasn바카라t offering too much for stroke-making. For the 2nd T20I, we are expecting another slow batting surface, but we expect someone like an Ishan Kishan to go big, someone like a Tilak Varma, who started off really well, and maybe even someone like Suryakumar Yadav, to play a few big shots. You would expect a fearless approach from the young batters in the 2nd T20I,바카라 explained Mukund.

The former India opener also feels India should stick to the bowling unit that played in Trinidad.

바카라In the bowling department, I don바카라t see too many changes. With Hardik Pandya bowling four overs, that doesn바카라t give the option of bringing in another medium pacer. Mukesh Kumar was exceptional at the death and I feel he will get to play this game. Arshdeep Singh was a little under-cooked but he came back strongly. You don바카라t see too many changes in bowling,바카라 said Mukund.

India T20I Squad: Ishan Kishan (wk), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (vc), Sanju Samson (wk), Hardik Pandya (c), Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malik, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar.

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