cuttack accidental captain rishabh pant will expect an improved showing from the india bowlers as he plots a comeback against a marauding south africa in the second t20i of the fivematch series on sundayleading india for the first time ever pant had to swallow a bitter pill when david miller and rassie van der dussen shot down an imposing 212 with utmost nonchalance to go up 10 in the seriesread alsoindia vs south africa 2022 ishan kishan underlines indias new more aggressive batting approachthe indian team is thinking of veering away from its conservative approach to t20 batting the t20 world cup is barely five months away and ishan kishan has become the face of the ultraaggressive brand of batting that india aspires to play in the world cup ishan has to set the tempo up front forindia vs south africa india south africa teams reach odisha for 2nd t20iplayers of the indian and south african cricket teams reached odisha on friday amid tight security ahead of their t20i game at the barabati stadium in cuttack on june 12the southpaw also had a forgettable indian premier league where he failed to lead delhi capitals to the playoffsseen as a future whiteball captain pants stakes have suddenly come down postipl and that has coincided with the resurgence of hardik pandyareturning to full fitness the pace bowling allrounder took the ipl by storm not only by his form but by pulling off a coup as he led gujarat titans to the title in their debut seasonamid the growing chorus of hardik pandya the next whiteball captain of india pant will be under scrutiny again as he masterminds a comebackit may still be early days for pant the leader but his body language never stood out and he looked under pressure on his captaincy debuthe also made a debatable decision to underbowl the ipl purple cap winner yuzvendra chahal fresh from claiming 27 wickets for runnersup rajasthan royals at kotla the leggie bowled only two full oversas for pandya fresh after his historic success with gt continued from where he left in the iplpandya who last played for india in november last year in the 2021 t20 world cup dazzled with the bat with a 31 not out from 12 balls to prop the total past 200but he failed to impress with the bowl and leaked 18 runs in his only over the big headache for pant would be the bowling department where he would have to make a call between arshdeep singh and pace gun umran malikwhile the batting looks in perfect shape the newlook pace department looked flat in the series openerseniormost bhuvneshwar kumar did not look the same and leaked runs in the death overs while harshal patel too was taken to cleanersyoungster avesh khan too failed to impress though he was the most economical among the triowith the duo of arshdeep and malik trying hard to impress at the nets with their pace and accuracy it is likely