bengaluru a lot of grey areas are yet to be addressed but a young indian team with an admirable collective temperament will start as favourite in the seriesdeciding fifth t20 international against south africa here on sundayin a space of eight days this indian team has played four games it fielded an identical xi which is in sync with rahul dravids school of continuity seen the nadir in the first two games only to break its own record of highest margin of victories over the proteas by 47 runs in the third game and by 82 runs in the fourthwith dinesh karthik doing exactly what is expected of him and harshal patel and avesh khan also hitting the straps the indian fans would want to see yuzvendra chahal perform a trick or two at his ipl home ground in a match that matters the mostread alsoindia vs south africa 4th t20i there was pressure but credit to rahul dravid sir for giving chances to everybody says avesh khanafter taking four for 12 to bundle out south africa for 87 and shape indias 82run triumph at the sca stadium in rajkot pacer avesh khan dedicated his careerbest t20i performance to his dad on the latters birthday he credited india coach rahul dravid for sticking to the same outfit despitei am feeling very secure in this setup dinesh karthikhaving played a big role in indias series levelling 82run win against south africa dinesh karthik attributes performances like 27ball55 to a sense of security and clarity in thought process just feels good he said about the innings i am feeling very secure in this setup in the lasttherefore when the teams step out on the m chinnaswamy stadium turf the side that looked jaded and overcooked in the first two games will start as overwhelming favourites as the south africans have already lost the plotif temba bavuma is unable to recover they will miss a leader more than the batter and suddenly in the last two games the batting has looked iffy on tracks that have variable bounce which has made this indian attack look way more lethalcall it strangely pleasant but it remains a fact that in this series a lot of things havent exactly gone as per plan but yet india have managed to level the series after being 02 downa young captain who perhaps would have liked a few days in his hometown in rourkee had there not been a pressure from one of the stakeholders to have at least a few stars in the absence of safe boxoffice bets like virat kohli rohit sharma or jasprit bumrahneither has pants captaincy been exceptional nor has his similar pattern of dismissals inspired confidence but india have somehow managed to pull throughif they finally win the series the young man would be in that leadership mix alongside hardik pandya and kl rahul when the next transition in indian cricket happens after the 2023 odi world cupif coach dravid wanted to