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Indian captain mahendra Singh Dhoni is in quandary as to which combination of bowlers he should try. The last game was the worst show by the Indian bowlers when they miserably failed to contain South African tailenders after their batsmen faltered in the initial moments.

If India has tough choice to make in the bowling field, South African problems seems to have multiplied in their batting field. They don’t seem to have come up with a winning combination.

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With captain Smith out of the series due to his injury, Kallis is trying to fit in his place.

But there is no one in the South African side who can compensate the absence of mercurial Smith who has come to acquire a sort of father figure in his team.

I expect them to introduce Hashim Amla, one of the best South African batsmen who almost spoiled the party for India in the second test match.

He scored centuries in both the innings of the match and tried to stay put till the end.

And he actually stood there till the end and continued to score runs while wickets continued falling with regular interval.

With his inclusion in the playing side, they can balance their batting department.

But he has not yet excelled in the short format of the game. So there is still that uncertainty in the air as to how he would do today. But if he is able to score today he can ensure a permanent place in the one day format too.

On the other hand Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is under pressure to come up with a winnable bowling combination that can be lethal against a struggling South African side.

Ishant Sharma and other bowlers have flopped, so who will be taking the responsibility of bowling and ensuring that wickets tumble when needed.

India team: MS Dhoni, R Ashwin, RA Jadeja, KD Karthik, V Kohli, P Kumar, A Mishra, AM Nayar, A Nehra, YK Pathan, SK Raina, V Sehwag, S Sreesanth, SR Tendulkar, S Tyagi

South African team: JH Kallis*, HM Amla, LL Bosman, J Botha, MV Boucher†, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, HH Gibbs, CK Langeveldt, JA Morkel, M Morkel, WD Parnell, AN Petersen, DW Steyn, LL Tsotsobe, RE van der Merwe