The countdown to secure his spot in the playing XI has begun for a struggling Shubman Gill. He is likely to get three matches against South Africa to prove his worth before the Indian team management switches to a ‘Plan B’ ahead of the T20 World Cup, which starts in six weeks.

As India prepares to play the third T20I against South Africa on Sunday in temperatures below 10 degrees in the ice-clad Dhauladhar range, tension is rising in the Indian dressing room. The prolonged poor form of skipper Suryakumar Yadav is under scrutiny.

Adding to the woes, his deputy Shubman Gill, who replaced a settled Sanju Samson in the XI, is not showing much promise.

The South African pace attack, featuring Anrich Nortje, Marco Jansen, Lungi Ngidi, Ottniel Baartman, and Lutho Sipamla, has demonstrated effe

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