Facing new ball quite a challenge in India: Bavuma

South Africa captain Temba Bavuma feels facing the swinging ball in the powerplay will be one of the main challenges for his team in the threematch T20 series against India beginning here on WednesdayIndia relied on their batting might to bounce back from being 01 down to post a 21 win in the recentlyconcluded threeT20 series against AustraliaThe focus will now shift to an identical matchup against the Proteas the final dress rehearsal for both teams before the T20 World Cup in Australia next monthFacing the new ball bowlers in India is quite challenging they make the ball to swing and move in quite a bit a bit more than what we are accustomed to in South Africa Thats obviously a challenge you have to manoeuvre around the South African whiteball skipper said on the eve of the opening T20 hereThe chinks in Indias pace bowling armour were badly exposed in the threematch T20s against AustraliaIn the series decider in Hyderabad on Sunday the two seasoned pace duo of Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar together conceded 79 runs from seven overs with the latter claiming one wicketHarshal Patel who is considered a death over specialist also was a big letdown and the South African skipper knows what it takes to succeed in IndiaThe key is to limit the damage and not allow the wickets to fall and try and get the momentum going But yeah Bhuvi and Bumrah they always challenge you with the new ball up front he addedAlso Read BWF Rankings Prannoy returns to top 15 Lakshya remains at 9thBhuvneshwar by the way is rested for the series ahead of the World Cup as the pace workload will be shared among Bumrah Umesh Yadav Patel and Arshdeep SinghIndias batting looks in safe hands with Virat Kohlis return to form and Rohit Sharma leading from the frontObviously those Rohit and Virat are big names with big pedigree behind them and obviously as you saw in their last while their performances have boosted the confidence of the teamWe expect to come leading from the front and good for us to come up against the best You expect those guys to bring a lot of confidence and Xfactor into the team the South African skipper saidThat said Bavuma will have an unfinished business as their last series a fivematch T20I rubber ended in a 22 result after rain washed out the decider in BengaluruThe last time we were here we were tested we were challenged but I think we answered it quite well We expect this to be a good series a competitive one as well This is the last series before the World Cup we will be looking to fill up the gaps whatever they are he addedPersonally Bavuma has a lot to prove after being snubbed in their SA20 auction the countrys inaugural T20 LeagueDismissing it as sideshow the skipper said his role is to lead the country and keep everyone in a good space before the World CupIm here to make sure the guys are in the best space possible going into that big World Cup tournament All the other distractions sideshows as I would call it I will deal with on a personal levelBut being here within the team as long as I am still wearing the shirt it will be to serve and lead the team as best as I can the 32yearold saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever