India's batting approach in focus as stage shifts to Mohali

Dharamsala was a bummer. Probably more so for South Africa than their hosts, India. A week of hard work and toil in the sun, only for the persistent thunderstorms to wipe out any possibility of their T20I series opener. That's one game less against one of the better teams on the circuit, in foreign conditions, in the lead up to the T20 World Cup that comes next October. Effectively it's now down to a two-match affair, the first of which will be played in Mohali on Wednesday (September 18).

It is homecoming of sorts for David Miller and pacer Beuran Hendricks, who are both familiar with the conditions here having played for the Mohali-based franchise in the Indian Premier League. Miller, especially, boasts of a terrific record at the venue. He comes into his own at the IS Bindra Stadium as the numbers suggest, averaging nearly 42 for Kings XI Punjab and striking at over 150 here. A reminder of the good times he's had here would be good to start off the tour from South Africa's point of view.

India's potential top-three - Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli - have their own reasons to feel nostalgic. Kohli, in fact, recently did publicly "remember" a knock and a partnership here, from back in 2016, which was