The fourth game of the tri-series in Zimbabwe will see the hosts take on India at Harare. Both, India and Zimbabwe go into this game with four points each, whereas Sri Lanka has five points from their couple of games after having lost the first one.

What is good for the Indians is that they know the opposition and have sussed out the conditions in the country as well. However, what they will need to guard again will be the pitch at Harare, which will be quicker than the one at Bulawayo, which will mean that there is a good chance that the Indian batsmen could be attacked with a lot of short bowling.

Rohit Sharma has been in an obvious good touch and will look to make the most out of the form that he is in. He will want to convert his two centuries into something more and that will mean that the side will benefit from that. However, more importantly, it is the opening pair of Murali Vijay and Dinesh Karthik, who will need to do something about their batting. The pitches have been a struggle for both, and there is much more expected from the two of them, especially if they want to make Gambhir-Sehwag make a dash for it when they came back.

The bowling could be a tricky question. In the previous game the Indians had gone in with an extra spinner and it worked for them, but this is a different pitch. Going in with only two fast bowlers could be an issue and the Indians could have to pay for it. On the other hand, the fast bowling has barely been anything to write home about and the struggle has been there for everyone to see. Abhimanyu Mithun and Pankaj Singh are the two reserve bowlers, none of whom will inspire too much confidence for the captain, especially not at this stage given the spinners are bowling well and doing a good job.

For Zimbabwe, they had a good game and a patchy one, which one must say, all the teams have had. Unfortunately for them, the issue is that they started off well but lost rather badly to Sri Lanka, which means that the side will need to make a big comeback if they want to get back to their winning way.

I expect another fast bowler to join their line-up for the India game

Tag :- Dinesh Karthik   India   Murali Vijay   Pankaj Singh   Zimbabwe