Ahead of the third T20I against South Africa, Indian batter Tilak Varma expressed his willingness to bat anywhere for the team’s cause and defended all-rounder Axar Patel’s questionable promotion to number three during the last match, which India lost by 51 runs.

With the series levelled at 1-1, India will be aiming to take the upper hand against the Proteas in the third T20I at Dharamshala on Sunday. The experimentation phase of Team India with regards to their batting line-up is far from over, as Axar was promoted to number three last match during the chase of 214 runs, but could only make a run-a-ball 21.

Speaking ahead of the match, Tilak said in the pre-match presser that everyone is “flexible” except the openers, Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill.

“Everyone is flexible except the o

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