In that match, the quickfire 54-run stand between KL Rahul (28) and skipper Rohit Sharma (28) and Virat Kohli`s blistering 60 off 44 balls guided Men in Blue to 181/7 in their 20 overs. Spinner Shadab Khan (2/31) was the leading bowler for Pakistan

"With regards to Jos, he is still a while off. He is not a player we want to take a risk on at this stage, so close to a (T20) World Cup, and it was a reasonably significant injury that he had," ICC quoted Mott as saying

However, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has not given any official update for these two players, but according to a cricbuzz report both players could miss the South Africa series

India had played three T20Is and as many ODIs in England from September 10 to 24. While they lost the T20I series 2-1, the visitors came back to win the ODI series 3-0, marking it the very first instance of them registering a clean sweep over England in England

The focus will now shift to an identical match-up against the Proteas, the final dress rehearsal for both teams before the T20 World Cup in Australia next month

Harmanpreet Kaur smashed a match-winning 143 not out off 111 deliveries in the second match in Canterbury

There was a time when he was getting runs but his power game was not coming at his beck and call. That is starting to happen," Manjrekar said

Men in Blue are nowhere close to their first-choice XI ahead of final series—three T20Is v South Africa—before the World Cup, thanks to Deepak Hooda’s injury, COVID-affected Mohammed Shami and conditioning sessions for Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Hardik Pandya

Since the Super 4s of the Asia Cup, India have played six T20Is and won three of them while losing three. However, all the three defeats—against Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Australia—have come while defending targets