Kolkata: After getting back to back defeats from the South African team, Team India is eager to register their first win of the the series against South Africa. Even though they have lost the T20 series, the third and last T20 match at the Edens might be a pride saving match.

South African team now has the unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series and all the confidence that they didn’t had before the series started.

Despite of a fine batting display by team India in the first T20 international match match was easily clinched by the African tea.  India piled a massive 199 on the board, but the immature bowling line-up failed to keep the Proteas in check and J.P. Duminy’s brilliant knock of 68 runs got a comfortable win with wickets in hand.

The second game at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack saw the Indian batting crumbled for just 92 runs. South Africa chased the total down quite easily, losing only four wickets.

What contributed to the Indian batting fiasco were poor running between the wickets. Virat Kohli and opener Rohit Sharma were the victims of indecisive calling.

But as they approach the last contest of the T20 series, the Indians would want to forget the Barabati debacle and focus on what is in store at Eden.

According to pitch curator Prabir Mukherjee and former India captain Sourav Ganguly, the Eden strip would be batting friendly. If the Indian batting clicks, one can expect a run deluge here from the likes of Rohit, Kohli and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

It will be the same for the tourists who have got the likes of AB de Villiers and Duminy in their ranks. If the pitch indeed favours the batsmen, it will turn into a ‘You miss, I hit’ contest.

But one has to keep in mind that Eden Gardens is no Dharamsala where the air is thin and the ball flies off the willow. Therefore, spinners might play a pivotal role.

For India, the only bright speck in the bowling department has been off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin who has grabbed four wickets from the two outings. If the Indians are to pull this one off, the others need to chip in as well.

The Indians might also take confidence from the fact that they have won six out of the 10 T20 Internationals against South Africa, but then again the momentum is with the visitors.