India elect to bat against South Africa

GWALIOR, India - India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni elected to bat after winning the toss against South Africa in the second one-day international here on Wednesday.

By (AFP)

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Published: Wed 24 Feb 2010, 6:21 PM

Last updated: Mon 6 Apr 2015, 2:31 AM

South Africa made three changes from the team that lost the opening match by one run in Jaipur on Sunday, bringing in Hashim Amla, Jean-Paul Duminy and Roelof van der Merwe in place of Loots Bosman, Albie Morkel and Johan Botha.

India retained their team.

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik, Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth.

South Africa: Jacques Kallis (capt), Herschelle Gibbs, Hashim Amla, Jean-Paul Duminy, AB de Villiers, Alviro Petersen, Mark Boucher, Roelof van der Merwe, Charl Langeveldt, Wayne Parnell, Dale Steyn.

Umpires: Ian Gould (ENG) and Shavir Tarapore (IND)

TV umpire Sanjay Hazare (IND)

Match referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM)


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