South Africa won the Toss

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Sat, Jan 13, 2018, 01:57 PM

South Africa won the Toss

Centurion, Jan 13: South Africa Captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and elected to bat in the second cricket Test against India here on Saturday.

South Africa won the first match of the three-test series at Newlands by 72 runs, having also elected to bat first.

Wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha suffered a minor niggle and has been replaced by Parthiv Patel.

India bringing in opener Lokesh Rahul for Shikhar Dhawan while pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar made way for veteran Ishant Sharma.



India: Murali Vijay, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Parthiv Patel (WK), Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma.

South Africa: Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers, Faf du Plessis (Captain), Quinton de Kock (WK), Vernon Philander, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Morne Morkel.