South Africa chose bowl v India
India did a lot of spin with two leg-spinners in Varun Chakravarthy and Ravi Bishnoi, left-arm spinner Axar Patel, left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh and right-arm quick Avesh Khan. There was no place for all-rounder Ramandeep Singh. Abhishek Sharma and Tilak Varma could also bowl. Their batting was led by Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya, but ends with Axar at number 7.
Suryakumar was happy to bat first on a surface that should be suitable for big scoring in conditions where a full game should be played. Despite some gray clouds in the sky, a strong breeze should keep them moving and entertain the large crowd.
South Africa: 1 Ryan Rickelton (week), 2 Aiden Markram (captain), 3 Tristan Stubbs, 4 Heinrich Klaasen, 5 David Miller, 6 Patrick Kruger, 7 Marco Jansen, Andile Simelane, 9 Gerald Coetzee, 10 Keshav Maharaj, 11 Nqabayomzi Peter.
India: 1 Sanju Samson (wk), 2 Abhishek Sharma, 3 Suryakumar Yadav (captain), 4 Tilak Varma, 5 Hardik Pandya, 6 Rinku Singh, 7 Axar Patel, 8 Arshdeep Singh, 9 Ravi Bishnoi, 10 Avesh Khan, 11 Varun Chakravarthy.
