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South Africa win toss, opt to bowl against India

| | Feb 07, 2018, at 09:54 pm

Cape Town, Feb 7 (IBNS): South Africa won the toss and opted to bowl first against India in the third ODI match of the series here on Wednesday.

India are already 2-0 up in the series.

The win here will ensure India will not be defeated in the six-match series.

South Africa have not only lost battles on the park but also two major batsmen, AB de Villiers and skipper Faf du Plessis, who are presently out of the squad due to injury.

Young inexperienced Aiden Markram is leading the host team since the second ODI match.

Both sides are given below:

SA XI: H Amla, A Markram, H Klaasen, JP Duminy, D Miller, K Zondo , C Morris, A Phehlukwayo, K Rabada, L Ngidi, I Tahir

IND XI: RG Sharma, S Dhawan, V Kohli, A Rahane, MS Dhoni, K Jadhav, H Pandya, B Kumar, K Yadav, J Bumrah, Y Chahal

Image: BCCI Twitter page 

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