India aim to claim an unassailable in the 2nd of the 3-match ODI series
Raipur hosts only its second one-day international
Proteas skipper Temba Bavuma won the toss and opted to bat first
India take on South Africa for the 2nd of the 3-match ODI series here at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Cricket stadium in New Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The hosts will be aiming to attain an unassailable 2-0 lead before arriving to Vishakhapatnam for the 3rd one-day.
In the series opener three days ago in Ranchi, Virat Kohli ran riot with his 52nd ODI century, which helped him overtake Sachin Tendulkar's record of most tons in the second longest format.
Former skipper Rohit Sharma also looked in sublime form, scoring his 60th half-century and also stitching a crucial 136-run partnership with Virat Kohli, who eventually got out for 135 off 120 balls.
Skipper KL Rahul was also among the star performers with his 60 off 56. In response, South Africa went down fighting despite a solid performance from the middle and lower order.
Matthew Breetzke, Marco Jansen and Corbin Bosch, all scored more than 60 runs, but the night belonged to Kuldeep Yadav, who shun with figures of 4/68. In the 2nd ODI, the Proteas will expect their top-order to get going and further solidify their position in the series.
India Vs South Africa 2nd ODI: Toss Update
South African captain Temba Bavuma won the toss and elected to bat first in Raipur, extending India's streak of consecutive coin toss losses to an unbelievable 20 matches.
India Vs South Africa 2nd ODI: Playing XIs
South Africa: Quinton de Kock (WK), Aiden Markram, Temba Bavuma (C), Matthew Breetzke, Tony de Zorzi, Dewald Brevis, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Burger, Lungi Ngidi
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Washington Sundar, KL Rahul (WK/C), Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna
India Vs South Africa 1st ODI: What Captains Said At Toss?
"We're hoping that as the night comes in, the dew comes in, it gets a bit easier with the ball skidding more. But it's very hard to say what it's going to play like. A lot of positives (from the last game). We did very well to get the game to that point, looking at the way we started in our first 10 overs of our batting, it shows that belief is there." - said Temba Bavuma.
"Honestly, that's the most pressure I've had because we haven't won a toss in a long time. I've been practising, but clearly it's not working. I think we did really well last game."
"A lot of positives from the last game, so just trying to continue that. And, come out here, play hard cricket again. They pushed us last game as well. We know what to expect." - Indian captain KL Rahul said after losing consecutive coin flips in the series.
