South Africa captain Aiden Markram has won the toss and decided to bowl first in the second ODI of the three-match ODI series in Gqeberha. (IND vs RSA 2nd ODI Blog | Scorecard | Key Battles)
Speaking at the toss, Proteas skipper Aiden Markram said, "We are going to have a bowl first. Fresh wicket and hopefully we will use the new ball. The wind is blowing and hopefully it is a bowling wind. We always want to test ourselves chasing in this format. It is really quick turnaround, take a few lessons from that game and really put your focus on this game. Today is a new game and we have to put our best foot forward. We have two changes - Beuran and Lizaad come in."
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Indian captain KL Rahul said that they have made one change to the team with Rinku Singh coming in for Shreyas Iyer.
He said, I am not sure (how the pitch will play). We will have to wait and see, looks like a good wicket. The feedback from the T20 guys was that there was good pace and bounce, hopefully put runs on the board and put pressure on them. In a game like that (first ODI) you don't talk much, credit the bowlers and move on to the next game. Three ODIs in quick time and it is important to focus on the next game. There's one change - Shreyas has gone back to join the Test team and Rinku makes his debut."
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Playing XIs:
India (Playing XI): KL Rahul(w/c), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar.
South Africa (Playing XI): Tony de Zorzi, Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen(w), David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Burger, Lizaad Williams, Beuran Hendricks.
India are 1-0 up in the series after their dominating peformance at Johannesburg.
