India to bat first in Indore
India's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat in the second ODI against South Africa.
|||India's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat in the second one-day international against South Africa in Indore on Sunday.
The tourists lead the five-match series 1-0 after winning a high-scoring thriller in Kanpur by five runs on Sunday.
South Africa retained the winning combination, while India made three changes, bringing in left-arm slow bowler Axar Patel, seamer Mohit Sharma and veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh.
The trio replaced the injured Ravichandran Ashwin, leg-spinner Amit Mishra and all-rounder Stuart Binny.
The one-day series will be followed by four Test matches.
India - Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Axar Patel, Harbhajan Singh, Mohit Sharma.
South Africa - AB de Villiers (capt), Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock, JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, David Miller, Morne Morkel, Kagiso Rabada, Dale Steyn.
Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Vineet Kulkarni (IND)
TV umpire: CK Nandan (IND)
Match referee: Chris Broad (ENG) – AFP