South Africa won the toss and elected to field first
South Africa won the toss and elected to field first
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New Delhi [India], Feb 7: South Africa won the toss and elected to bowl first in the second ODI. The No.1 ODI team South Africa now riding a 17-match winning run at home and a spotless series record against any opposition. Five days later, they have dropped two games on the bounce, lost three key players to injury and appointed a tyro as captain. And for all those sacrifices, you are not any bit closer to identifying the intricacies of playing wrist spin. Its wake up call for South Africa and it seem to be having some trouble.

Proteas skipper Aiden Markram could look back on the Centurion beat down and legitimately occurrence what hit his captaincy debut the hardest injuries, the general ineffectiveness with the ball or the batting impotency. Given the rapid succession of games, he'll not have much time to mull over this abject start, although 'that' 40-minute lunch break with India needing two more runs to win would have at least served as a poignant moment of introspection. India now leading 2-0 in the six ODI series.

India (From): Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, MS Dhoni(w), Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Shardul Thakur

South Africa (From): Hashim Amla, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Aiden Markram(c), Jean-Paul Duminy, David Miller, Khaya Zondo, Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada, Morne Morkel, Imran Tahir, Tabraiz Shamsi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Lungisani Ngidi, Farhaan Behardien

 

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