SA vs IND Toss Report: India tour of South Africa 2021-22, 1st ODI
Published - 19 Jan 2022, 02:15 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 01:03 AM
South Africa have won the toss in the first ODI of the three-match series against India and elected to bat first at the Boland Park in Paarl. India and South Africa will be locking horns in the first ODI of the three-match series at the Boland Park in Paarl on Wednesday. Prior to this, both the teams were involved in a high-voltage three-match Test series and the Proteas won it by a 2-1 margin.
As far as the teams are concerned, this was supposed to be Rohit Sharma’s first assignment as the full-time ODI skipper of the Men in Blue. However, he was ruled out of the entire tour due to a hamstring pull and thus, KL Rahul will be leading the side in his absence while Jasprit Bumrah will be seen taking up the vice-captaincy role.
SA vs IND Toss Report: India tour of South Africa 2021-22, 1st ODI
Speaking of the Indian Cricket Team, a couple of fresh faces in the likes of Ruturaj Gaikwad and Venkatesh Iyer will be seen in the side. While Ruturaj might have to wait for his opportunity, Venkatesh Iyer could well be in the first XI from the first ODI itself as he adds an additional bowling option.
On paper, South Africa looks a weakened side when compared to the Men in Blue but the team has been doing reasonably well in the last 3-4 months. A brilliant T20 World Cup campaign followed by a Test series win will definitely keep the morale high for the Proteas. Their veteran pacer, Kagiso Rabada has been released from the squad as part of workload management and hence, the Indian batters might have a great opportunity to score runs in abundance.
South Africa Squad: Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (c), Janneman Malan, Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Wayne Parnell, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav Maharaj, Sisanda Magala, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Dwaine Pretorius, Aiden Markram, Zubayr Hamza, Kyle Verreynne, Marco Jansen
India Squad: KL Rahul (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Shardul Thakur, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Deepak Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Navdeep Saini, Suryakumar Yadav
India (Playing XI): KL Rahul (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Shardul Thakur, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chaha
South Africa (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Janneman Malan, Aiden Markram, Rassie van der Dussen, Temba Bavuma(c), David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Tabraiz Shamsi, Lungi Ngidi
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