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India win toss, bat against South Africa

Melbourne: India won the toss and chose to bat in their World Cup Pool B match against South Africa at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday.

Defending champions India kept the same team that beat Pakistan in their opener while South Africa, who saw off Zimbabwe in their first game, brought in Wayne Parnell for Farhaan Behardien.

Teams

India: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit

By AFP
February 22, 2015
Melbourne: India won the toss and chose to bat in their World Cup Pool B match against South Africa at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday.

Defending champions India kept the same team that beat Pakistan in their opener while South Africa, who saw off Zimbabwe in their first game, brought in Wayne Parnell for Farhaan Behardien.

Teams

India: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt/wkt), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohit Sharma, Mohammad Shami, Umesh Yadav

South Africa: Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock (wkt), Faf du Plessis, AB de Villiers (capt), David Miller, JP Duminy, Wayne Parnell, Vernon Philander, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Imran Tahir. (AFP)