India captain Rohit Sharma emerged victorious in the toss and welcomed the guests to bat first. Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of the match due to a back niggle.
There are four changes for India with Arshadeep Singh, Deepak Chahar, Rishabh Pant, and Ravichandran Ashwin replacing Yuzvendra Chahal, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and the injured Bumrah.
South Africa captain Temba Bavuma is back in international cricket after spending two months away to nurse his injury.
Here are the playing XIs:
India XI: Rohit Sharma(c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant(w), Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
South Africa XI: Quinton de Kock(w), Temba Bavuma(c), Rilee Rossouw, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi
Indian cricket team fans expressed their opinions after watching the team during the toss. They voiced their thoughts on Twitter and the majority were upset at seeing Bumrah miss yet another game due to injury.
Here is a collection of the best memes:
“It’s important to have clarity”- Team India pacer Arshadeep Singh on thought process during death overs
Young Indian speedster Arshdeep Singh spoke to the broadcasters prior to the first game. He talked about the significance of having clarity in the though process while bowling at the death.
The youngster revealed that he enjoys bowling those pressure overs and readily accepts the responsibility shown by the think tank.
Singh added:
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