South Africa opt to bowl against India in first T20

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South Africa captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and decided to bowl against India during their first of the three-match Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket series at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) Stadium here on Friday. Karnataka medium pacer Sreenath Aravind will make his debut.
The teams:
India: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Mahendra Singh Dhoni(captain), Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohit Sharma, Sreenath Aravind.
South Africa: AB de Villiers, Hashim Amla, Faf du Plessis (captain), Jean-Paul Duminy, David Miller, Farhaan Behardien, Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada, Kyle Abbott, Merchant de Lange, Imran Tahir
First Published: Oct 02 2015 | 6:54 PM IST