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THE TIMES OF INDIA | Dec 19, 2023, 16:26:34 IST
IND vs SA Live Updates: South Africa won the toss and elected to bowl against India in the second ODI in Gqeberha on Tuesday. For India, Rinku Singh made his one-day debut and Kuldeep Yadav handed him the India cap. The left-handed middle-order batter stepped in for Shreyas Iyer, who will play a three-day inter-squad red-ball match in preparation for the upcoming Test series. South Africa made a couple of changes, replacing Andile Phehlukwayo and Tabraiz Shamsi with Beuran Hendricks and Lizaad Williams. India are leading the three-match series 1-0 after their comprehensive win in the first ODI at Johannesburg. Teams: India : KL Rahul (Captain, wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar. South Africa : Reeza Hendricks, Tony de Zorzi, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram (captain), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Keshav Maharaj, Lizaad Williams, Nandre Burger, Beuran Hendricks.
India vs South Africa Live - Time for national anthems!
Players from both the teams are out in the middle along with the match officials for the national anthems. India's 'Jana Gana Mana' to go first followed by the hosts' anthem. We are moments away from the first ball.
Bit of a breeze and that will feel really good for the players. 62 and 70 meters on the square, 82 straight down. Lot of grass and some cracks. If you look along the cracks and I wonder what happens when the ball hits one of them, will it behave vaguely or differently or stay true? The expectation of the grass is to hold the surface together. Lowish scoring. Average score is around 270, above that and you are well in the game.
Pommie Mbangwa in Pitch Report
South Africa XI
Tony de Zorzi, Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen(w), David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Burger, Lizaad Williams, Beuran Hendricks
India XI
KL Rahul(w/c), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sai Sudharsan, Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar
I am not sure. We will have to wait and see, looks like a good wicket. The feedback from the T20 guys was that there was good pace and bounce, hopefully put runs on the board and put pressure on them. In a game like that you don't talk much, credit the bowlers and move on to the next game. Three ODIs in quick time and it is important to focus on the next game. There's one change - Shreyas has gone back to join the Test team and Rinku makes his debut.
India skipper KL Rahul at the toss
We are going to have a bowl first. Fresh wicket and hopefully we will use the new ball. The wind is blowing and hopefully it is a bowling wind. We always want to test ourselves chasing in this format. It is really quick turnaround, take a few lessons from that game and really put your focus on this game. Today is a new game and we have to put our best foot forward. We have two changes - Beuran and Lizaad come in.
South Africa skipper Aiden Markram the toss
Toss news!
South Africa skipper Aiden Markram wins the toss and decides to bowl first against India.
JUST IN - ODI debut for Rinku Singh
Big test for the hosts
For the hosts, this series is a massive white ball test for its batters in the post Quinton de Kock era. De Kock's exhilarating strokeplay at the top, allowed the Rassie van der Dussens, Heinrich Klaasens and David Millers to accelerate. But in slightly helpful bowling conditions, India's fringe pacers exposed their shortcomings and they will have to put up a way better show in the second game, which will be a day/night affair. Not much change in bowling combination.
Eyes on youngsters
As has been the template of national team managements, they would like to give Sanju Samson, who is senior to Rinku Singh, a fair go at that slot before turning to the southpaw. However Rinku's brilliant List A record (near 50 average) will force the team management to give him a go. In fact, both Rinku and Patidar could get a go but in that case, Tilak Varma, who got to face just a couple of deliveries in the opening game, will have to be dropped from the playing eleven. That doesn't seem very logical at the moment.
Will Patidar get a slot?
The Indian team management has very specific roles for players and while Rinku is being looked upon as a finisher at No. 6, the 30-year-old Patidar is more of a specialist No. 4 when he bats for his state team Madhya Pradesh. Hence, with Iyer, a right-hander vacating a slot in the playing XI, his like-for-like replacement is Patidar. In case of Rinku, the No.6 slot currently has been given to Sanju Samson, who is playing as a specialist batter behind skipper KL Rahul, who is donning the big gloves.
ODI debut for Rinku?
India will handover a debut ODI cap to one of its reserve batters as Shreyas Iyer has linked up with the Test squad after Sunday's game with an eye on the two-match series, starting on 'Boxing Day'. The world wants to watch more of Rinku, the left-hander, who is earning new fans by thousands with every passing match. The diminutive left-hander has shown that he has the technique and temperament to succeed on South African tracks that offer way more bounce compared to the sub-continent pitches. However, the Indore-based right-hander Patidar had made it to Indian ODI team back in 2022 itself but in the past one year had to struggle and underwent a heel surgery earlier this year.
India look to seal series
Immensely gifted Rajat Patidar will be pitted against the flamboyant Rinku Singh for the lone available batting slot as a determined Indian team gears up for the final kill against a lacklustre South Africa in the second game. After young pacers Arshdeep Singh and Avesh Khan produced a near flawless performance in the opening game that India won by eight wickets, KL Rahul wouldn't like to take his foot off the pedal and aim to heal the scars of 0-3 defeat here under his leadership back in 2022.
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