SA vs IND, 2nd Test: India win toss and elect to bat first, Virat Kohli misses Test, KL Rahul made captain

Sambad English Bureau Published On : Jan 3, 2022 at 1:18 PM

Johannesburg/Cuttack: India won the toss and elected to bat first in the second Test against South Africa scheduled to take place in Johannesburg on Monday.

Team India are without skipper Virat Kohli due to an upper back spasm. In Kohli’s absence, KL Rahul is captaining the side.

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Playing XIs

South Africa: Dean Elgar (c), Aiden Markram, Keegan Petersen, Rassie van der Dussen, Temba Bavuma, Kyle Verreynne (w), Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Duanne Olivier, Lungi Ngidi

India: KL Rahul (c), Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

India lead the series 1-0 after winning the first Test at Centurion.