South Africa opt to bowl against India in first T20

Dharamsala, Oct 2:

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. (IANS)