shahbaz ahmed debut: South Africa win toss, opt to bat; India hand Shahbaz Ahmed debut

In the second ODI of the three-match series, South Africa won the toss on Sunday and decided to bat first. Both India and South Africa have made two changes each from the last match.

India handed all-rounder Shahbaz Ahmed his international debut and drafted Washington Sundar in place of Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ravi Bishnoi.

South Africa have dropped regularly out-of-form skipper Temba Bavuma and spinner Tabrez Shamsi.

In the absence of Bavuma, Keshav Maharaj is leading the team.

Björn Fortuyn and Reeza Hendrix have joined the visiting team.

India trail the series 0-1 after losing the first match by nine runs in Lucknow.

Teams:

India: Shikhar Dhawan (capt), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson (wk), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Siraj and Avesh Khan.

South Africa: Genman Malan, Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendrix, Aiden Markram, Henrik Klaasen, David Miller, Wayne Parnell, Keshav Maharaj (c), Bjorn Fortuin, Kagiso Rabada, Enrique Nortje.

Originally published at Pen 18