South Africa bowl in 2nd T20 international

CENTURION, South Africa: South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl in the second Twenty20 international against India at SuperSport Park on Wednesday.

With South Africa needing a win to stay in contention in the three-match series, captain JP Duminy cited the possibility of rain as a key factor in his decision.

Two hours of rain earlier in the day caused a match between the women´s teams of the two countries to be abandoned. More rain was possible.

Indian captain Virat Kohli said he would also have liked to bowl in view of the weather conditions but said India would be looking to post a good total.

"Their batting line-up didn´t pull it off in the last game so we will be looking to capitalise again," he said.

India made one change, with fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah sitting out because of abdominal stiffness. He was replaced by Shardul Thakur.

South Africa were unchanged. "Our basic disciplines let us down in the last game so if we can nail that down we can give ourselves a good chance," said Duminy.

Teams:

South Africa: JP Duminy (captain), Reeza Hendricks, Jon-Jon Smuts, David Miller, Farhaan Behardien, Heinrich Klaasen (wkt), Chris Morris, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dane Paterson, Junior Dala, Tabraiz Shamsi.

India: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni (wkt), Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Umpires: Shaun George, Bongani Jele (both RSA), TV umpire: Adrian Holdstock (RSA)

Match referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM)