Vice-captain Rahane dropped

January 05, 2018 13:53

Captain Virat Kohli has made a few surprising decisions with regards to his playing eleven.

Vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane has been dropped as India prefer to stick with the in-form Rohit Sharma.

They have included an extra bowler in all-rounder Hardik Pandya, while debutant Jasprit Bumrah makes the cut ahead of Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav.

Check out India's playing XI: Virat Kohli (captain), Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rohit Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha (w/k), Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah.

South Africa's playing XI: Faf du Plessis (captain), Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers, Quinton de Kock (w/k), Vernon Philander, Keshav Maharaj, Dale Steyn, Kagiso Rabada, Morne Morkel.

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