Toss: Smith has won the toss and has chosen to bat. “We have had a warm-up game. We have covered up all our bases and hope to put it in place in the game. We have come here to beat India at home. We have a pretty decent record here in India. Hopefully we can start well today and set a good tone. We just got one change. Paul Harris comes in for Ryan

Pitch The pitch is lot more browner today as compared to the tracks served up here for the previous international games, says SM Gavaskar. It will dry up and help spinners, adds SMG. ‘Win toss, bat first’ is SMG’s mantra and lets see whether any captain disagrees with him.


Big news for India No Laxman and no Rohit Sharma. Laxman didn’t get fit and Rohit injured himself in the morning during practice.

India team

V Sehwag, G Gambhir, M Vijay, SR Tendulkar, S Badrinath, MS Dhoni*†, WP Saha, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, A Mishra, I Sharma

South Africa team

GC Smith*, AG Prince, HM Amla, JH Kallis, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, MV Boucher†, DW Steyn, WD Parnell, M Morkel, PL Harris

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