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South Africa win the toss and bat in first ODI against India

Marco Jansen will make his ODI debut as South Africa take on India in Paarl in the first of three Cricket World Cup Super League matches.

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Proteas ODI skipper Temba Bavuma won the toss and elected to bat first in the opening match of their Cricket World Cup Super League series against India.

Bavuma was eager to make first use of a surface that is liable to dry out on a hot day in Paarl.

Bavuma bats

“The wicket looks a bit dry. We’d like to make use of the best of the batting conditions. Hopefully it slows up to allow our bowlers to get the best of the conditions,” Temba Bavuma said.

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Marco Jansen comes in for Kagiso Rabada, with the 21-year-old left-arm quick making his ODI debut. Rabada was ruled out with a niggle carried in from the Test series.

India skipper KL Rahul was not fazed by having to chase, saying that his side were prepared for any outcome at the toss.

 “As a team we’re ready to do both things. We have some quality spinners in our attack, and with Bumrah and Bhuvi starting, if we can get a couple of wickets early we can put some pressure on them,” Rahul said.

The stand-in skipper, leading in place of newly appointed ODI captain Rohit Sharma, said that Virat Kohli’s resignation as Test captain had effected the squad.

“Virat’s been our leader for such a long time so it was an emotional time,” he said.

Teams: South Africa vs India – First ODI

South Africa: 1 Quinton de Kock (wk) 2 Janneman Malan 3 Aiden Markram 4 Rassie van der Dussen 5 Temba Bavuma (capt) 6 David Miller 7 Andile Phehlukwayo 8 Marco Jansen 9 Keshav Maharaj 10 Tabraiz Shamsi 11 Lungi Ngidi

India: 1 KL Rahul (capt), 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Shreyas Iyer, 5 Rishabh Pant (wk), 6 Venkatesh Iyer, 7 R Ashwin, 8 Shardul Thakur, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal