The Indian skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and elect to field first in the 6th One Day International match of Momentum series.
Virat Kohli, India captain: Bowling first. It’s a hard deck again. The new ball will be at play. We want to win, and we would like to challenge ourselves with a chase today. We want to ask our bowlers to do something which may not be the case in a crucnh game. Need to embrace a situation that is a little uncomfortable. Shardul Thakur comes in and Bhuvneshwar has been rested because the workload has taken a toll on his body.
India (Playing XI): Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, MS Dhoni(w), Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal
Aiden Markram, SOuth African captain: We weren’t too phased about what we were going to do today.We are striving towards putting a perfect game together. Definitely looking to get a good score and Centurion is a good batting wicket. Four changes: Morris back in the team along with Behardein, Tahir, Zondo.
South Africa (Playing XI): Hashim Amla, Aiden Markram(c), AB de Villiers, Khaya Zondo, Farhaan Behardien, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Chris Morris, Andile Phehlukwayo, Imran Tahir, Morne Morkel, Lungisani Ngidi