India elect to bowl in 49-over match

Durban, Dec 8 (IANS) India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni elected to bowl against South Africa in the second ODI, which has been curtailed to a 49-over a side match due to wet outfield at Kingsmead here Sunday.

An injured Yuvraj Singh makes way for Ajinkya Rahane while Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohit Sharma have been replaced by Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav.

South Africa captain AB de Villiers makes one change too – Vernon Philander comes in for Wayne Parnell.

Squads:

India: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav.

South Africa: Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock, Jaques Kallis, AB de Villiers (captain), JP Duminy, David Miller, Ryan McLaren, Vernon Philander, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Lonwabo Tsotsobe.