India bowls first in deciding ODI vs South Africa

India won the toss and chose to bowl first in the fifth and deciding one-day international against South Africa in Centurion on Sunday.
he five-match series is tied at 2-2 ahead of the game at SuperSport Park with India chasing its first-ever ODI series win over the Proteas in South Africa.

India has made one change to the team that lost a rain-affected fourth game in Port Elizabeth to leave the contest tied, with legspinner Piyush Chawla making his first appearance in the series in place of left-arm seamer Ashish Nehra.

South Africa has retained the same 11 that won by 48 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method on Friday.

Graeme Smith will captain South Africa in a one-dayer at home for the final time after announcing he will step down as ODI skipper after the upcoming World Cup.

India could seal its best-ever tour of South Africa with victory in Centurion, having already drawn a three-match test series - the first time it had avoided defeat in a series in the country.

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Teams:

South Africa: Graeme Smith (captain), Hashim Amla, Morne van Wyk, A.B. de Villiers, J.P. Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Johan Botha, Robin Peterson, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Lonwabo Tsotsobe.

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Parthiv Patel, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel.

AP


23 January 2011,