India to Field vs SA in Campaign Opener, Shami Misses Out
Hashim Amla returns for South Africa. Meanwhile for India, pacer Mohammad Shami has been dropped.
South African captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and opted to bat against India in match number eight of the ICC World Cup 2019 at Rose Bowl in Southampton on Wednesday, 5 June.
South Africa have already suffered two huge losses in this tournament and will be keen to register their first win of the tournament.
The Proteas have lost the opening game against the hosts England by a massive 104-run margin and played the second game against Bangladesh. They lost to Bangladesh by 21 runs.
On the eve of the Wednesday's match, South African paceman Dale Steyn was ruled out of the tournament due to a shoulder injury.
The Indian squad are second in the ICC ODI rankings and purely on the basis of statistics, are favourites to get the better of South Africa.
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Playing XI
India: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli(c), Lokesh Rahul, MS Dhoni(w), Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah
South Africa: Quinton de Kock(w), Hashim Amla, Faf du Plessis(c), Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Jean-Paul Duminy, Andile Phehlukwayo, Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada, Imran Tahir, Tabraiz Shamsi
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