India play South Africa in a do-or-die second ODI on Sunday at JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi. The Indian batters will be hoping to perform better with the willow against the Proteas. South Africa team has that edge as they outplayed the Men in Blue in Lucknow by 9 runs. However, Sanju Samson played a brilliant knock yet India lost the match. He scored 86 not out off 63 balls and Shreyas Iyer too batted well in the middle.
Again, India’s speedsters Siraj and Avesh Khan did not get a single wicket in the first ODI. Deepak Chahar is not taking part in the ongoing series due to injury. In such a perplexing scenario, will the Indian team give chance to Bengal-based bowler, Mukesh Kumar?
For India vs South Africa ODI series, Madhya Pradesh's Rajat Patidar and West Bengal pacer Mukesh Kumar have been included in the Indian team for the first time. It will be interesting to see Mukesh Kumar play in Ranchi on Sunday. On the other hand, South Africa has won the first match and most probably they will not experiment with their playing XI.
India Predicted XI: Shikhar Dhawan(c), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson (wk), Shardul Thakur, Washington Sundar, Avesh Khan/Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Siraj.
South Africa Predicted XI: Quinton de Kock (wk), Janneman Malan, Temba Bavuma (c), Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, 7 Wayne Parnell, Andile Phehlukwayo, Keshav Maharaj, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi.
India squad
Shikhar Dhawan (c), Shreyas Iyer (vc), Ishan Kishan (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shubhman Gill, Rajat Patidar, Rahul Tripathi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Mukesh Kumar, Avesh Khan, Mohammed Siraj, Deepak Chahar.
South Africa squad
Temba Bavuma (c), Keshav Maharaj (vc), Quinton de Kock (wk), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Janneman Malan, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Wayne Parnell, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi.