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India elect to bat first after winning toss

| | Feb 22, 2015, at 02:19 pm
Melbourne, Feb 22 (IBNS): Indian skipper MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat first against South Africa in the second match of their World Cup here on Sunday.

India have never defeated the African side in a World Cup clash so far.

Both the sides have won their first match of the tournament so far.

The two sides are given below:

India: Rohit Sharma,Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Ajinkya Rahane, MS Dhoni (C) (W), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma, Umesh Yadav

SA:  Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock (W),  Francois du Plessis, AB de Villiers (C), David Miller, JP Duminy, Vernon Philander, Wayne Parnell, Dale Steyn, Imran Tahir, Morne Morkel

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