India vs South Africa 2nd ODI is being played at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium, Raipur. Team India lost the toss in ODI for the 20th time. The captain of the visiting team, Temba Bavuma, who was rested in the last match, has returned. Bavuma won the toss and decided to bowl first, saying batting might become easier due to dew falling in the evening. South Africa has finished 3rd in the playing 11, India is playing with the winning team.

India’s playing 11

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Washington Sundar, KL Rahul (captain, wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Prasidh Krishna.

South Africa’s playing 11

Aiden Markram, Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (c), Mathieu Bretzke, Tony De Zorzi, Dewald Brevis, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Nandre Berger, Lungi Ngidi.

In the first ODI played in Ranchi, Indian batsmen had scored a lot of runs, Kohli had scored a century and made a century partnership with Rohit Sharma. Kohli had scored 135 runs. Captain KL Rahul also scored important runs in the lower order and took the team’s score to 349. The South African team lost the match by 17 runs.

pitch report

Unlike Ranchi, bowlers may get more help in Raipur, here batsmen may have to struggle a bit. Fast bowlers will get more help here, due to this the role of Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh will become important with the new ball. Rohit and Yashasvi will have to be careful in the beginning.

The only ODI match at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium was played between India and New Zealand in 2023, when the Kiwi team was all out for 108 runs. It was only Rohit Sharma who scored a half-century. There will be a surge here. But the role of toss will be important in all this.

Bavuma’s return possible, India can enter with a winning team

After the Test series, Temba Bavuma was rested from the first ODI, in whose absence Aiden Markram took over the captaincy. Team India would not like to tamper with the winning team. In the first ODI, Harshit Rana performed brilliantly with the new ball, he took 2 big wickets in his very first over. Kuldeep Yadav took 4 wickets, although Ravindra Jadeja proved to be very expensive. Jadeja gave away 66 runs in 9 overs.

Probable playing eleven of South Africa- Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Quinton de Kock (wk), Mathieu Bretzke, Temba Bavuma (c), Dewald Brewis, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Prenlain Sabran, Nandre Berger, Otniel Baartman.

India’s probable playing eleven- Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Washington Sundar, KL Rahul (wicket keeper and captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna.