By IANS
Durban : India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat against South Africa in a crucial Super Eights match of the Twenty20 World Championship here Thursday.
There is some bad news for India as Yuvraj Singh has been ruled out of this match with tendonitis of the left elbow and will be replaced by Dinesh Karthik. There’s also one change for South Africa, with Makhaya Ntini coming back into the eleven in place of Andre Nel.
TEAMS:
South Africa: Graeme Smith (captain), Herschelle Gibbs, Abraham de Villiers, Justin Kemp, Mark Boucher (wicket-keeper), Shaun Pollock, Vernon Philander, Albie Morkel, Johan van der Wath, Morne Morkel and Makhaya Ntini
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain/wicketkeeper), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, Dinesh Karthik, Harbhajan Singh, Joginder Sharma, Irfan Pathan, Sreesanth, Rudra Pratap Singh
Umpires: Steve Davis (Australia) and Simon Taufel (Australia)
TV umpire: Billy Doctrove (West Indies)
Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)