India wins toss, bowls in T20

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India won the toss and chose to bowl first against South Africa in a Twenty20 international.

30 March,2012 09:57 pm

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and chose to bowl first against South Africa in a one-off Twenty20 international on Friday which is a tribute game for Proteas allrounder Jacques Kallis.Dhoni backed his team to chase down South Africas score on a good pitch at Wanderers.India has picked a young squad in preparation for the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka in September, with Virat Kohli vice-captain and Robin Uthappa, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin and Vinay Kumar all playing.South Africa also has gone for youth and rested its entire test squad, except for Kallis, after the players arrived back from their tour of New Zealand only this week.Batsmen Farhaan Behardien and Dane Vilas were picked for their international debuts for South Africa, with Vilas also keeping wicket. Regular ODI player Faf du Plessis will appear in his first T20 for his country and Richard Levi plays his first international at home.Offspinner Johan Botha was captain in place of regular limited-overs skipper AB de Villiers.