DHAKA: South Africa have won the toss and opted to bat first against India in the 8th match of the ICC World Cup group game at Southampton on Wednesday (June 5).

India have just set out their world cup mission with the match while Proteas were defeated by England and Bangladesh in the first and fifth match of the tournament respectively. 

Hashim Amla and Tabraiz Shamsi come into the playing XI, Faf du Plessis confirms, while South Africa are playing both Morris and Phehlukwayo - two allrounders. Aiden Markram sits this one out.

"It's always a cracker playing against these guys," du Plessis says of playing against India. "Nice and loud. It's a great occasion, looking forward to it."

"The crowd support is going to be massive for us… We're pretty used to the crowds wanting us to win," says Virat Kohli.

Squads:

India: 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Virat Kohli (capt), 4 KL Rahul, 5 Kedar Jadhav, 6 MS Dhoni (wk), 7 Hardik Pandya, 8 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Yuzvendra Chahal, 11 Jasprit Bumrah

South Africa: 1 Quinton de Kock (wk), 2 Hashim Amla, 3 Faf du Plessis (capt), 4 Rassie van der Dussen, 5 David Miller, 6 JP Duminy, 7 Andile Phehlukwayo, 8 Chris Morris, 9 Kagiso Rabada, 10 Tabraiz Shamsi, 11 Imran Tahir

BDST: 1547 HRS, JUN 5, 2019
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