India win toss, put South Africa into bat in first ODI

JOHANNESBURG: India captain Mahindra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bowl first against South Africa in the first One-day International here at the Wanderers on Thursday.

Dhoni said he took the rain into account, which is expected later. Bowling with the wet ball will be difficult.

Dale Steyn and Jacques Kallis are back in the South Africa side but Graeme Smith is not playing in the match due to the death of his grandmother.

There is no specialist spinner in the side as Imran Tahir was dropped. However, Jean-Paul Duminy will have some extra work.

Teams:
South Africa: Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock (wk), Jacquis Kallis, AB de Villiers (captain), Jean-Paul Duminy, David Miller, Ryan McLaren, Wayne Parnell, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Lonwabo Tsotsobe

India: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Mahindra Singh Dhoni (captain, wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Shami, Mohit Sharma.