IND vs SA 1st ODI Toss: India won the toss, opts to bowl first; Match reduced to 40-Overs per side

IND vs SA 1st ODI Toss: At the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, the first ODI will contest Temba Bavuma’s South Africa against Shikhar Dhawan's India. Team India has won the toss, and opt to bowl first. Each of the side will play fourty overs in their innings due to the time lost because of rain.

New rules for the match:

• Powerplay 1 - 8 overs
• Powerplay 2 - 24 Overs
• Powerplay 3 - 8 Overs
• Maximum 8 Overs Per Bowler.

Senior players of the Indian side have departed to Australia for the forthcoming T20I World Cup, and, as a result, India will be playing with youngsters. In their absence, Shikhar Dhawan will serve as the team's captain, with Shreyas Iyer serving as Vice Captain. The Indian team's new players for this series include Rajat Patidar, Shahbaz Ahmed, and Mukesh Kumar. However, South Africa will continue to have the same squad.

Earlier, India had won the 3-match T20I series against the Proteas by 2-1, after losing in the third and final match in Indore.

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Team India Playing 11: Shikhar Dhawan(c), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson(w), Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Siraj, Avesh Khan

South Africa Playing 11: Janneman Malan, Quinton de Kock(w), Temba Bavuma(c), Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Wayne Parnell, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi

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