Proteas skipper Duminy wins toss, elects to bowl against Kohli-less India in T20 decider

The visitors have also dropped Yuzvendra Chahal and replaced him with left-arm spinner Axar Patel.
South Africa  elected to bowl against India in the deciding fixture (File | AP)
South Africa elected to bowl against India in the deciding fixture (File | AP)

CAPE TOWN: South Africa skipper JP Duminy won the toss and elected to bowl against India in the third and final Twenty20 International, here today.

India were forced to leave out Virat Kohli, who has stiff back and he has been replaced by Dinesh Karthik. India have brought back paceman Jasprit Bumrah, leaving out Jaydev Unadkat.

The visitors have also dropped Yuzvendra Chahal and replaced him with left-arm spinner Axar Patel.

South Africa have also made two changes as they replaced JJ Smuts and Dane Patterson with Christiaan Jonker, who will make his debut, and Aaron Phangiso.

Teams:
India:
Rohit Sharma (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Axar Patel and Shardul Thakur.
South Africa: JP Duminy (C), Reeza Hendricks, David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen, Farhaan Behardien, Christiaan Jonker, Andile Phehlukwayo, Aaron Phangiso, Chris Morris, Junior Dala, Tabraiz Shamsi.

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