SA vs IND 2nd Test: India wins toss, opts to bat; Virat Kohli misses out

SA vs IND 2nd Test: India has won the toss and elected to bat first. Virat Kohli has been ruled out of the second Test due to the injury and hence KL Rahul will be leading the side. Hanuma Vihari has replaced Kohli for the second Test.

KL Rahul said that Virat Kohli has had an upper back spasm. For South Africa, there are two changes. Kyle Verryenne comes in for Quniton De Kock and Duanne Olivier for Mulder.

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SA vs IND 2nd Test: Playing XI

South Africa: Dean Elgar(c), Aiden Markram, Keegan Petersen, Rassie van der Dussen, Temba Bavuma, Kyle Verreynne(w), Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Duanne Olivier, Lungi Ngidi

India: KL Rahul(c), Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

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