India elect to bat in final Test match
Tuesday, January 02, 2007 03:32 [IST]
Cape Town: India
won the toss and elected to bat against South Africa in the third and final
Test match here today (Jan 2, 2007).
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who bruised his hand badly during the
second Test, has been replaced by Dinesh Karthik while Munaf Patel replaced
Vikram Raj Vir Singh. For South
Africa, Jacques Kallis and Dale Steyn return
from injury, while left-arm spinner Paul Harris makes his debut.
Teams
India: Rahul
Dravid (captain), Wasim Jaffer, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, V.V.S.
Laxman, Sourav Ganguly, Dinesh Karthik (wicket keeper), Anil Kumble, Sreesanth,
Zaheer Khan and Munaf Patel
South Africa:
Graeme Smith (captain), A.B. de Villiers, Jacques Kallis, Herschelle Gibbs,
Hashim Amla, Ashwell Prince, Mark Boucher (wicket keeper), Shaun Pollock, Dale
Steyn, Paul Harris and Makhaya Ntini
Umpires: Asad
Rauf (Pakistan) and Daryl
Harper (Australia)
Third umpire:
Marias Erasmus (South Africa)
Match referee:
Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
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