India win toss and bat in second test against South Africa

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MUMBAI: India captain Virat Kohli won the toss and opted to bat against South Africa in the second test of the three-match series at Pune on Thursday.

Both teams made a single change to their sides from the opening test at Visakhapatnam, which the hosts won by 203 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the seriesIndia opted for an extra fast bowler, drafting in Umesh Yadav for spin-bowling all-rounder Hanuma Vihari.

"The surface is much harder than Vizag, has a bit of grass cover on it as well. If the ball reverses later on as well, we just wanted to add an another seaming option." "It's important that we start ahead in the test match and from there we can almost take day four, day five out of the equation if we bowl really well in the first innings.

 

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