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South Africa elect to bat first
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December 26, 2006 13:51 IST

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat against India in the second Test at Kingsmead in Durban on Tuesday.

Scorecard | Schedule

The hosts have suffered a body blow with Jacques Kallis [Images] pulling out of the squad because of a back strain. Andrew Hall [Images] has come in as his replacement.

Morne Morkel will make his Test debut in place of Dale Steyn who is still to recover from his thigh injury sustained in the first Test at the Wanderers earlier this month.

India have gone into the game with an unchanged squad.

Teams

India: Wasim Jaffer [Images], Virender Sehwag [Images], Rahul Dravid [Images] (capt), Sachin Tendulkar [Images], VVS Laxman, Sourav Ganguly [Images], Mahinder Singh Dhoni [Images], Anil Kumble [Images], Zaheer Khan [Images], Sreesanth [Images] and VRV Singh.

South Africa: Graeme Smith [Images] (capt), AB de Villiers, Hashim Amla, Herschelle Gibbs [Images], Andrew Hall, Ashwell Prince, Mark Boucher [Images], Shaun Pollock [Images], Andre Nel [Images], Makhaya Ntini [Images] and Morne Morkel

Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Asad Rauf (Pakistan)

Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (Sri Lanka [Images]).



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