India Put in to Bat, Need 31-run Win

Colombo: South Africa won the toss and elected to bowl first against India in final Super Eight match at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on Teusday night.

Proteas made 2 changes with Albie Morkel in for Wayne Parnell and Faf du Plessis replace Richard Levi.

Unchange India need to win by 31 runs or more if they have to make it to the next stage. If India won by 42 runs then India go on top in the Points Table

Teams:

India: Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni(captain & wk), Suresh Raina, Irfan Pathan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Zaheer Khan

South Africa: Faf du Plessis, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, Jean-Paul Duminy, AB de Villiers (captain & wk), Farhaan Behardien, Albie Morkel, Robin Peterson, Johan Botha, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel

Scores	Upcoming	Results
South Africa vs Pakistan - 3rd ODI 4th Test - Australia v India - December 26-30, 23:30 GMT 1st Test - Zimbabwe v Afghanistan - December 26-30, 07:30 GMT 3rd ODI - Zimbabwe v Afghanistan at Harare Afghanistan won by 8 wickets (with 139 balls remaining) 3rd T20I - West Indies v Bangladesh at St Vincent Bangladesh won by 80 runs

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