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Johannesburg: South African captain Graeme Smith won the toss and elected to bowl against Sri Lanka in the Champions Trophy opener at Centurion on Tuesday.
South Africa though will be without hard hitting opening batsman Herschelle Gibbs who suffered a rib injury in their warm-up game against the West Indies on Friday, though he will recover in time for the remaining matches in Group B which also has New Zealand and England.
The likes of Smith, AB de Villiers, Jean-Paul Duminy and Jacques Kallis were in fine form last season but they will have to ensure that there is no rustiness in their first international match after the Twenty20 World Cup in June.
In the bowling department, medium pacer Wayne Parnell and left-arm spinner Roelof van der Merwe will have to show that their fine performance in the Twenty20 World Cup were no fluke.
Sri Lanka do not have any injury problems though they will be playing without Chaminda Vaas. They will be bolstered by the return of spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan who did not play in the Compaq Cup tri-series due to an injury.
Kumar Sangakkara's men will depend on senior players like the captain himself, Sanath Jayasuriya, Mahela Jayawardene and Tillakaratne Dilshan to give them a good total when batting.
Teams:
South Africa: Graeme Smith (Capt.), Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers, Jean-Paul Duminy, Mark Boucher, Albie Morkel, Johan Botha, Roelof van der Merwe, Dale Steyn, Wayne Parnell.
Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakkara (Capt.), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sanath Jayasuriya, Mahela Jayawardene, Thilan Samaraweera, Thilina Kandamby, Angelo Mathews, Nuwan Kulasekara, Muttiah Muralitharan, Lasith Malinga, Ajantha Mendis.
