Windies win toss bowl against South Afri
Windies win toss bowl against South Afri
NAGPUR: West Indies captain Darren Sammy won the toss and opted to bowl against South Africa here on Friday night.Left-arm spinner Aaron Phangiso, making his first international appearance in five months – and the first with a remodeled action – formed part of an attack that featured two specialist spinners – a rarity in South African cricket – and only one frontline seamer.Kagiso Rabada led a pace pack that included allrounders David Wiese and Chris Morris, but did not have space for either Kyle Abbott or Dale Steyn.South Africa also made a change in the batting line-up, after JP Duminy was ruled out with a hamstring injury. Rilee Rossouw was included to bolster the batting.West Indies stuck to their combination of two spinners and three seamers. With Chris Gayle declared fit, he led the line-up.South Africa: Quinton de Kock (wk), Hashim Amla, Faf du Plessis (captain), AB de Villiers, Rilee Rossouw, David Miller, David Wiese, Chris Morris, Aaron Phangiso, Kagiso Rabada, Imran TahiWest Indies: Chris Gayle, Johnson Charles, Andre Fletcher, Marlon Samuels, Dinesh Ramdin (wk), Andre Russell, Dwayne Bravo, Darren Sammy (captain), Carlos Brathwaite, Samuel Badree, Sulieman Benn’