JOHANNESBURG: Stand-in India captain KL Rahul won the toss and elected to bat in the second Test against
South Africa
, here on Monday.
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Rahul is leading the side in the absence of regular skipper
Virat Kohli, who has been forced out of the Test due to upper back spasm.
Hanuma Vihari replaced Kohli in the visitors playing XI.
South Africa made two changes from the playing XI that loss in the first Test with Kyle Verreynne coming in for recently-retired
Quinton de Kock and Duanne Olivier replacing
Wiaan Mulder
.
India are leading the three-match series 1-0.
Teams:India: KL Rahul (c), Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari,
Rishabh Pant (w),
Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur,
Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj
South Africa: Dean Elgar (c), Aiden Markram, Keegan Petersen,
Rassie van der Dussen,
Temba Bavuma, Kyle Verreynne (w), Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Duanne Olivier and Lungi Ngidi
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