South Africa’s captain, Aiden Markram, opted to field first after winning the toss in their second T20I against India. India, coming off a 61-run victory in the first match in Durban, retained their playing eleven, while South Africa introduced Reeza Hendricks in place of Patrick Kruger.

Although there was a brief spell of light rain during the toss, conditions have since improved, and the game is expected to proceed without delay.

Playing XIs:

India: Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Varun Chakaravarthy, Avesh Khan

South Africa: Aiden Markram (c), Ryan Rickelton, Reeza Hendricks, Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Marco Jansen, Andile Simelane, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Nqabayomzi Peter