Centurion, Jan 23: The fifth and final ODI between South Africa and India gets underway at SuperSport Park, Centurion in a few minutes from now. With the series tied at 2-2, the winner of today’s match will walk away with the series. If India go on to bag this one, it will be a historic win as they have never beaten the hosts in a one-day series in the Rainbow Nation.
There was a little bit of rain earlier in the morning at Centurion. The forecast also shows that there will be some rain towards the end of the day. Speaking on the condition of the wicket Shaun Pollock said, “It is a little patchy. The cracks on the wicket have already begun to open up. But once we get past the initial period, it will be a really good one-day wicket with the batsmen making hay.”
MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to field first. The Indians have brought Piyush Chawla into the playing eleven instead of Ashish Nehra. The South Africans are playing the same squad as the last game.
Playing XIs
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c & wk), Rohit Sharma , Parthiv Patel, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Munaf Patel, Zaheer Khan and Piyush Chawla
South Africa: Graeme Smith (c), Hashim Amla, JP Duminy, AB de Villiers (wk), Colin Ingram, Faf du Plessis, Johan Botha, Robin Peterson, Morne Morkel, Dale Steyn and Lonwabo Tsotsobe
