Centurion, January 13: South Africa captain Faf du Plessis chose to bat in Centurion. Virat Kohli’s side made three changes, dropping Bhuvneshwar Kumar and adding Ishant Sharma. KL Rahul and Parthiv Patel are also in the side, replacing Shikhar Dhawan and Wriddhiman Saha. South Africa claimed a 72-run victory in the opening match in Cape Town and are aiming to become the first side to defeat India in a Test series since Australia in 2014-15.
India: Murali Vijay, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Rohit Sharma, Parthiv Patel(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma
South Africa: Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers, Faf du Plessis(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Vernon Philander, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungisani Ngidi, Morne Morkel