NEW DELHI: India’s streak of unfavorable tosses continued as newly appointed Check captain Rishabh Pant misplaced the toss to South Africa’s Temba Bavuma at Guwahati’s Barsapara Stadium on Saturday, in the course of the metropolis’s inaugural Check. South Africa opted to bat first on the red-soil pitch, anticipated to favor batters early earlier than aiding spinners.Pant made historical past as India’s thirty eighth Check captain and the primary wicketkeeper-batter to steer the group since MS Dhoni.
India have now misplaced eight of their final 9 tosses, highlighting their current misfortune with the coin flip. Shubman Gill, sidelined with a neck damage, had misplaced all 5 tosses throughout India’s sequence in England earlier this yr. Regardless of this, Gill managed a 2-2 attract his first sequence as Check captain. His solely profitable toss got here towards the West Indies in Delhi in October. In Kolkata final week, he misplaced one other essential toss, and India did not chase 124 on a difficult pitch with uneven bounce.“We really feel the wicket is sweet for batting. However on the identical time, bowling first is just not a nasty choice both,” Pant stated, downplaying the toss’s significance.India made two adjustments to their lineup, bringing in Sai Sudharsan for Axar Patel and Nitish Kumar Reddy for Shubman Gill. The administration selected to again Nitish, whereas Sai Sudharsan, beforehand not noted in Kolkata, returns to bat at quantity three instead of Washington Sundar.South Africa additionally made a change, changing tempo bowler Corbin Bosch with spin-bowling all-rounder Senuran Muthusamy, giving them three spinners in anticipation of the latter phases of the match.Groups:South Africa (Taking part in XI): Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Wiaan Mulder, Temba Bavuma(c), Tony de Zorzi, Tristan Stubbs, Kyle Verreynne(w), Marco Jansen, Senuran Muthusamy, Simon Harmer, Keshav MaharajIndia (Taking part in XI): KL Rahul, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sai Sudharsan, Dhruv Jurel, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj