After the first Test of the tour, India found to be the team with a lot of questions over their selection and performance with the bat. But after a few weeks with a change in format, South Africa find themselves in more trouble, than India had at that time.
The absence of De Villiers was the talking point prior to the first ODI and now it's about Duplessis as both are out due to finger injuries, the former will return to fourth ODI but the later likely to miss entire Series. So that means the batting only gonna be depleted even more.
The owns will be on De Kock and Amla at the top and, on Duminy and Miller in the middle order to tackle the Indian wrist spin, which has been the winning formula for India in recent times.
With the batsman looked conformable in the chase, there aren't many things to worry for India as Rahane played well at No.4. if India can pick few wickets upfront in the order, things gonna become even more difficult for the hosts. Meanwhile, it has to be the bowling for hosts to a give chance to their batting.
Pitch and Conditions
There is nothing gonna be different throughout the Series, as batting friendly surfaces are to be dished out, in Centurion it won't be different, but the surface might produce more bounce than that of Durban.
South Africa
The absence of Duplessis meant a surprise call from South Africa, as Markram gonna lead the side, while Behardien, who has been drafted into the side after first ODI likely to replace Duplessis ahead of Zondo.
Probable XI: 1 Hashim Amla, 2 Quinton de Kock (wk), 3 Aiden Markram, 4 Farhaan Behardien, 5 JP Duminy, 6 David Miller, 7 Chris Morris, 8 Andile Phehlukwayo, 9 Kagiso Rabada, 10 Morne Morkel, 11 Imran Tahir
India
for the visitor's, everything as gone to the plan and they are likely to stick with it.
Probable XI: 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Ajinkya Rahane, 5 MS Dhoni (wk), 6 Kedar Jadhav, 7 Hardik Pandya, 8 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 9 Jasprit Bumrah, 10 Kuldeep Yadav, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal
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