India vs SA ODI series is going to start from today i.e 19 Jan, in which KL Rahul is going to lead the team and under his captaincy, Kohli is going to play.
As we already know that Team India loses its test series against the host so that’s why winning this ODI series is important for the team in terms of points table also.
Here we tell you playing XI of both teams and on which captain came as batting.
India vs SA ODI 1st match captain and his strategy
Captain of team India in One day is Rohit Sharma but due to injury, he is not able to play this ODI match just like the test series.
Due to which all responsibility of captain is now handed over to KL Rahul, Now in the press conference, Rahul has told about his batting order in this match.
For the last few years, he was batting at number 4 and 5 positions for Team India in ODI cricket. In an interview, he said,
For the last 14-15 months, I was playing at No.4 or No.5. Where the team needed it. But Rohit is not there yet. In such a situation, I will play in the top order
Team India can win this 1st match of India vs SA ODI series
As we already know that this young player KL Rahul has not had enough experience in Captaincy but Virat Kohli resigns from the post of captain and Rohit is not present.
In all these problems he has to take this responsibility, After a long time Shikhar Dhawan is on the team and he is an experienced player that’s why he is going to help Rahul.
In an interview when Rahul is questioned about his experience of captaincy he said.
I have played under MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli and learned a lot from them. After all, I am also human and I will make mistakes. But I am ready to take the team forward.
PlayingXI of both teams for the first match of India vs SA ODI series
India –
Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul (c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal
South Africa
Quinton de Kock, Temba Bavuma (c), Rassi van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Marco Jensen, Kagiso Rabada, Tabrez Shamsi, Lungi Ngidi, Keshav Maharaj