CUTTACK: South Africa's captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and sent India in to bat in the second Twenty20 international in Cuttack on Monday.
The Proteas lead the three-match series after chasing down a challenging target of 200 for the loss of just three wickets and with two balls to spare in Dharamsala on Friday.
India brought in veteran Harbhajan Singh as the third spinner after dropping left-arm seamer Sreenath Aravind.
The tourists also made one change, playing all-rounder Albie Morkel in place of Marchant de Lange.
After the three T20s, South Africa will play five one-day internationals and four Tests on their 10-week tour of India.
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Ravichandran Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Axar Patel, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Mohit Sharma, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh.
South Africa: Faf du Plessis (capt), Kyle Abbott, Farhaan Behardien, Hashim Amla, Albie Morkel, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Imran Tahir, David Miller, Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada.
Umpires: CK Nandan (IND) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (IND)
TV umpire: Vineet Kulkarni (IND)
Match referee: Chris Broad (ENG)
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