IND vs SA / Changed timing of first ODI of India and South Africa due to rain, match will start late

IND vs SA: The timing of the first ODI of the series between India and South Africa has been changed. There is a plan to start this match in Lucknow with a delay of half an hour. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has also given an update in this regard. In this series, the Indian team is being commanded by experienced opener Shikhar Dhawan. At the same time, the captain of the South African team is with Temba Bavuma.

Update given by BCCI

The BCCI gave information about the change of timing by tweeting before the match on Thursday. BCCI wrote in the tweet, 'Delay in starting the match due to rain. After the initial inspection in Lucknow, the time for the toss and start of play in the first ODI between India and South Africa has been extended by half an hour. Now the toss will be held at 1:30 pm Indian time, the game will start at 2 pm.

Defeated South Africa in T20 series

The Indian team defeated South Africa 2-1 in the T20 series under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Now his eyes will be on winning the ODI series. However, Rohit Sharma has left for Australia for the T20 World Cup along with the rest of the players of the main team. In such a situation, in the ODI series against South Africa, Team India is being commanded by experienced opener Shikhar Dhawan.

Indian team for ODI series

Shikhar Dhawan (capt), Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Rajat Patidar, Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson (wk), Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Kuldeep Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohammad Siraj, Rahul Tripathi, Mukesh Kumar, Rituraj Gaikwad, Shahbaz Ahmed and Ravi Bishnoi