India to bat against SA in 1st Test, Zaheer misses out

Centurion: South African captain Graeme Smith won the toss and elected to field in the first cricket Test against India here today.

Overnight rain delayed the start of first day’s play by over four hours and the umpires gave the go ahead after two inspections.

India decided not to field injured Zaheer Khan and gave the first Test cap to paceman Jaidev Unadkat.

The Teams:
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt & wk), Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, VVS Laxman, Harbhajan Singh, Suresh Raina, Ishant Sharma, S Sreesanth, Jaidev Unadkat.

South Africa: Graeme Smith (capt), Hashim Amla, Mark Boucher (wk), AB de Villiers, Paul Harris, Jacques Kallis, Morne Morkel, Alviro Petersen, Ashwell Prince, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe.