India vs South Africa 1st T20I match: Rain delays toss in Dharamsala

The toss at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala has been delayed nonstop rain on Sunday. 

After clean-sweeping West Indies in the all-formats, the Indian team will lock horns with South Africa in the opening game of the three-match T20I series at Dharamshala today.

While the rain stopped for a few moments and the ground staff started working to get the field ready for play, the rain again came back and the covers had to be pulled back on. 

Work in progress at the moment to get the ground ready here in Dharamsala #INDvSA pic.twitter.com/Oqbsy3go0g

— BCCI (@BCCI) September 15, 2019

Men in Blue will look to keep their momentum going in their second series after the semi-final exit in the ICC World Cup 2019 in July. India has not lost a single game after the World Cup semi-final defeat at the hands of New Zealand.

On the other hand, South Africa will play their first series after their flop show in the World Cup. Proteas played nine matches in the tournament and managed to win three while one was abandoned due to rain.

Teams:

India (From): Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli(c), Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(w), Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini, Lokesh Rahul, Manish Pandey, Rahul Chahar, K Khaleel Ahmed. 

South Africa (From): Quinton de Kock(w/c), Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, Temba Bavuma, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Beuran Hendricks, Junior Dala, Tabraiz Shamsi, Anrich Nortje, Bjorn Fortuin, George Linde.

Raining in Dharamsala at the moment 

— BCCI (@BCCI) September 15, 2019