Toss South Africa select to bat vs West Indies
South Africa captain Temba Bavuma gained the toss and selected to bat on an atypically dry Wanderers pitch. He reasoned that the character of the floor prompted the hosts to choose two specialist spinners in Keshav Maharaj and Simon Harmer.
West Indies additionally chosen two spinners, with left-arm fingerspinner Gudakesh Motie getting back from a again harm to affix offspinner Roston Chase.
South Africa had additionally introduced two different adjustments on the eve of the sport: native batter Ryan Rickleton and allrounder Wiaan Mulder have been included of their XI, with Marco Jansen, Keegan Petersen, Senuran Muthusamy and the injured Anrich Nortje dropping out.
For West Indies, Motie got here again into the facet rather than quick bowler Shannon Gabriel. Alick Athanaze and Akeem Jordan should wait additional for his or her Take a look at debuts.
That is the final Take a look at for each South Africa and West Indies within the present World Take a look at Championship (WTC) cycle, with neither facet in competition for the ultimate.
South Africa: 1 Dean Elgar, 2 Aiden Markram, 3 Tony de Zorzi, 4 Temba Bavuma (capt), 5 Ryan Rickelton, 6 Heinrich Klaasen (wk), 7 Wiaan Mulder, 8 Simon Harmer 9 Keshav Maharaj, 10 Kagiso Rabada, 11 Gerald Coetzee
West Indies: 1 Kraigg Braithwaite (capt), 2 Tagenarine Chanderpaul, 3 Raymon Reifer, 4 Jermaine Blackwood, 5 Roston Chase, 6 Kyle Mayers, 7 Josh da Silva (wk), 8 Jason Holder, 9 Alzarri Joseph, 10 Kemar Roach, 11 Gudakesh Motie
