South Africa have won the toss and elected to bowl in the World Cup match against Sri Lanka at Chester-le-Street.
The Proteas have nothing but pride to play for in their remaining two matches. The recent loss to Pakistan dashed their slim hopes of qualifying for the playoffs.
Skipper Faf du Plessis said at the toss that he hopes to make best use of the fresh pitch.
‘We believe that there should be some seam movement, and that’s influenced our selections in terms of our attack,’ said Du Plessis.
JP Duminy comes into the side for David Miller. The latter has been ruled out with an injury.
All-rounder Dwaine Pretorius replaces Lungi Ngidi.
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South Africa: 1 Quinton de Kock (wk), 2 Hashim Amla, 3 Faf du Plessis (capt), 4 Rassie van der Dussen, 5 Aiden Markram, 6 JP Duminy, 7 Dwaine Pretorius, 8 Andile Phehlukwayo, 9 Chris Morris, 10 Kagiso Rabada, 11 Imran Tahir
Sri Lanka: 1 Dimuth Karunaratne (capt), 2 Kusal Perera (wk), 3 Avishka Fernando, 4 Kusal Mendis, 5 Angelo Mathews, 6 Jeevan Mendis, 7 Dhananjaya de Silva, 8 Thisara Perera, 9 Isuru Udana, 10 Lasith Malinga, 11 Suranga Lakmal
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