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Proteas elect to bowl in T20 series decider

Cape Town - The Proteas have won the toss and elected to bowl first in the third and final T20I match against India at Newlands on Saturday.

LIVE: Proteas v India, 3rd T20I

The Proteas have made two changes with Aaron Phangiso and debutant Christiaan Jonker replacing Jon-Jon Smuts and Dane Paterson.

Meanwhile, India are without in-form skipper Virat Kohli with a stiff back as Rohit Sharma takes over the Indian captaincy.

Dinest Kartik comes in place of Kohli and Axar Patel for Yuzvendra Chahal.

Earlier in the day, the Proteas women lost by 54 runs to the India women in the 5th T20I.

Teams:

South Africa 

Reeza Hendricks, JP Duminy (captain), David Miller, Farhaan Behardien, Heinrich Klaasen, Andile Phehlukwayo, Chris Morris, Junior Dala, Tabraiz Shamsi, Aaron Phangiso, Christiaan Jonker

India

Rohit Sharma (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey, MS Dhoni, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah

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