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Netherlands ask Proteas to bat

Chittagong - Netherlands captain Peter Borren won the toss and sent South Africa in to bat in their group one super-10 match in the World Twenty20 in Chittagong on Thursday.

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South Africa made one change from the side which beat New Zealand by two runs in their second match on Monday, bringing in Beuran Hendricks in place of paceman Morne Morkel.

The Netherlands, shot out for the lowest-ever Twenty20 international total of 39 against Sri Lanka on Monday, kept the same side.

Five teams are competing in each of the two groups in the super-10 stage, with top two teams from each group qualifying for the semis.

The final will be played in Dhaka on April 6.

Teams:

South Africa
Faf du Plessis (captain), Quinton de Kock, AB de Villiers, Hashim Amla, JP Duminy, Imran Tahir, David Miller, Albie Morkel, Beuran Hendricks, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe.

Netherlands
Peter Borren (captain), Michael Swart, Stephan Myburgh, Wesley Barresi, Tom Copper, Logan van Beek, Mudassar Bukhari, Ben Cooper, Timm van der Gugten, Ahsan Malik, Pieter Seelaar.

Umpires: Steve Davis (AUS) and Bruce Oxenford (AUS)

TV umpire: Rod Tucker (AUS)

Match referee: David Boon (AUS)


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