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November 16, 2005 09:54 IST

South African off-spinner Johan Botha was selected to make his debut in the first one-day international against India in Hyderabad on Wednesday.

The 23-year-old Botha began his career as a seamer before switching to spin over a year ago and has modelled his action on Indian counterpart Harbhajan Singh [Images].

The bowler took three wickets in a warm-up one-day victory against the Hyderabad Cricket Association XI on Monday.

South African captain Graeme Smith [Images] won the toss and asked India to bat first in the opening game of the five-match series.

The visiting Proteas, who have never won a one-day series in India, are hoping to extend their 19-match unbeaten streak that stretches back to January.

India, fresh from a 6-1 home series victory over Sri Lanka [Images] last week, included two spinners, left-arm Murali Kartik [Images] and Harbhajan, along with three seamers.

Teams:

India: Rahul Dravid [Images] (captain), Virender Sehwag [Images], Sachin Tendulkar [Images], Yuvraj Singh [Images], M Kaif, M S Dhoni [Images], Irfan Pathan [Images], Ajit Agarkar [Images], Harbhajan Singh, M Kartik, R P Singh, Gautam Gambhir [Images] (Supersub)

South Africa [Images]: G Smith (captain), A B de Villiers, J Kallis, A Prince, J Kemp, M Boucher, S Pollock, J Botha, C Langeveldt, M Ntini, A Nel, J Ontong (Supersub)

 


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