Rohit may be given opener's role

One Mumbai player (Sachin Tendulkar) goes out and the emphasis falls on another.

One Mumbai player (Sachin Tendulkar) goes out and the emphasis falls on another. Rohit Sharma, it is learnt, will open the innings with Tamil Nadu's Murali Vijay in today's third and final one-dayer against South Africa in Ahmedabad today.

Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag have been rested for today's game in Motera. It can be recalled that Rohit even opened the batting when Sehwag was injured during the World Twenty20 in England last year.

Dinesh Karthick is expected to come in at one-drop followed by skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan and Ravindra Jadeja, whose efforts South Africa will remember from the last game in Gwalior. The visitors will miss the services of the injured Jean Paul Duminy, who has left for home. He has had a highly
forgettable tour.

However, they are still hoping for pace spearhead Dale Steyn to cause some problems for the Indian batsmen. It will be a huge ask though.

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