'Finisher' Rinku Singh takes on the mantle, but rain intervenes

After a washout in the seriesopener robbed the auditioning Indian youngsters of valuable game time the think tank will be hoping for clear weather in the second T20I against South Africa on TuesdayEven the toss could not be held in Durban on Sunday and there is a rain forecast even for the second game of the threematch series Now only five games are left in the build up to the T20 World Cup in June and the management has a very small window to try out playersIn the current scenario form in the IPL will carry a lot of weight for selection in the Indian team bound for USA and CaribbeanThe selectors announced a 17man squad for the series and it is highly unlikely that all of them would get an opportunity in the remaining two gamesShubman Gill who was not part of the T20 series against Australia held right after the World Cup Suryakumar Yadav and Rinku Singh seem to be the only certainties in the batting order for the ICC event six months laterBoth Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad have got runs under their belt but if Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma make themselves available for the World Cup the two fringe players would need a sensational effort in the IPL to make the cutAlso ReadNo batting remedy in sightThe only other series India play before the World Cup is against Afghanistan at home next month The selectors will be forced to consider only IPL performance for World Cup selection raising questions over the scheduling of Indias T20 commitments before the World CupSA vs IND 2nd T20I live updates Squads South Africa Aiden Markram capt Ottniel Baartman Matthew Breetzke Nandre Burger Gerald Coetzee Donovan Ferreira Reeza Hendricks Marco Jansen Heinrich Klaasen wkt David Miller Lungi Ngidi Andile Phehlukwayo Tabraiz Shamsi Tristan Stubbs Lizaad Williams India Suryakumar Yadav capt Ravindra Jadeja vicecapt Ravi Bishnoi Deepak Chahar Ruturaj Gaikwad Shubman Gill Shreyas Iyer Yashasvi Jaiswal Ishan Kishan wkt Mukesh Kumar Jitesh Sharma wkt Arshdeep Singh Mohammed Siraj Rinku Singh Washington Sundar Tilak Varma Kuldeep YadavSA vs IND 2nd T20I live updates Pitch reportThe wickets that South African pitches tend to offer more pace and bounce by default however in whiteball format the pitches have been mostly flat favouring batsmen as of lateAlso ReadToo many cooks spoil the brothSA vs IND 2nd T20I live updates Weather updateWeather experts have predicted a chance of thunderstorm in the morning at 11 AM local time 230 PM IST and then again at 8 PM to 10 PM Local Time 1130 PM to 130 AM IST Although the forecast for rain is outside the playing hours 4 PM to 8 PM Local Time 730 PM to 1130 PM IST there is a chance of weather playing spoilsport in the first T20ISA vs IND 2nd T20I live updates Toss updateSouth Africa captain Aiden Markram wins toss and elects to bowl first against India keeping the weather conditions in mindSA vs IND 2nd T20I live updates Confirmed playing XIsIndia Yashasvi Jaiswal Shubman Gill Tilak Varma Suryakumar Yadavc Rinku Singh Jitesh Sharmaw Ravindra Jadeja Kuldeep Yadav Mohammed Siraj Arshdeep Singh Mukesh KumarSouth Africa Matthew Breetzke Reeza Hendricks Aiden Markramc Heinrich Klaasenw David Miller Tristan Stubbs Marco Jansen Andile Phehlukwayo Gerald Coetzee Lizaad Williams Tabraiz Shamsi1010 PM 1807 193 OversRain intervenes after Coetzee is on a hattrick while India have only three balls left for the innings950 PM 1645 18 OversIndia on top of this contest with Rinku Singh and Ravindra Jadeja in the middle taking the South Africa bowlers to the cleaners Can India reach the 190 mark now930 1254 14 OversSouth Africa gets a big wicket in form of Suryakumar Yadav904 PM 593 6 OversTilak Varma gets caught by Marco Jansen off Gerald Coetzees delivery South Africa bowls another good over850 PM 252 3 OversTilak Varma takes charge as he smashes Marco Jansen for some quick runs Lizaad Williams is put back into the attack with skipper Suryakumar Yadav joining Tilak in the middle now842 PM 62 2 OversShubman Gill 0 2 LBW by Lizaad Williams India in troubled waters after the fall of a second wicket within two overs of play Marco Jansen will bowl the second over now832 PM 31 1 OverYashasvi Jaiswal dismissed for a duck caught at point by David Miller off Marco Jansens delivery830 PM Match beginsYashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill open the batting for India South Africa bring in Marco Jansen for the first over with the new ball