South Africa decide to bat; West Indies usher in Motie for Gabriel

Toss South Africa select to bat vs West Indies

South Africa captain Temba Bavuma received the toss and selected to bat on an atypically dry Wanderers pitch. He reasoned that the character of the floor prompted the hosts to choose two specialist spinners in Keshav Maharaj and Simon Harmer.

West Indies additionally chosen two spinners, with left-arm fingerspinner Gudakesh Motie coming back from a again harm to hitch offspinner Roston Chase.

South Africa had additionally introduced two different adjustments on the eve of the sport: native batter Ryan Rickleton and allrounder Wiaan Mulder had been included of their XI, with Marco Jansen, Keegan Petersen, Senuran Muthusamy and the injured Anrich Nortje dropping out.

For West Indies, Motie got here again into the facet rather than quick bowler Shannon Gabriel. Alick Athanaze and Akeem Jordan must wait additional for his or her Test debuts.

This is the final Test for each South Africa and West Indies within the present World Test Championship (WTC) cycle, with neither facet in rivalry for the ultimate.

South Africa: 1 Dean Elgar, 2 Aiden Markram, 3 Tony de Zorzi, 4 Temba Bavuma (capt), 5 Ryan Rickelton, 6 Heinrich Klaasen (wk), 7 Wiaan Mulder, 8 Simon Harmer 9 Keshav Maharaj, 10 Kagiso Rabada, 11 Gerald Coetzee

West Indies: 1 Kraigg Braithwaite (capt), 2 Tagenarine Chanderpaul, 3 Raymon Reifer, 4 Jermaine Blackwood, 5 Roston Chase, 6 Kyle Mayers, 7 Josh da Silva (wk), 8 Jason Holder, 9 Alzarri Joseph, 10 Kemar Roach, 11 Gudakesh Motie