Although the sky was overcast, there was no immediate sign of rain, which had been forecast.

Both teams were unchanged following the first match in Durban which South Africa won by 136 runs to go one-up in the five-game series.

Teams:

South Africa: Graeme Smith (capt), Hashim Amla, Colin Ingram, AB de Villiers (wkt), JP Duminy, David Miller, Johan Botha, Wayne Parnell, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Lonwabo Tsotsobe

India: MS Dhoni (capt/wkt), Murali Vijay, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel.

Umpires: Brian Jerling (RSA), Simon Taufel (AUS)

TV umpire: Johan Cloete (RSA)

Match referee: Chris Broad (ENG)