South Africa captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and elected to bowl first against India in the second Twenty20 on Monday in a bid to win the three-game series.
South Africa, which won the opening game in Dharamsala on Friday by seven wickets, brought in seam-bowling allrounder Albie Morkel for Marchant de Lange.
The Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led India brought in experienced offspinner Harbhajan Singh for left-arm pace bowler Sreesnath Aravind, on a pitch expected to play slower than the one at the hill town of Dharamsala.
This is the first T20 in Cuttack, and also the first time South Africa is playing an international fixture here.
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Lineups:
India: Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Ambati Rayudu, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh.
South Africa: A.B. de Villiers, Hashim Amla, Faf du Plessis (captain), Jean-Paul Duminy, David Miller, Farhaan Behardien, Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada, Kyle Abbott, Albie Morkel, Imran Tahir.
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