Ex-India cricketer Parthiv Patel picked his playing XI for the first India-South Africa T20I match in Cuttack on Tuesday. His team includes Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill as openers, Tilak Varma, captain Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, wicketkeeper-batter Jitesh Sharma, all-rounders Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel. Parthiv picked Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah and Varun Chakaravarthy in bowling unit.