South African skipper Graeme Smith won the toss and elected to bat first against India in the first one-dayer in Durban on Wednesday.For India, Piyush Chawla, R Ashwin, S Sreesanth and Umesh Yadav have failed to make the final XI, while veteran Sachin Tendulkar will play his first ODI in close to a year.Moreover, with the World Cup just around the corner, India eyes to improve its ranking as a win in the five-match series against South Africa could help Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men become the number one ODI team.The match will start at 6 P.M. Live commentary on All India Radio is on from 5:30 P.M.