Durban: On a high after drawing the Test series on South African soil for the first time, India have been left to deal with a couple of injury setbacks as they take on the Proteas, who are without Test skipper Graeme Smith, in the only Twenty20 International match of the tour, here, Sunday.

In an engrossing Test series, India managed to keep the overall scoreline 1-1 after losing the first, winning the second and drawing the third to maintain their No. 1 status in the ICC rankings.

However, the final Test took its toll as opener Gautam Gambhir, who had come back from a hand injury after skipping the second Test, hurt his elbow at Newlands. Thus, he has been ruled out.

The other opener, Virender Sehwag, was already sidelined for the rest of the tour as a precautionary measure due to a sore shoulder which had kept him out of action for quite a few weeks last year as well.

Sachin Tendulkar is also unlikely to play the T20 match.Sreesanth is also unlikely to play.

Sunday’s match will also witness the return of left-handers Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina in the middle order.

A lot of focus will also be on Yuvraj, who comes back to the venue where he famously hit six successive sixes against England’s Stuart Broad during the 2007 T20 World Cup.

Raina, who hit a bad patch recently and was dropped from the side after the first Test, will also look to prove his worth before the World Cup next month.

Virat Kohli, who hit three of his four ODI centuries in 2010, and Yusuf Pathan, who cracked his maiden one-day hundred against New Zealand last December, will also return to boost the batting order.

South Africa, on the other hand, were dealt a severe blow Friday when Smith was ruled out from the T20 match because of hand bruises and the onus now would be on new skipper Johan Botha to inspire the side.

Botha will have the experience of Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers and JP Duminy at his disposal, while new batsman David Miller, will also look to boost the side with his youthful exuberance.

The match will be an emotional affair for the South Africans as the Moses Mabhida Stadium, which hosted the 2010 Fifa world Cup, will have pacer Makhaya Ntini playing his last international match.

Only a few days back, Ntini had said that he wishes to bowl to Sachin but his wish is unlikely to materialise.

Besides, the Proteas pace department will also have Rusty Theron and Wayne Parnell joining Lonwabo Tsotsobe, who created much discomfort for the Indians in the just-concluded Test series.

India (likely): Murali Vijay, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Signh Dhoni, Ravichandran Ashwin, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel

Match starts: 6 pm (IST)