Lahore, March 5 -- New Zealand skipper Mitchell Santner won the toss and elected to bat first in the second semi-final of the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy against South Africa on Wednesday.

While South Africa finished atop Group A, and New Zealand were the second-ranked side in Group B.

Captain of New Zealand, Mitchell Santner said after winning the toss, "We are gonna have a bat first, looks like a good wicket, looks a bit dry. Privileged to captain my country and for us it's to play good cricket. We got the same team. Last game was foreign conditions, we have played a few games here in the tri-series. Will try to play good cricket and put pressure on them."

South African captain, Temba Bavuma said, "We are not too concerned but the p...