World T20: India win toss, opt to bowl first against Pakistan

Match delayed due to rain, reduced to 18-over-a-side

 

 

Kolkata: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Saturday won the toss and elected to bowl against arch rivals Pakistan in the ICC World Twenty20.

India are playing an unchanged side in the match while veteran Muhammad Sami comes back in place of Imaad Wasim from the playing XI that took on Bangladesh.

India: MS Dhoni (captain and wk), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Ashish Nehra, Jasprit Bumrah.

Pakistan: Shahid Afridi (captain), Sharjeel Khan, Muhammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shahzad, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), Mohammad Sami, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Irfan.