09:04 pm - Meanwhile, Kohli, Dhawan and Pant are out there, inspecting the pitch.
08:11 pm - Skipper Virat Kohli seems unhappy as bit of water has seeped onto the playing track. The new time for the inspections is now 09:00 PM.
08:04 pm - Team India's first T20 international against Sri Lanka has been delayed due to unseasonal rain. BCCI have tweeted "It has stopped raining and we will have an inspection at 8.15 PM IST."
07:04 pm - It is raining heavily in Guwahati ! A false start to team India's first game of 2020
06:39 pm - With just 8 T20 games to go before India play their opener in the World T20, Virat Kohli-led Team India would begin their preparations for the ICC World T20 by taking on Sri Lanka in first shortest-format assignment of the year. Jasprit Bumrah's return with surely bolster the pace attack which has quite a few youngsters who have turned many eyes with their pace and swing.
TOSS UPDATE: Team India skipper Virat Kohli wins his first toss of 2020 and decides to chase in Guwahati against Sri Lanka.
Virat Kohli: The track does play differently in the second half as compared to the first part. (On dew already in) It's a good thing actually, there isn't too much of a difference in conditions, except that the track settles down better later on with the wet ball. Last year was outstanding for us in two formats, T20s not so much. Good thing though is that we have a World Cup coming up and we'll be taking things more seriously.
Lasith Malinga: Happy to bat first. Don't think the track will change too much. We have prepared well and will want to put it into performances. Need to put runs on the board and then take it from there. We have brought 16 players as we need to fine-tune our combination for the World Cup.
Playing XI (Both Teams):
Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Danushka Gunathilaka, Avishka Fernando, Kusal Perera(w), Oshada Fernando, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka, Isuru Udana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Lahiru Kumara, Lasith Malinga(c)
India (Playing XI): Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Virat Kohli(c), Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant(w), Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini, Jasprit Bumrah