Pak win toss, to bat against India in 1st T20

Right-arm fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar will make his debut for India in place of off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who has been dropped. Parwinder Awana and leg-spinner Piyush have also been left out of the squad for the match.

Asad Ali, Junaid Khan, Umar Amin and Zulfiqar Babar are the four Pakistani players who will sit out of the match.

Teams:

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Gautam Gambhir, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Ashok Dinda.

Pakistan: Mohammad Hafeez (capt), Ahmed Shehzad, Nasir Jamshed, Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Irfan.