India captain Rohit Sharma received the toss and opted to bat in opposition to Pakistan of their much-anticipated Asia Cup opener right here on Saturday.
Shreyas Iyer is again within the Indian middle-order after a protracted damage layoff and so is Jasprit Bumrah to guide the tempo assault within the firm of Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur.
India are additionally taking part in two spinners in Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja.
Pakistan have retained the taking part in XI that thrashed Nepal of their opening match of the match.
Groups:
India: Rohit Sharma (capt), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan (wk), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
Pakistan: Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (capt), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Agha Salman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf. PTI
