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Playing XI –

India: Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Hardik Pandya, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ashish Nehra, Jasprit Bumrah.

Pakistan: Khurram Manzoor, Sharjeel Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Sami, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Irfan

Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi at the toss said: “We wanted to bat first anyway. We are playing 4 genuine fast bowlers. Truly speaking, we are relaxed, very motivated and that’s a good sign for me. There will be something on this pitch for the fast bowlers early on.”

Indian skipper MS Dhoni: “We will bowl first. I think so far we have not really judged the wicket. This is slightly harder than the last time we played here. We have seen that the sides that have lost too many wickets early have found it to win games. So we need to respect the bowlers initially. Once the dew comes on the outfield, the ball comes on better and it’s easier to play the big shots. Pressure is always there. I am surviving (answering about his back injury). Shikhar Dhawan has a niggle, Ajinkya Rahane is in..”

India have won the toss and have opted to bowl first.

Pitch Report: “It is a very good pitch again. India have batted on this earlier against Bangladesh. The grass cover is slightly lesser on this pitch. It should be a bowl-first wicket, with the dew factor in mind.”