After winning the toss against Jos Buttler-led England on Monday, India skipper Virat Kohli opted to have a bowl first.
Kohli, while talking about the playing XI, also revealed that he will bat at no.3, while KL Rahul will open, saying “it’s hard to look past him”.
Eoin Morgan sits out this game due to IPL fatigue, England announced.
Team India officially begin their T20 World Cup 2021 campaign against Pakistan on Sunday, October 24, in a blockbuster match.
Both teams will see the warm-up game as an opportunity to find the right combination and suss out the opposition in these particular playing conditions.
It may be a warm-up game but a tightly fought contest, as Shami sends back both Buttler (18) and Jason Roy (17) and the dangerous Dawid Malan gets castled by Rahul Chahar for 18, as England is poised at 77/3 in 9.2 overs.