IND 39/3 in 6 overs: Kohli on the move! It been five overand three Indian players including Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and Suryakumar areout.
Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and elected tobowl against India in a Super 12 match in Dubai.
After winning the toss, Azam said that Haider Ali wasleft out from the 12-man shortlist for the playing eleven. "We'll look totake early wickets and put pressure. Dew is also a factor. We have had goodpractice sessions and are confident about our preparations. Pakistan's bowlersare known to trouble other teams but I am confident about our battingtoo."
India skipper Virat Kohli said Rahul Chahar, IshanKishan, Ravichandran Ashwin and Shardul Thakur are the four non-playing membersof the squad. "We are pretty happy with setting the target. We would havebowled first too, but the toss is not in your control. We are pretty balancedwith our squad and you need to be prepared for it”.
“We need to stay as professional as possible. We need tostay focussed on the processes. Everyone watches it closely all over the world.We need to ensure we don't get too emotional. The pitch looks very different.Evenly rolled and there is no grass at all which was the case during the IPL.We expect the pitch to stay good all through and set a good total."