Hardik Pandya failed to get going in the death overs but India managed to surpass the psychological 150-run mark. Earlier, Kohli left out Ravichandran Ashwin, Rahul Chahar, Shardul Thakur and Ishan Kishan from the playing XI, with Varun Chakaravarthy making the line-up. Team India will hope to seal a win and get their campaign off to a good start against a top-notch Pakistan team, which has a number of match-winners in its line-up.
India went in with the following playing XI: KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Varun Chakaravarthy, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah.
India XI: KL Rahul, R Sharma, V Kohli, S Yadav, R Pant, H Pandya, R Jadeja, B Kumar, V Chakaravarthy, M Shami, J Bumrah https://t.co/eNq46RHDCQ #INDvPAK #T20WC