India skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bowl first against Pakistan. Virat Kohli is playing his 100th T20 International and is second player in world cricket after Ross Taylor to complete a century of international appearances in each format. Dinesh Karthik was picked ahead of Rishabh Pant in the playing eleven while Avesh Khan was picked as third pacer alongside Arshdeep Singh and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Pakistan pacer Naseem Shah is making his T20I debut.