India win toss, elect to field against Afghanistan

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to field against Afghanistan in the teams' opening Group C match in the World Twenty20 in Gros Islet on Saturday.

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to field against Afghanistan in the teams' opening Group C match in the World Twenty20 in Gros Islet on Saturday.

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Former champions India omitted Rohit Sharma, Vinay Kumar, Piyush Chawla and Dinesh Karthik from the final eleven.

This is Afghanistan's first match in the World Twenty20.

Teams:

Afghanistan: Nowroz Mangal (capt), Mohammad Nabi, Karim Sadiq, Raees Ahmadzai, Dawlat Ahmadzai, Mohammad Shahzad (wkt kpr), Hamid Hassan, Samiullah Shinwari, Noor Ali, Ashgar Stanikzai, Shahpoor Zadran

India: Gautam Gambhir, Murali Vijay, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt/wkt kpr), Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra

Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Marais Erasmus (RSA)

TV umpire: Simon Taufel (AUS)

Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI)