Perera wins toss, elects to field against India in 1st T20

Sri Lanka captain Thisara Perera won the toss and elected to bowl against India in the first Twenty20 cricket International of the three-match series, here today.

Left-arm seamer Vishwa Fernando will make his T20I debut for Sri Lanka.

Teams:

India: Rohit Sharma (C), Lokesh Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni (wk), Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Jaydev Unadkat, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah and Yuzvendra Chahal.

Sri Lanka: Thisara Perera (C), Upul Tharanga, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews, Asela Gunaratne,

Dasun Shanaka, Dushmantha Chameera, Akila Dananjaya, Vishwa Fernando and Nuwan Pradeep.