Cuttack, December 20: Sri Lanka have won the toss and chosen to bowl against Rohit Sharma’s inexperienced Indian side at the Barabati stadium in Cuttack. India have a 6-4 win-loss record in T20 internationals this year and given their outstanding record in Tests and ODIs, the hosts look the most vulnerable in the shortest format. Sri Lanka have won just eight out of 28 T20Is since the start of 2016. However, that includes wins in South Africa and Australia.
Sri Lanka have made four changes to the side. India have brought back KL Rahul and Jaydev Unadkat.
India Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni (w), Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Jaydev Unadkat, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal
Sri Lanka Playing XI: Upul Tharanga, Niroshan Dickwella (w), Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews, Asela Gunaratne, Thisara Perera (c), Dasun Shanaka, Dushmantha Chameera, Akila Dananjaya, Vishwa Fernando, Nuwan Pradeep