Toss India choose to bowl vs Nepal

India captain Rohit Sharma gained the toss and selected bowl in opposition to Nepal in what was the primary worldwide sport between the 2 groups, in wet Pallekele. Just when Rohit introduced his determination to insert Nepal, the drizzle returned. It had additionally rained on the eve of the sport, forcing Nepal's gamers to coach indoors.

Rohit Paudel, who was captaining Nepal two days after his twenty first birthday in opposition to India's superstars, known as this the "biggest day" for Nepal cricket. They additionally made one change, with Bhim Sharki changing Aarif Sheikh. Sharki was additionally a part of the Nepal facet that had toured the island for the lads's Emerging Asia Cup in July earlier this 12 months.

India: 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Shreyas Iyer, 5 Ishan Kishan (wk), 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Shardul Thakur, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Mohammed Shami, 11 Mohammed Siraj

Nepal: 1 Kushal Bhurtel, 2 Aasif Sheikh (wk), 3 Rohit Paudel (capt), 4 Bhim Sharki, 5 Sompal Kami, 6 Dipendra Singh Airee, 7 Gulsan Jha, 8 Kushal Malla, 9 Karan KC, 10 Sandeep Lamichhane, 11 Lalit Rajbanshi