Rohit Sharma sends Pakistan to bat in Ahmedabad

India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and asked Pakistan to bat first in their highly-anticipated clash of the World Cup at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad today.

Shubman Gill, who missed out on the first two matches due to dengue, is back in the playing XI, replacing Ishan Kishan.

Pakistan, meanwhile, are unchanged. Both teams have won their first two games of the competition -- India beating Australia and Afghanistan, and Pakistan beating Netherlands and Sri Lanka. 

The pitch report said: A 72m straight boundary while the pockets towards the cover region is around 76m, 60m square boundaries. Little bit of moisture, but this will vanish. No grass.

"When Pakistan will arrive, they will like it," said Waqar Younis.

Irfan Pathan, meanwhile, said: "There is no grass on it. It is going to get harder. It think the pitch is going to get harder and Shardul should play this game. With the kind of of humid conditions, ball tends to swing in the air. Having a fast bowler will add to the advantage".

TEAMS

India: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

Pakistan: Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Rizwan(w), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf