Birthday boy Kohli wins toss as India bowl against Scotland

DUBAI - India skipper and birthday boy Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to field against Scotland in their bid to stay alive

in the Twenty20 World Cup on Friday.

India have one change from their hammering of Afghanistan with spinner
Varun Chakravarthy back in the team in place of Shardul Thakur in the Super
12 contest in Dubai.

   India must win both their remaining games, and improve their run rate, to
have any chance of making the semi-finals after New Zealand defeated Namibia
earlier in the day.

   "Try and restrict them and chase it down," Kohli, who turned 33 on Friday,
said after winning his first toss in the tournament.

   "Winning my first toss on my birthday, probably we should have played the
first game on my birthday.

   "The intensity from ball one is important. For us, it's just about keeping
that intensity for 20 overs."

   Scotland play for pride after losing all their three matches in the Super
12 stage and come in unchanged from the previous loss to New Zealand.

  "First of all a great occasion for us and Scottish cricket and the
associate game. We are playing against some of the best players from the
world here and in the last couple of games too," skipper Kyle Coetzer said.

  "India is another special occasion for us. We have got to go out there,
enjoy ourselves and try and express ourselves as much as possible."

  Teams

  India: KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (capt), Suryakumar Yadav,
Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin,
Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah

  Scotland: George Munsey, Kyle Coetzer (capt), Matthew Cross (wk), Richie
Berrington, Calum MacLeod, Michael Leask, Chris Greaves, Mark Watt, Safyaan
Sharif, Alasdair Evans, Bradley Wheal

  Umpires: Marais Erasmus (RSA), Rod Tucker (AUS)

  TV Umpire: Joel Wilson (WIS)

  Match Referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL). BSS/AFP