Cuttack: Sri Lankan captain Thisara Perera won the toss and opted to bowl against India in the first Twenty20 International (T20I) here on Wednesday.

The squad:

India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Lokesh Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wicket-keeper), Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Jaydev Unadkat, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal

Sri Lanka: Upul Tharanga, Niroshan Dickwella (wicketkeeper), Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews, Asela Gunaratne, Thisara Perera (captain), Dasun Shanaka, Dushmantha Chameera, Akila Dananjaya, Vishwa Fernando, Nuwan Pradeep

(IANS)