India's Ravichandran Ashwin, right, celebrates the dismissal of Afghanistan's Najibullah Zadran with captain Virat Kohli during their ICC T20 World Cup match in Abu Dhabi, Nov 3, 2021. (Photo | AP) 
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ICC T20 World Cup: India win toss, opt to bowl against Scotland 

India have brought back spinner Varun Chakravarthy by dropping all-rounder Shardul Thakur.

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DUBAI: India skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bowl against Scotland in a Super 12 Group 2 match of the T20 World Cup, here on Friday.

India have brought back spinner Varun Chakravarthy by dropping all-rounder Shardul Thakur.

India with just one and two losses, need to win this contest by a big margin to boost their Net-run-Rate.

Scotland are unchanged.

Teams | Scotland: Kyle Coetzer (C), George Munsey, Matthew Cross, Richie Berrington, Calum MacLeod, Michael Leask, Chris Greaves, Mark Watt, Safyaan Sharif, Alasdair Evans and Bradley Wheal.

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

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