After
losing
six
tosses
in
international
games
(3
Tests,
and
3
T20Is)
on
the
trot,
the
Indian
captain
turned
seventh
time
lucky
as
the
coin
landed
in
his
favour.
India
have
replaced
pacer
Shardul
Thakur
with
mystery
spinner
Varun
Chakaravarthy
–
who
has
been
wicketless
so
far
in
two
games
in
the
tournament.

Kohli
invited
Scotland
captain
Kyle
Coetzer
to
bat
first
in
what
isn’t
just
a
must-win
game
but
the
Men
In
Blue
also
need
to
win
by
a
big
margin
to
further
boost
their
net
run
rate.
It
will
be
crucial
for
Team
India
to
increase
their
NRR
because
New
Zealand
and
Afghanistan
are
ranked
higher
against
them
in
the
points
table
as
of
now.

After
winning
the
toss,
Kohli
–
who
turned
33
today
–
said:
“We
are
going
to
bowl
first.
Dew
is
going
to
be
a
big
factor.
Try
and
restrict
them
and
chase
it
down
convincingly
if
the
situation
allows
us
to.
Winning
my
first
toss
on
my
birthday,
probably
we
should
have
played
the
first
game
on
my
birthday
(smiles).
The
intensity
from
ball
one
is
important.
For
us,
it’s
just
about
keeping
that
intensity
on
for
20
overs.
That’s
something
we
expect
from
people
and
people
have
done
that
over
the
years
as
well.

Shardul
makes
way
for
Varun.
He
is
back
fit,
so
he
will
be
our
third
spinner.”

Scot
skipper
Kyle
Coetzer
expressed
his
delight
at
playing
Team
India
and
said
the
team
would
have
been
happy
either
way,
in
terms
of
toss.

“Looks
a
good
deck.
Happy
to
go
either
way.
First
of
all
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.
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.
Same
team,”
Koetzer
said.

Playing
XIs:

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

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