NEW DELHI: Shubman Gill made his much-anticipated return to the playing XI as India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and chose to bowl against Pakistan at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday.
After winning the toss, Rohit said, "We will bowl first, cannot get bigger than this, fantastic atmosphere. Sure lot of us are going to experience something really extraordinary. It's a good track, not going to change much, dew could be a big factor and keeping that in mind, we want to bowl first. We want to keep striving for the best, we want to come out there and give our best in every game. Keeping the atmosphere in the team relaxed is the most important thing in a tournament like this. Gill is back in place of Ishan, unfortunate for Ishan to miss out, feel for him, he stepped up when we needed him. Gill has been a special player for us over the past year or so, especially at this ground and we wanted him back."
