India's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bowl first in Saturday's World Twenty20 showdown against Pakistan which was reduced to 18 overs a side by rain.

The match at Kolkata's Eden Gardens had been due to start at 7:30pm (1400 GMT) but was delayed for an hour after rain fell through much of the afternoon before relenting at sundown.

India choose the same starting line-up that lost their opening match in the tournament on Tuesday to New Zealand.

Pakistan left out spinning allrounder Imad Wasim from the team that won their opener against Bangladesh and called up fast bowler Mohammad Sami as a replacement.

Teams

India:

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ashish Nehra, Jasprit Bumrah.

Pakistan:

Shahid Afridi (capt), Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Sarfraz Ahmed, Sharjeel Khan, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Irfan, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Sami.

Umpires: Ian Gould (ENG) and Richard Kettleborough (ENG)

TV umpire: Bruce Oxenford (AUS)

Reserve umpire: Joel Wilson (West Indies)

Match referee: Chris Broad (ENG)
Source: AFP