Afghanistan captain Nawroz Mangal wins the toss and elects to bowl against India in the 3rd match of the ICC World Twenty20 in Colombo, on Wednesday.

India will go in with four bowlers, leaving out experienced off-spinner Harbhajan Singh despite playing against the minnows. India's decision is surprising considering that Irfan Pathan and R Ashwin are capable of contributing with the bat lower down the order.

Earlier, Shane Watson's allround performance powered Australia to an easy seven-wicket victory over Ireland in their opening Group B match. Read the full report here.

India's future cricketers -- the India A team also performed well in their opening match on their tour of New Zealand, winning the first one-day match by three wickets. Read the full report here.

Teams:

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Irfan Pathan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Lakshmipathy Balaji.

Afghanistan: Nawroz Mangal (captain), Karim Sadiq, Asghar Stanikzai, Mohammad Shahzad, Mohammad Nabi, Shafiqullah Shafiq, Gulbodin Naib, Samiullah Shenwari, Dawlat Zadran, Shapoor Zadran, Najibullah Zadran

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