Lucknow | India captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and elected to field against the West Indies in the first game of their five-match T20I series here on Tuesday.

Naman Dhir is making his T20I debut for India after playing his maiden ODI match earlier against the West Indies, with the hosts making several changes to their playing eleven.

Iyer said at the toss that Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Ravi Bishnoi, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Prince Yadav are sitting out of the opening match.

Teams:

India: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer (c), Tilak Varma, Shivam Dube, Naman Dhir, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Mayank Yadav.

West Indies: Shai Hope (c&wk), Kamil Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd, Matthew Forde, Roston Chase, Akeal Hosein, Shamar Springer, Shamar Joseph.