India vs West Indies 1st T20I Live Score: Virat Kohli Takes India To Victory

Anthem time!

Players from both teams are out in the middle for national anthems. Indian players will sing their 'Jana Gana Mana' after the West Indies.

West Indies playing XI!

West Indies (Playing XI): Lendl Simmons, Evin Lewis, Brandon King, Shimron Hetmyer, Kieron Pollard (capt), Denesh Ramdin (wk), Jason Holder, Hayden Walsh, Sheldon Cottrell, Kesrick Williams, Khary Pierre 

India playing XI!

No place for Mohammed Shami in India's playing XI as Kohli has decided to go in with Sundar, Jadeja, Chahal, Deepak Chahar and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli (capt), Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar and Yuzvendra Chahal. 

Toss Time!

Virat Kohli spins the coin and wins the toss and decides to bowl in Hyderabad, keeping the dew factor in mind.  

Pitch report!

Murali Karthik and Sunil Gavaskar reckon that the pitch is hard, with very few cracks on it, and will be a batting paradise and the team that wins the toss would like to chase on this surface.  

Indian skipper Virat Kohli spoke the reporters on the even of the first T20I and answered many questions ranging from Rishabh Pant, India's fast bowling attack and what Ravindra Jadeja brings to the table.

Today is a special day as four Indian internationals -- Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Shreyas Iyer and Karun Nayar -- are celebrating their birthdays. The BCCI took to Twitter to wish them on their special day.