"Miracle, miracle" - Fans delighted as Indian skipper Virat Kohli finally wins the toss on his birthday against Scotland

Team India's World Cup campaign got back on track with a win in their previous encounter against Afghanistan. Tonight they will face the Scotland side in another crucial encounter. The Indian team will have one eye on net run rate calculations throughout the game.

Virat Kohli finally won the toss and chose to bowl first in this game. Varun Chakravarthy replaced pacer Shardul Thakur in Team India's playing XI. Veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin held on to his place in the team.

Here are the playing XIs for today's game:

India playing XI: KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli(c), Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah

Scotland playing XI: George Munsey, Kyle Coetzer(c), Matthew Cross(w), Richie Berrington, Calum MacLeod, Michael Leask, Chris Greaves, Mark Watt, Safyaan Sharif, Alasdair Evans, Bradley Wheal

View the T20 World Cup 2021 timetable here.

Fans were delighted as Virat Kohli won the toss after losing thrice already in this World Cup. They expressed the same through intriguing on Twitter. Here are some of the best reactions:

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India clearly has bowlers who are slightly better than Mohammed Shami: Sanjay Manjrekar

Former Indian batter Sanjay Manjrekar was critical of Mohammed Shami's track record in T20 games and pointed out that he has been very expensive. He reckons that Shami is a great Test bowler but has not been able to perform similarly in the T20 format.

In a video on his social media platform, Sanjay Manjrekar advocated that India should groom format-specific players and said:

"I think the time has come now for India to look at their T20 team and look at certain players and maybe assess whether these guys are better suited to playing some other format... Maybe there are some players in this T20 team who will add greater value or the best value that they can possibly add in one format and not be as good in the others... I am thinking about Mohammed Shami."

Manjrekar added:

"I think we have seen enough of Mohammed Shami to know that his greatest quality and where he's a superb asset for the team is Test cricket. The last time I looked, his economy in T20 cricket was 9. I know he bowled well against Afghanistan but India clearly has bowlers who are slightly better than Mohammed Shami in T20 cricket."

Shami will handle the pace bowling responsibilities with Jasprit Bumrah in this game as India opted to go with three spinners. India will have to win tonight's game by a big margin to stay in contention for a spot in the semi-finals.