<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>India skipper Rohit Sharma on Saturday won the toss and elected to bowl first against Pakistan in a blockbuster World Cup match expected to be attended by 120,000 fans.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Opening batsman Shubman Gill returns to the team and takes the place of Ishan Kishan after recovering from dengue fever and missing the first two matches.</div><div><br></div><div>"Cannot get bigger than this, fantastic atmosphere," Rohit said at the toss as the home crowd roared.</div><div><br></div><div>"Sure lot of us are going to experience something really extraordinary."</div><div><br></div><div>Favourites India come into the match unbeaten with victories over five-time winners Australia and Afghanistan.</div><div><br></div><div>Pakistan, who also won their two matches against the Netherlands and Sri Lanka, come in unchanged from their previous win.</div><div><br></div><div>Against Sri Lanka, they chased down a World Cup record of 345 in Hyderabad.</div><div><br></div><div>Skipper Babar Azam said he would have also fielded first had he won the toss.</div><div><br></div><div>"We also wanted to bowl first," he said. "We have had good two wins, momentum and confidence is high. Jam-packed stadium, we will enjoy it."</div><div>The world's biggest cricket stadium was a sea of blue due to a largely Indian presence after Pakistan fans from across the boder were unable to secure visas.</div><div><br></div><div>Teams</div><div>India: Rohit Sharma (capt), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj</div><div><br></div><div>Pakistan: Imam-ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam (capt), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf</div><div><br></div><div>Umpires: Marais Erasmus (RSA), Richard Illingworth (ENG)</div><div><br></div><div>TV Umpire: Richard Kettleborough (ENG)</div><div><br></div><div>Match Referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM)</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>