India, Sept. 13 -- India captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and elected to bowl against Afghanistan in the opening T20 International here on Sunday.

India handed Sanju Samson the wicketkeeper-batter's spot ahead of teenage batting prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, while premier pacer Jasprit Bumrah returned to the playing XI.

Bumrah had missed India's recent assignments after a left-knee injury ruled him out of an ODI in England and two Tests in Sri Lanka.

India also picked specialist spinner Varun Chakaravarthy over seamer Yash Thakur.

"We've played quite a lot of matches here and looking at the conditions, we can bowl first. We had lots of positives from the Zimbabwe series and that's the attitude we'll carry," Iyer said after winning th...