DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — India won the toss and chose to bowl first against archrival Pakistan in the eagerly awaited final of cricket's Asia Cup.

Pakistan named an unchanged team Sunday for the Twenty20 match while India all-rounder Hardik Pandya missed out owing to a niggle, replaced by Rinku Singh. Jasprit Bumrah and Shivam Dube returned for India with Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana out.

It is the first India-Pakistan final in Asia Cup history, which started in 1984. The two sides have already met twice earlier in this tournament – in group play and Super Four. India won both games comfortably.

The Asia Cup has marked a resumption of cricket ties between India and Pakistan only months after the neighboring countries were engaged in a tense border situation in May that dis

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