Dhoni, meanwhile, reiterated his stance of enjoying the game. “It’s not like we are playing a World Cup or a series. It will be good to play a T20 match after a while, but we’ll try to enjoy the game while giving our best,” he said. India have played just two Twenty20 internationals after their World Cup victory, winning one and losing one, both against Australia.

The visitors are likely to rest Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha and Praveen Kumar from the set of 14 available after the exit of Sachin Tendulkar. This battle of one-upmanship between Gautam Gambhir, who boasts of the best Twenty20 average and Sanath Jayasuriya, who at 39 years, retains the potency to wreak havoc, could be the highlight of the match.