India lock horns with Sri Lanka for the first T20I match in Guwahati.

India take on Sri Lanka in a New Year clash at the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati on Sunday (December 5).

This is also the first of the three-T20I series to be played in preparation for the upcoming T20I World Cup in Australia.

While the teams prepare keeping the World Cup in mind, the Assam Cricket Association will use the Sunday's game as a "curtain-raiser", ahead of hosting two home matches of Rajasthan Royals this season.

The ACA Stadium has so far hosted two International matches -- first, a T20I in 2017 when India lost to Australia and the last being an ODI with the home team chased down West Indies' 300-plus inside 43 overs.

India: Virat Kohli (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Jasprit Bumrah, Manish Pandey, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sanju Samson, Shardul Thakur.

Sri Lanka: Kusal Perera (wk), Lasith Malinga (c), Danushka Gunathilaka, Avishka Fernando, Oshada Fernando, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Isuru Udana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Lahiru Kumara, Dhananjaya de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella, Kusal Mendis, Kasun Rajitha, Lakshan Sandakan