"Coming up against a side like India maybe just throws things into a new level, perhaps," said Kyle Coetzer, the Scotland captain. "The opportunity to try to test yourself against some of the best players in the world is really important for us, it's an important time for us, a phase in the Cricket Scotland journey, in terms of how we show what we do and show what we're capable of." These are dangerous words from an Indian point of view. Having given New Zealand a scare - they lost by 16 runs -- Scotland is keen to slug it out against India, whose tournament hopes are hanging by a thread. Virat Kohli's men not only have to win their remaining matches, but emerge victorious in such a way so that their net run-rate (NRR) stay right up there in case there is a tie on points. India need to chase Scotland's total in 8.5 overs to go past New Zealand's net run rate, and in 7.1 overs to go past Afghanistan's. India are fourth in the points table. They defeated Afghanistan in their last match after the humiliation against Pakistan and New Zealand. Indian openers KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma came good against Afghanistan, who looked out of sorts with their bowling. India are unlikely to tamper with their playing XI after Ravichandran Ashwin assured that he was the man for the occasion ahead of an injured Varun Chakravarthy. India have batted first in all of their games so far, and had the worst of the dew while bowling in the second innings. The dew factor could come into play again in Dubai tonight. It's Virat Kohli's birthday today and he has lost 13 out of last 14 tosses for India. This is the first T20 international between India and Scotland. Follow live scores of IND vs SCO here.