India won the toss and opted to bat in the fifth and final ODI against New Zealand here on Sunday.
India made three changes in the playing eleven. M S Dhoni was back in the team in place of Dinesh Karthik while Mohammad Shami and Vijay Shankar replaced Khaleel Ahmed and Kuldeep Yadav, who has been rested.
The pitch has a tinge of green but the sun is out and it is particularly windy at the moment either.
“Looks a good pitch but there is moisture and we want to test ourselves. We need to assess the first six-seven overs, see how the pitch is doing. After a humiliating loss the other day, we need to turn up today,” said skipper Rohit Sharma at the toss.
Sharma added: “It’s not that guys have not played under swinging conditions. We need to combat these kind of situations.”
Teams:
India: Rohit Sharma(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni(w), Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Vijay Shankar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Yuzvendra Chahal.
New Zealand (Playing XI): Henry Nicholls, Colin Munro, Kane Williamson(c), Ross Taylor, Tom Latham(w), James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Colin de Grandhomme, Todd Astle, Matt Henry, Trent Boult.
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