Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in as India choose to chase in Christchurch
Shreyas Iyer's record at the toss was boosted to 16 wins and six losses after he called correctly again in Christchurch. Despite the match being played on a used pitch, on which India chased 226 on Thursday, the visitors had no hesitation in choosing to field once again. Dew had played a significant part at the end of the first match, and was expected to do the same.
There was a big change for India with an injury to Ishan Kishan paving the way for the 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to feature in the starting XI. He was listed at No. 3 in the team sheet, though that is not binding. India made another change, a "tactical" one in Iyer's words: Prince Yadav replaced Mayank Yadav, known more for his raw pace.
New Zealand made one change: Jacob Duffy in for Adam Milne. There was no particular reason for it, just rotation of players given the amount of cricket to come.
India 1 Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), 3 Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 4 Shreyas Iyer (capt.), 5 Tilak Varma, 6 Naman Dhir, 7 Nitish Kumar Reddy, 8 Axar Patel, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Arshdeep Singh, 11 Prince Yadav
New Zealand 1 Finn Allen, 2 Tim Seifert (wk), 3 Daryl Mitchell, 4 Glenn Phillips, 5 Bevon Jacobs, 6 Michael Bracewell, 7 Mitchell Santner (capt), 8 Nathan Smith, 9 Matt Henry, 10 Jacob Duffy, 11 Lockie Ferguson
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