Auckland, Jan 24 (UNI) India captain Virat Kohli won the toss and opted to field against New Zealand
in the first T20I of the five match series at Eden Park, here on Friday.
Rishabh Pant did not find a place Indian playing XI as KL Rahul will continue to keep wickets, while all-rounder Shivam Dube also returned to the T20I XI.
For New Zealand, Hamish Bennett made his debut in the absence of Trent Boult, Matt Henry and Lockie Ferguson.
Playing XI:
New Zealand : Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Kane Williamson (c), Tim Seifert (wk), Ross Taylor, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Blair Tickner, Hamish Bennett
India : Rohit Sharma, Lokesh Rahul (wk), Virat Kohli (c), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Shami
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