First T20: India win toss, elect to bowl first against New Zealand
Auckland/IBNS: Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bowl first in the first T20 match against New Zealand at Eden Park here on Friday.
India pose confident as they have defeated Australia back home 2-1 just few days ago.
Before the start of the series, Kohli had said there was nothing about taking revenge on cricket field from New Zealand which had restricted the men-in-blue from qualifying for the 2019 World Cup final.
NZ XI: M Guptill, C Munro, K Williamson, T Seifert, R Taylor, C de Grandhomme, M Santner, T Southee, I Sodhi, B Tickner, H Bennett.
IND XI: R Sharma, KL Rahul, V Kohli, S Iyer, M Pandey, S Dube, R Jadeja, S Thakur, J Bumrah, Y Chahal, M Shami.
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