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First T20I: India win toss, elect to bowl first against NZ

First T20I: India win toss, elect to bowl first against NZ

| @indiablooms | 06 Feb 2019, 07:04 am

Wellington, Feb 6 (IBNS): Indian skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bowl first against New Zealand in the first T20I match at Westpac Stadium here on Wednesday.

Sharma is leading the team in absence of regular skipper Virat Kohli, who has been rested.

All three wicketkeeper-batsman- MS Dhoni, Dinesh Karthik and Rishabh Pant- are included in the squad.

New Zealand playing XI: T Seifert, C Munro, K Williamson, D Mitchell, R Taylor, C de Grandhomme, M Santner, S Kuggeleijn, T Southee, I Sodhi, L Ferguson

India playing XI: R Sharma, S Dhawan, R Pant, V Shankar, D Karthik, MS Dhoni, H Pandya, K Pandya, B Kumar, Y Chahal, K Ahmed

Image credit: BCCI Twitter

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