1st Test: India elect to bowl against NZ

NEW DELHI: Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and decided to field against New Zealand in the first Test of a two-match series at Eden Park in Auckland.

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The toss has been delayed by 15 minutes due to bad light.

Thoroughly embarrassed in the ODI series, India would aim for a turnaround in fortunes.

The Indians were blanked out 0-4 in the five-game ODI series resulting in the team losing its number one status in the ICC rankings.

The visitors thereafter played a two-day warm-up game ahead of the Tests which ended in a draw and gave them mixed results as far as individual form of the players was concerned.

New Zealand know they have double trouble in store for them, considering what this pairing achieved in South Africa against the likes of Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Vernon Philander, etc.

Teams:

India: Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma

New Zealand: Peter Fulton, Hamish Rutherford, Kane Williamson, Toss Taylor, Brendon McCullum (capt), Corey Anderson, BJ Watling (wk), Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, Trent Boult

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