2nd Test: India invite Kiwis to bat

NEW DELHI: Indian captain MS Dhoni won the toss and elected to bowl against New Zealand in the second and final Test in Wellington on Friday.

Their morale dented after losing the opener, India would be desperate to end their disastrous tour on a positive note.

The visitors lost the Auckland Test by 40 runs and had previously surrendered the five-match ODI series by an embarrassing margin of 0-4.

At Basin Reserve then, Dhoni and Co would be desperate enough to put in a last gasp salvaging effort. Victory in this Test will lift some of the gloom that has shaded this trip so far.

New Zealand: Peter Fulton, Hamish Rutherford, Kane Williamson, Tom Latham, Brendon McCullum©, Corey Anderson, BJ Watling, Jimmy Neesham, Tim Southee, N Wagner, TA Boult

India: Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, MS Dhoni©, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma

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