India will look to continue their winning form with an aim to inch closer to a series whitewash against the Black Caps.
Kiwi skipper Tim Southee won the toss and elected to bat at the Sky Stadium in Wellington . Kane Williamson has been ruled out from the contest owing to an injury . The Kiwis have made two changes to their lineup with Tom Bruce comes in for Colin Grandhomme and Daryl Mitchell comes in for injured skipper Kane Williamson.
Kane Williamson: Southee: We are gonna bowl first. Looks like a good wicket. Kane's got a niggle on his shoulder. He should be fine in a couple of days. We need to keep improving. Tom Bruce comes in for Colin Grandhomme and Daryl Mitchell comes in for injured skipper Kane Williamson.
Kohli: We would have bowled first as well. We haven't had a game like that in a while. For us as a side, it was a massive confidence booster. We have rested Rohit, Shami and Jadeja. Samson to open, Washington and Saini are in. Three exciting additions to the side.
India (Playing XI): Sanju Samson, Lokesh Rahul(w), Virat Kohli(c), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Navdeep Saini
New Zealand (Playing XI): Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Tom Bruce, Ross Taylor, Tim Seifert(w), Mitchell Santner, Scott Kuggeleijn, Tim Southee(c), Ish Sodhi, Hamish Bennett, Daryl Mitchell