New Zealand Win Toss, Elect To Bat In Second Test Against India. Check Out The Playing 11s.

India Vs New Zealand 2nd Test: The Kiwis have won the toss and elected to bat first in Pune.

India Vs New Zealand 2nd Test: Already 1-0 up in the series, the BlackCaps have won a crucial toss in Pune.

Source : PTI

India Vs New Zealand 2nd Test: New Zealand have won the toss and elected to bat first in the second Test against India at the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium in Pune on Thursday (October 24). The Kiwis are 1-0 up in the three-match Test series, having won the series opener at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru by 8 wickets.

India have made three changes to their Playing 11s from their previous match, bringing in Shubman Gill in place of KL Rahul and Akash Deep replacing Mohammed Siraj. Washington Sundar has replaced Kuldeep Yadav in the Indian team. New Zealand have roped in Mitchell Santner in place of Matt Henry.

While only change that New Zealand have made happens to be a forced one with Henry sustaining a bit of an injury, neither of India's changes have been made due to injury to availability concerns.

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"Surface slightly different to what it was last week. Not a lot of grass. Might produce a bit of spin as we expect when we come to these parts of the world. Obviously a really proud moment for this group. We celebrated that but our focus has quickly turned to Pune here. It's just about adapting to this surface. Trying to take the confidence we built up from last week. Matt Henry misses out with a glute niggle. Santner comes in," New Zealand captain Tom Latham said at the toss.

Meanwhile, Indian captain Rohit Sharma said that although they would have batted first, they know that the first few overs will be crucial with the new ball.

"I would have batted as well . Whatever the pitch is we have to play good cricket. Lot of positives. No matter what the situation of the game is, you always try and come back into the game. That is what we did. At the end, not a lot of runs on the board. A little drier [the pitch]. We do understand how important the first 10-15 overs," Rohit said.

Playing 11s:

India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep

New Zealand: Tom Latham (captain), Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (wicketkeeper), Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ajaz Patel, William ORourke