Kanpur : In the series decider, New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson wins the toss and elected to bowl against Virat Kohli-led India at the Green Park Stadium here on Sunday.
The BLACKCAPS have won the toss and opted to bowl first in the deciding ODI in Kanpur
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New Zealand and India have made no changes to their playing XI which featured in the Pune ODI. This means, chinaman Kuldeep Yadav won’t get a chance to play on his homeground.
IND XI: RG Sharma, S Dhawan, V Kohli, D Karthik, K Jadhav, MS Dhoni, H Pandya, A Patel, B Kumar, J Bumrah, Y Chahal
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NZ XI: M Guptill, C Munro, K Williamson, R Taylor, T Latham, H Nicholls, C de Grandhomme, M Santner, A Milne, T Southee, T Boult
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With the series tied at 1-1 with an ODI to be played, a thrilling finish is on the cards as Virat Kohli-led India take on Kane Williamson’s New Zealand at the Green Park Stadium, which will be hosting its first day-night encounter here on Sunday.
While the visitors, who have a rich history of punching above their weight, beat India in the first ODI of the series in Mumbai, the hosts made a strong comeback in Pune in the second ODI to keep alive the series.
However, the hometeam will need to once again come up with a top-notch performance to win the seventh consecutive ODI bilateral series as New Zealand target to become first team since South Africa (2015) to clinch a bilateral series on the Indian soil.
While Indian bowlers had a rare off day at the Wankhede Stadium, they – Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal and Axar Patel, who replaced Kuldeep Yadav – were in a top form as India restricted New Zealand for 230 at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium encounter.
The Kiwi side, meanwhile, will want the likes of Trent Boult, who scalped four wickets in the first ODI, Tim Southee, Adam Milne and Mitchell Santner to fire in the series decider.
In batting, while Virat Kohli has been in a good nick with a hundred in the first match, Dinesh Karthik, who scored an unbeaten half-century in the Pune ODI and 37 in the Mumbai ODI, and Shikhar Dhawan will hold a key. Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya, meanwhile, have failed to offer much in the first two games.
For New Zealand, Tom Latham and Ross Taylor have been the standout performers with the bat while skipper Kane Williamson and Martin Guptill have struggled to get going.
While India will bank on their superior form in the recent times and the home conditions, the visitors, who came close to win an ODI series the last time they were here, will look to topple India in Kanpur and clinch the series.
Squads:
India: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Shardul Thakur.
New Zealand: Kane Williamson (Captain), Trent Boult, Colin de Grandhomme, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham (wicketkeeper), Henry Nicholls, Adam Milne, Colin Munro, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, George Worker and Ish Sodhi.
Match-timings:
The match is scheduled to start at 1.30 P.M. IST.
The BLACKCAPS have won the toss and opted to bowl first in the deciding ODI in Kanpur #indvnz pic.twitter.com/VS4BS6HmZY
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) October 29, 2017
IND XI: RG Sharma, S Dhawan, V Kohli, D Karthik, K Jadhav, MS Dhoni, H Pandya, A Patel, B Kumar, J Bumrah, Y Chahal
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 29, 2017
NZ XI: M Guptill, C Munro, K Williamson, R Taylor, T Latham, H Nicholls, C de Grandhomme, M Santner, A Milne, T Southee, T Boult
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 29, 2017
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