New Zealand finally wins a toss and opts to bowl in the 5th ODI against India
New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner has finally won a toss and chosen to bowl in the fifth one-day cricket international against India at Bay Oval
MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand -- New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner has finally won a toss and chosen to bowl Sunday in the fifth one-day cricket international against India at Bay Oval.
India's captains Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer have won eight of nine tosses in previous matches in the Twenty20 and one-day international series.
When asked what he planned to do, Santner said “I'm unsure. I didn't expect to win (the toss).”
India captain Iyer said his team is still in “high spirits” after its defeat by 244 runs in the fourth ODI at the same venue Friday. New Zealand bowled out India for 89 in reply to its own 333. India still leads the five match series 2-1 after one match was washed out.
Matt Henry, who took the wickets of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Iyer in his first over Friday and finished with 6-27, has left along with Kyle Jamieson to join the New Zealand squad for the first test which starts at Wellington on Thursday.
Jacob Duffy and Blair Tickner rejoin the New Zealand lineup for Sunday's match, bringing to nine the number of bowlers New Zealand has used in the series.
India has handed an ODI debut to right-arm pacer Yash Thakur while Mohammad Siraj also joins the India lineup.
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Lineups:
New Zealand: Will Young, Tim Seifert, Nick Kelly, Dean Foxcroft, Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (captain), Kristian Clarke, Blair Tickner, Matt Fisher, Jacob Duffy.
India: Rohit Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Ishan Kishan, Naman Dhir, Axar Patel, Auqib Nabi, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Yash Thakur.
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