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India skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bowl first against fellow unbeaten New Zealand in Sunday\u2019s top-of-the-table clash of the World Cup.<\/p>\n
India have made two changes after they lost star all-rounder Hardik Pandya due to an ankle injury<\/a> and has not travelled with the team to the Himalayan venue.<\/p>\n Twenty20 batting sensation Suryakumar Yadav and fast bowler Mohammed Shami make the team in place of Pandya and Shardul Thakur.<\/p>\n The Kiwis come in unchanged from their previous<\/a> win over Afghanistan. They have three seamers led by Trent Boult and two spinners.<\/p>\n Regular captain Kane Williamson is sidelined<\/a> with a fractured thumb.<\/p>\n \u201cWe were here training yesterday and felt that a bit of dew comes in,\u201d Rohit said at the toss. \u201cLooks like a good pitch, we\u2019ll back ourselves to chase.\u201d<\/p>\n Stand-in New Zealand skipper Tom Latham said he also would have bowled first had he won the toss, but they are looking to keep the \u201cmomentum going\u201d.<\/p>\n The Black Caps have an edge in World Cup match-ups with a 5-3 advantage and knocked out<\/a> India in the semi-finals of the last edition in 2019.<\/p>\n India:<\/strong> Rohit Sharma (capt), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj<\/p>\n New Zealand:<\/strong> Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Tom Latham (capt\/wk), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Mitchell Santner, Mark Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult<\/p>\n Umpires:<\/strong> Michael Gough, Richard Kettleborough<\/p>\n TV Umpire:<\/strong> Paul Wilson<\/p>\n Match Referee:<\/strong> Andy Pycroft<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" India skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bowl first against fellow unbeaten New Zealand in Sunday\u2019s top-of-the-table clash of the World Cup. India have made two changes after they lost star all-rounder Hardik Pandya due to an ankle injury and has not travelled with the team to the Himalayan venue. 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