India vs New Zealand, 1st ODI: Toss Update: Kiwis elect to field first; debut for Umran, Arshdeep, Sanju in 11

Opener
Shikhar
Dhawan
will
be
leading
the
side
in
absence
of
other
seniors
like
Virat
Kohli,
Rohit
Sharma
and
KL
Rahul.

Men
in
Blue
had
won
the
rain-affected
three-match
T20I
series
by
1-0.

The
Kiwis,
on
the
other
hand,
have
left
out
Trent
Boult
and
Martin
Guptill
–
two
seasoned
campaigners.
Adam
Milne,
who
last
played
an
ODI
in
October
2017,
has
made
it
in
to
the
playing
XI.

The
seaming
and
swinging
conditions
in
New
Zealand
give
the
Indian
side
a
good
opportunity
to
test
their
skills
in
trying
conditions
in
the
T20I
series

Arshdeep
Singh
and
Umran
Malik
are
making
their
ODI
debuts
in
the
first
ODI
against
New
Zealand
at
Auckland.

Speaking
at
the
time
of
the
toss,
New
Zealand
captain
Kane
Williamson
said,
“We
are
gonna
have
a
bowl
first.
New
surface
and
a
few
unknowns.
Most
teams
will
have
a
lot
of
ODI
cricket
now.
Each
game
is
an
opportunity
to
build
as
a
side.
It
is
unique,
there
has
been
a
number
of
fantastic
games
here.

The
guys
are
looking
forward
to
this
series.
We
are
going
with
4
seamers
–
Lockie,
Milne,
Southee
and
Matt
Henry
–
along
with
Santner.”

Speaking
at
the
time
of
toss,
India
skipper
Shikhar
Dhawan
said,
“It’s
an
amazing
place,
I
enjoy
playing
over
here.
No
issues
batting
first,
I
would
have
bowled
first.
I
feel
the
wicket
is
a
bit
sticky
but
the
sun
is
out
and
it
should
dry
out
soon.

“With
this
team,
we
have
played
a
few
series
earlier
as
well.
It’s
a
good
opportunity
for
all
the
youngsters
to
perform
and
show
their
talents.

“We
are
very
fortunate
that
we’ve
got
Indians
all
over
the
world
and
they
keep
supporting
us,
we
are
grateful
for
it.
We’ve
got
2
debutants
–
Arshdeep
Singh
and
Umran
Malik.”

New
Zealand
(Playing
11):
Finn
Allen,
Devon
Conway,
Kane
Williamson
(c),
Tom
Latham
(wk),
Daryl
Mitchell,
Glenn
Phillips,
Mitchell
Santner,
Adam
Milne,
Matt
Henry,
Tim
Southee,
Lockie
Ferguson.

India
(Playing
11):
Shikhar
Dhawan
(c),
Shubman
Gill,
Shreyas
Iyer,
Suryakumar
Yadav,
Rishabh
Pant
(w),
Sanju
Samson,
Washington
Sundar,
Shardul
Thakur,
Umran
Malik,
Arshdeep
Singh,
Yuzvendra
Chahal.