New Zealand win toss, elects to bat against India in the fourth ODI

Today the fourth ODI between India and New Zealand being played at Ranchi. India leads the five-match ODI series against New Zealand 2-1.

Fourth-ranked India will have to win the upcoming ODI series against New Zealand by at least a 4-1 margin to move up a position in the ICC team rankings.

After a series of losing tosses, Kane Williamson has won the toss and opted to bat first. New Zealand brings in Ish Sodhi, Devcich. Luke Ronchi and Matt Henry are not playing today.

As Bumrah is



not 100 per cent fit, Dhawal Kulkarni comes in place of him.

TEAMS:

India

Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, M.S. Dhoni(captain and wicket-keeper), Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya, Amit Mishra, Umesh Yadav, Dhawal Kulkarni

New Zealand

Martin Guptill, Tom Latham, Kane Williamson (captain), Ross Taylor, Corey Anderson, BJ Watling (wicket-keeper), AP Devcich, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Ish Sodhi