India win toss, opt to field in first T20 International against NZ

India captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to field in the first T20 International against New Zealand here on Friday.

India come into the series after a 2-1 triumph over Australia in a home ODI assignment last week.

Teams (from):

India: Virat Kohli (C), Rohit Sharma, K L Rahul (w), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Shami.

New Zealand: Kane Williamson(C), Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Tim Seifert (wk), Ross Taylor, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Blair Tickner, Hamish Bennett.