New Zealand captain Kane Williamson won the toss and elected to bat first against hosts India in the opening group league encounter of the ICC World Twenty20, here tonight.
India are playing the same side that won the Asia Cup final while New Zealand have left out both their pacers Trent Boult and Tim Southee.
Teams
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Ravichandran Ashwin, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ashish Nehra, Jasprit Bumrah
New Zealand: Kane Williamson (captain), Colin Munro, Ross Taylor, Corey Anderson, Grant Elliott, Martin Guptill, Nathan McCullum, Adam Milne, Luke Ronchi (wk), Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi.
