New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori won the toss and elected to bat in the fifth and final one-day international against India on Friday.
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori won the toss and elected to bat in the fifth and final one-day international against India on Friday.
India, leading 4-0 in the series, brought in paceman Munaf Patel to give pace spearhead Zaheer Khan some rest ahead of a gruelling tour of South Africa starting later this month.
New Zealand also made one change, replacing Andy McKay with Grant Elliot.
India: Gautam Gambhir (capt), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Saurabh Tiwari, Yusuf Pathan, Parthiv Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel, Praveen Kumar.
New Zealand: Daniel Vettori (capt), Ross Taylor, Brendon McCullum, Martin Guptill, Scott Styris, Jamie How, Tim Southee, Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, James Franklin, Grant Elliot.
Umpires: Richard Kettleborough (ENG) and Amiesh Saheba (IND)
TV umpire: Sudhir Asnani (IND)
Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (SRI)
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