New Zealand captain Tom Latham won the toss and decided to bat first in the second Test match against New Zealand at Maharashtra Cricket Associaton Stadium in Pune. New Zealand's Matt Henry to miss the second Test and Mitchell Santner comes. On the other hand, India's KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Siraj misses out from India's playing XI. Akash Deep comes in the playing XI along with Washington Sundar. Sarfaraz who smashed 150 in last outing will also feature in the XI in Pune as well.
Captains at Toss
Tom Latham: We're going to have a bat. Surface slightly different to what it was last week. Not a lot of grass. Might produce a bit of spin as we expect when we come to these parts of the world. Obviously a really proud moment for this group. We celebrated that but our focus has quickly turned to Pune here. It's just about adapting to this surface. Trying to take the confidence we built up for last week. Matt Henry misses out with a glute niggle. Santner comes in.
Rohit Sharma: Would've batted as well. When you play a Test match like that, the first session didn't go our way. But we batted well in the second innings. We take a lot of positives from that and see how we can turn things around here. Always want to find ways to get back into the Test match when you're behind. That's what we did. Pitch is a little drier, yes. We do understand how important the first 10 overs are. Three changes - Siraj, KL and Kuldeep miss out. Akash Deep, Washington and Gill come in.
India vs New Zealand head-to-head
A total of 63 matches have been played between India and New Zealand in the history of test cricket so far. In which India won 22 matches while New Zealand's team could win only 14 matches. Apart from this, 27 matches ended in a draw.
India vs New Zealand Playing XIs
India (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah
New Zealand (Playing XI): Tom Latham(c), Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell(w), Glenn Phillips, Tim Southee, Mitchell Santner, Ajaz Patel, William ORourke
