GUWAHATI, March 2: New Zealand won the toss and asked India to bat first in the final Group A match of the ICC Champions Trophy in Dubai.
The Men in Blue have made one change to the playing eleven with Harshit Rana making way for Varun Chakravarthy as they are going in with only one specialist pacer in Mohammed Shami.
India suffered an early blow as they lost the wicket of Shubman Gill who made just 2 runs and was adjudged leg-before to the bowling of Matt Henry.
TEAMS:
INDIA: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy
NEW ZEALAND: Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(w), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(c), Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, William ORourke