Toss: MS Dhoni wins and elects to bat first.
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| Yuvraj Singh has a go during nets |
Munaf Patel comes in for Pragyan Ojha while Virat Kohli replaces Rohit Sharma. The bad news for New Zealand is that Jacob Oram is out with injury, he is in fact headed back home.
Teams 1 Martin Guptill, 2 BJ Watling, 3 Ross Taylor (capt), 4 Kane Williamson, 5 Scott Styris, 6 Grant Elliott, 7 Gareth Hopkins (wk), 8 Nathan McCullum, 9 Tim Southee, 10 Kyle Mills, 11 Andy McKay
1 Virender Sehwag, 2 Dinesh Karthik, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 6 Suresh Raina, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Praveen Kumar, 9 Munaf Patel, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Ashish Nehra
While we wait for the toss, here's something to read: Cricinfo's Sharda Ugra on the Indian team'sslipping standards while dealing with the media.
Weather update from Sid Ravindran in Dambulla: "The drizzle has cleared now.. There are some clouds, but the sky also has big patches of blue, and there is bright sunshine." A bit of everything, literally.
