India opt to bowl in the battle of the unbeaten

India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to field against New Zealand in their World Cup clash at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala today.

These are the two leading teams so far in the World Cup. They have been a cut above the rest so far in the tournament, defeating their first four opponents in the World Cup by sound margins to occupy the first and second spot in the points-table respectively.

Both teams come to the match at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Stadium on the back of comfortable victories.

India completed a comfortable seven-wicket victory over Bangladesh in Pune while the Kiwis overpowered Afghanistan in Chennai on their way to a nine-wicket win.

Teams batting first have won 2 of the 3 games at this venue at the 2023 WC. The average first innings winning score in those two games has been 305.

India make two changes, Suryakumar Yadav replacing the injured Hardik Pandya and Mohammad Shami coming in for Shardul Thakur. 

New Zealand are going with the same team. 

India: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj

New Zealand: Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(w/c), Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult